Hello! We are pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt version 1.11.0. This release starts a new stable branch of Libgcrypt with full API and ABI compatibility to the 1.10 series. Over the last years Jussi Kivilinna put again a lot of work into speeding up the algorithms for many commonly used CPUs. Niibe-san implemented new APIs and algorithms and also integrated quantum-resistant encryption algorithms. See below for a list of improvements and new features in 1.11.
Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building blocks.
It is originally based on code used by GnuPG. It does not provide any
implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols. Thorough understanding of
applied cryptography is required to use Libgcrypt.
Noteworthy changes in Libgcrypt 1.11.0 since 1.10.3
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* New and extended interfaces:
- Add an API for Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM). [T6755]
- Add Streamlined NTRU Prime sntrup761 algorithm. [rCcf9923e1a5]
- Add Kyber algorithm according to FIPS 203 ipd 2023-08-24.
[rC18e5c0d268]
- Add Classic McEliece algorithm. [rC003367b912]
- Add One-Step KDF with hash and MAC. [T5964]
- Add KDF algorithm HKDF of RFC-5869. [T5964]
- Add KDF algorithm X963KDF for use in CMS. [rC3abac420b3]
- Add GMAC-SM4 and Poly1305-SM4. [rCd1ccc409d4]
- Add ARIA block cipher algorithm. [rC316c6d7715]
- Add explicit FIPS indicators for MD and MAC algorithms. [T6376]
- Add support for SHAKE as MGF in RSA. [T6557]
- Add gcry_md_read support for SHAKE algorithms. [T6539]
- Add gcry_md_hash_buffers_ext function. [T7035]
- Add cSHAKE hash algorithm. [rC065b3f4e02]
- Support internal generation of IV for AEAD cipher mode. [T4873]
* Performance:
- Add SM3 ARMv8/AArch64/CE assembly implementation. [rCfe891ff4a3]
- Add SM4 ARMv8/AArch64 assembly implementation. [rCd8825601f1]
- Add SM4 GFNI/AVX2 and GFI/AVX512 implementation.
[rC5095d60af4,rCeaed633c16]
- Add SM4 ARMv9 SVE CE assembly implementation. [rC2dc2654006]
- Add PowerPC vector implementation of SM4. [rC0b2da804ee]
- Optimize ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for PPC P10 LE. [T6006]
- Add CTR32LE bulk acceleration for AES on PPC. [rC84f2e2d0b5]
- Add generic bulk acceleration for CTR32LE mode (GCM-SIV) for SM4
and Camellia. [rCcf956793af]
- Add GFNI/AVX2 implementation of Camellia. [rC4e6896eb9f]
- Add AVX2 and AVX512 accelerated implementations for GHASH (GCM)
and POLYVAL (GCM-SIV). [rCd857e85cb4, rCe6f3600193]
- Add AVX512 implementation for SHA512. [rC089223aa3b]
- Add AVX512 implementation for Serpent. [rCce95b6ec35]
- Add AVX512 implementation for Poly1305 and ChaCha20
[rCcd3ed49770, rC9a63cfd617]
- Add AVX512 accelerated implementation for SHA3 and Blake2
[rCbeaad75f46,rC909daa700e]
- Add VAES/AVX2 accelerated i386 implementation for AES.
[rC4a42a042bc]
- Add bulk processing for XTS mode of Camellia and SM4.
[rC32b18cdb87, rCaad3381e93]
- Accelerate XTS and ECB modes for Twofish and Serpent.
[rCd078a928f5,rC8a1fe5f78f]
- Add AArch64 crypto/SHA512 extension implementation for
SHA512. [rCe51d3b8330]
- Add AArch64 crypto-extension implementation for Camellia.
[rC898c857206]
- Accelerate OCB authentication on AMD with AVX2. [rC6b47e85d65]
* Bug fixes:
- For PowerPC check for missing optimization level for vector
register usage. [T5785]
- Fix EdDSA secret key check. [T6511]
- Fix decoding of PKCS#1-v1.5 and OAEP padding. [rC34c2042792]
- Allow use of PKCS#1-v1.5 with SHA3 algorithms. [T6976]
- Fix AESWRAP padding length check. [T7130]
* Other:
- Allow empty password for Argon2 KDF. [rCa20700c55f]
- Various constant time operation imporvements.
- Add "bp256", "bp384", "bp512" aliases for Brainpool curves.
- Support for the random server has been removed. [T5811]
- The control code GCRYCTL_ENABLE_M_GUARD is deprecated and not
supported any more. Please use valgrind or other tools. [T5822]
- Logging is now done via the libgpg-error logging functions.
[rCab0bdc72c7]
* Interface changes relative to the 1.10.0 release:
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GCRY_CIPHER_ARIA128 NEW cipher algo.
GCRY_CIPHER_ARIA192 NEW cipher algo.
GCRY_CIPHER_ARIA256 NEW cipher algo.
gcry_cipher_geniv_methods NEW type.
gcry_cipher_setup_geniv NEW function.
gcry_cipher_geniv NEW function.
GCRY_PK_KEM NEW constant.
GCRY_MD_CSHAKE128 NEW hash algo.
GCRY_MD_CSHAKE256 NEW hash algo.
GCRYCTL_MD_CUSTOMIZE NEW control code.
gcry_cshake_customization NEW type.
GCRY_MAC_CMAC_ARIA NEW mac algo.
GCRY_MAC_GMAC_SM4 NEW mac algo.
GCRY_MAC_GMAC_ARIA NEW mac algo.
GCRY_MAC_POLY1305_SM4 NEW mac algo.
GCRY_MAC_POLY1305_ARIA NEW mac algo.
GCRY_KDF_ONESTEP_KDF NEW kdf algo.
GCRY_KDF_ONESTEP_KDF_MAC NEW kdf algo.
GCRY_KDF_X963_KDF NEW kdf algo.
gcry_kem_algos NEW type.
gcry_kem_keypair NEW function.
gcry_kem_encap NEW function.
gcry_kem_decap NEW function.
GCRY_KEM_SNTRUP761 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_CM6688128F NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_MLKEM512 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_MLKEM768 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_MLKEM1024 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_X25519 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_X448 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_BP256 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_BP384 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_BP512 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_P256R1 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_P384R1 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_RAW_P521R1 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_DHKEM25519 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_DHKEM448 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_DHKEMP256R1 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_DHKEMP384R1 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_DHKEMP521R1 NEW kem algo.
GCRY_KEM_*_SECKEY_LEN NEW constants.
GCRY_KEM_*_PUBKEY_LEN NEW constants.
GCRY_KEM_*_ENCAPS_LEN NEW constants.
GCRY_KEM_*_CIPHER_LEN NEW constants.
GCRY_KEM_*_SHARED_LEN NEW constants.
gcry_md_hash_buffers_ext NEW function.
gcry_pk_input_data_push NEW macro.
GCRYCTL_ENABLE_M_GUARD DEPRECATED feature.
gcry_handler_log_t DEPRECATED type.
gcry_set_log_handler DEPRECATED function.
For a list of links to commits and bug numbers see the release info at
https://dev.gnupg.org/T7165
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