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1.0.2

• Improve system error messages in download_ssl_cert()

1.0.1

• Fix a unit test from http://pki.goog/ (google changed servers)

1.0.2

• Fix unit test (password error message) for libcrypto 1.1.1

1.0.1

• Fix a unit test from http://pki.goog/ (google changed servers)

1.0

• Add the 'name' field to read_p12() output
• Add write_pkcs1() for legacy OpenSSH keys
• Fix unit tests using http://pki.goog/ (Google changed crt files to DER)

0.9.9

• Workaround failing test on Mavericks due to IPv6 firewall issue

0.9.8

• Fix build on OSX Mavericks

0.9.7

• Configure script checks SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER to find matching lib
• Added internal stopifnot() replacement to give more helpful error mesasges
• Add live SSL unit tests from https://pki.goog
• Fix for OpenBSD/FreeBSD (#41)
• Added as.integer.bignum() method
• Update maintainer email address
• Add symbol registration call in R_init_openssl
• Reject empty digests when signing (#44)
• Use OPENSSL_free to free OpenSSL's allocations (#44)
• Cleanups for ec_keygen() (#44)
• Windows: update OpenSSL to 1.1.0f

0.9.6

• Add read_p7b() and write_p7b() for certificate bundles
• Rename read_pkcs12 / write_pkcs12 to read_p12 / write_p12
• More unit test for rountripping certs
• Workaround for PEM files with "RSA PUBLIC KEY" instead of "PUBLIC KEY" header
• Fix example in bignum vignette for OpenSSL 1.1.0 (increase RSA key size)
• Sync bundled cacert.pem with Mozilla as of: Wed Sep 14 03:12:05 2016
• Added blake2b and blake2s hash functions (only available in libssl 1.1)
• Fix support for LibreSSL
• Windows: update libssl/libcrypto to 1.1.0c

0.9.5

• Support for new API in OpenSSL 1.1.0
• Remove 'pseudo_rand_bytes()' (deprecated in libssl)
• Work around missing EVP_CIPH_GCM_MODE in OpenSSL 1.0.0
• Add read_pkcs12() and write_pkcs12() functions
• Add read_pem() for debugging PEM files
• Add base methods [, [[, $, names, .DollarNames for keys and certificates
• Update libssl on Windows to 1.0.2h
• Add #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE in ssl.c to ensure getaddrinfo() is available
• Add as.character.hash method for raw hashes
• Clear error buffer when raising an error

0.9.4

• Fix ec_keygen() for old versions of OpenSSL
• Added aes_ctr() and aes_gcm() modes
• Added aes_keygen()
• Added bignum_mod_inv()
• Internal tools for JWT/JWK support (see pkg: jose)

0.9.3

• Added ec_dh() function for ECDH
• Added --atleast-version=1.0 to pkg-config in configure script
• Switch as.list(cert) to RFC2253 format for 'subject' and 'issuer' fields

0.9.2

• Disable EC stuff for OPENSSL_NO_EC (needed on some Solaris / Gentoo)
• Added openssl_config() function to test if libssl is built with EC support
• Make configure script bourne compatible (remove bash shebang)
• Tweak for OpenBSD in ssl.c
• Added sha224, sha384 and sha2 functions
• Export the fingerprint function

0.9.1

• Fix for getaddrinfo() in Solaris
• Use the configurable askpass() for password prompt

0.9

• Switched download_ssl_cert to getaddrinfo() api for ipv6 support
• Fix for example for naming conflict with new digest package

0.8

• Configure script now checks for OpenSSL minimum version 1.0.0

0.7

• Breaking change: hash functions now use hmac 'key' instead of a 'salt'
• The my_key() and my_pubkey() functions now work as documented
• as.list(cert) add alt_names field for https certs with multiple domains
• added export_pem for certificates

0.6

• Added --force-bottle to autobrew installer
• Use nonblocking socket in ssl to set connection timeout
• Fix UBSAN problem in ssl.c
• Fix ASAN problem in hash.c

0.5

• Major overhaul, add encryption, signature, cert stuff
• Upgrade libssl and libcrypto on windows to 1.0.2d

0.4

• Added base64 functions

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