After years of development the team of OpenSSL, the famous open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols, released the first beta of the 1.0.0 version.
The changelog contain many features and bugfixes; for example:
- Support use of registered digest and cipher names for dgst and cipher commands instead of having to add each one as a special case.
- Enhance the hash format used for certificate directory links.
- Make PKCS#8 the default write format for private keys, replacing the traditional format.
- Some work sponsored by Google, like:
- Delta CRL support;
- Support for CRLs partitioned by reason code;
- Support for freshest CRL extension;
- Initial indirect CRL support;
- Add support for distinct certificate and CRL paths.
Links
OpenSSL: http://www.openssl.org/
OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 1 announcement: http://marc.info/?l=openssl-announce&m=123859275819557&w=2
OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 1 download: http://www.openssl.org/source/
