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Litzenberger</B> + <A HREF="mailto:pycrypto%40lists.dlitz.net?Subject=%5Bpycrypto%5D%20ANN%3A%20PyCrypto%202.4%20released&In-Reply-To=" + TITLE="[pycrypto] ANN: PyCrypto 2.4 released">dlitz at dlitz.net + </A><BR> + <I>Sat Oct 22 14:16:49 CST 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000479.html">[pycrypto] string XOR +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000497.html">[pycrypto] ANN: PyCrypto 2.4.1 released - fixes "config.h not found" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#480">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#480">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#480">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#480">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>PyCrypto 2.4 has been released! + +You can download this release from <A HREF="http://www.pycrypto.org/.">http://www.pycrypto.org/.</A> It has the +following SHA256 sums: + +f49d8aea2d7d65db9906c7d3b8b3a07fcae8387cf5cb06a7510383e211902d39 *pycrypto-2.4.tar.gz +94002c7b115d4347f1ad3b92c118ea3cec5961dd35d209decfaf158e8fe43a71 *pycrypto-2.4.tar.gz.asc + +The git repository is here: <A HREF="https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/">https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/</A> +The v2.4 commit id is: fb29a28275e3a693566c936af6b7fae6e4b253e4 + +Please test it and post your experiences to the PyCrypto mailing list: + + <A HREF="http://lists.dlitz.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pycrypto">pycrypto at lists.dlitz.net</A> + +and/or file bug reports on Launchpad: + + <A HREF="https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto">https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto</A> + +Here is the changelog: + + * Python 3 support! (Thorsten E. Behrens, Anders Sundman) + PyCrypto now supports every version of Python from 2.1 through 3.2. + + * Timing-attack countermeasures in _fastmath: When built against + libgmp version 5 or later, we use mpz_powm_sec instead of mpz_powm. + This should prevent the timing attack described by Geremy Condra at + PyCon 2011: + <A HREF="http://blip.tv/pycon-us-videos-2009-2010-2011/pycon-2011-through-the-side-channel-timing-and-implementation-attacks-in-python-4897955">http://blip.tv/pycon-us-videos-2009-2010-2011/pycon-2011-through-the-side-channel-timing-and-implementation-attacks-in-python-4897955</A> + + * New hash modules (for Python >= 2.5 only): SHA224, SHA384, and + SHA512 (Frédéric Bertolus) + + * Configuration using GNU autoconf. This should help fix a bunch of + build issues. + + * Support using MPIR as an alternative to GMP. + + * Improve the test command in setup.py, by allowing tests to be + performed on a single sub-package or module only. (Legrandin) + + You can now do something like this: + + python setup.py test -m Hash.SHA256 --skip-slow-tests + + * Fix double-decref of "counter" when Cipher object initialisation + fails (Ryan Kelly) + + * Apply patches from Debian's python-crypto 2.3-3 package (Jan + Dittberner, Sebastian Ramacher): + - fix-RSA-generate-exception.patch + - epydoc-exclude-introspect.patch + - no-usr-local.patch + + * Fix launchpad bug #702835: "Import key code is not compatible with + GMP library" (Legrandin) + + * More tests, better documentation, various bugfixes. + +Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible! + +Cheers, +- Dwayne + +-- +Dwayne C. 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