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List:       openssl-announce
Subject:    [ANNOUNCE] OpenSSL 0.9.5 beta2 available
From:       Richard Levitte <levitte () stacken ! kth ! se>
Date:       2000-02-27 11:58:24
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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
<openssl-bugs@openssl.org>.

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
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