The second beta release of OpenSSL 0.9.5 is now available from the OpenSSL FTP site <URL: ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/>. This is the final beta. If it's all working, the release won't differ except for the version number. The release of OpenSSL 0.9.5 is scheduled for Monday 2000-02-28. To make sure that it will work correctly, please test this version (especially on less common platforms), and report any problems to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. New features in version 0.9.5 include: o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application o Automation of 'req' application o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources o New public key PEM format and options to handle it o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities o Usable certificate chain verification o Certificate purpose checking o Certificate trust settings o Support of authority information access extension o Extensions in certificate requests o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other data o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other RSA functionality o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information via a per-thread stack o PRNG robustness improved o BIGNUM library bug fixes o faster DSA parameter generation o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux o Experimental MacOS support ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Announcement Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
