openssl - The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS HOWTO

ChangeLog


2024-06-04	- 3.0.13 -> 3.0.14
2024-01-31	- 3.0.12 -> 3.0.13
		- Updated various other minor comments here and there
2023-11-20	- 3.0.11 -> 3.0.12
2023-09-23	- Added 3.0.11
2023-09-16	- 1.1.1u -> 1.1.1w
		- Removed 1.1.0 (1.1.1 is not supported any more...)
		- Removed 13.37 from Slackware package version list
2023-06-25	- 1.1.1t -> 1.1.1u
2023-04-23	- Added 3.1.0
2023-02-08	- 1.1.1s -> 1.1.1t
2022-11-02	- 1.1.1q -> 1.1.1s
		- Updated note about Slack 15.0
2022-07-07	- 1.1.1p -> 1.1.1q
2022-06-22	- 1.1.1o -> 1.1.1p
2022-05-06	- 1.1.1n -> 1.1.1o
2022-03-16	- 1.1.1m -> 1.1.1n
2021-12-25	- 1.1.1l -> 1.1.1m
2021-08-25	- 1.1.1k -> 1.1.1l
		- Updated note about 3.0
2021-03-26	- 1.1.1j -> 1.1.1k
2021-02-25	- 1.1.1i -> 1.1.1j
2020-12-09	- 1.1.1h -> 1.1.1i
2020-10-15	- 1.1.1g -> 1.1.1h
2020-04-21	- 1.1.1f -> 1.1.1g
2020-03-31	- 1.1.1e -> 1.1.1f
2020-03-29	- Removed the no longer supported 1.0.2
		- 1.1.0k -> 1.1.0l (no longer supported also)
		- 1.1.1c -> 1.1.1e
		- typo: thigns -> things
2019-05-28	- 1.1.0j -> 1.1.0k
		- 1.0.2q -> 1.0.2s
		- Added 1.1.1c
2018-12-20	- 1.1.0i -> 1.1.0j
		- 1.0.2p -> 1.0.2q
2018-08-14	- Changed home page link from http to https
		- Added Git repository link
		- Added Wikipedia link
		- 1.1.0h -> 1.1.0i
		- 1.0.2l -> 1.0.2p
2018-07-04	- 1.1.0f -> 1.1.0h
2017-07-02	- 1.0.2k -> 1.0.2l
		- 1.1.0e -> 1.1.0f
2017-05-17	- 1.1.0b -> 1.1.0e
		- Updated cleanup of old files when going from 1.0.x to
		  1.1.x
2017-03-08	- 1.0.2j -> 1.0.2k
2016-10-01	- Added note about BIND and OpenSSl >= 1.1.0
2016-09-26	- Updated Slackware note for 14.2, removed 13.0, 13.1
		- Removed alternate FTP download link, openssl.org will no
		  longer provide it
		- Updated download URLs to use https://www.openssl.org/
		  to avoid two redirects
		- Removed md5sum check
		- Added sha256sum check
		- Removed 1.0.1t
		- 1.0.2h -> 1.0.2j
		- Added 1.1.0b
2016-05-04	- 1.0.2g -> 1.0.2h
		- 1.0.1s -> 1.0.1t
2016-02-10	- 1.0.2e -> 1.0.2g
		- 1.0.1q -> 1.0.1s
		- Removed 1.0.0t
		- Removed 0.9.8zh
2015-12-07	- 1.0.2d -> 1.0.2e
		- Added 1.0.2 supported until date (was "at least ...", now
		  set)
		- 1.0.1p -> 1.0.1q
		- 1.0.0s -> 1.0.0t
		- 0.9.8zg -> 0.9.8zh
2015-07-09	- 1.0.1o -> 1.0.1p
		- 1.0.2c -> 1.0.2d
2015-07-07	- 0.9.8zf -> 0.9.8zg
		- 1.0.0r -> 1.0.0s
		- 1.0.1m -> 1.0.1o
		- Added 1.0.2c
2015-05-12	- Updated the older versions to handle 64-bit
		- 0.9.8ze -> 0.9.8zf
		- 1.0.0q -> 1.0.0r
		- 1.0.1l -> 1.0.1m
2015-02-26	- 0.9.8zd -> 0.9.8ze
		- 1.0.0p -> 1.0.0q
		- 1.0.1k -> 1.0.1l
		- Added note about 1.0.2
2015-01-08	- Added EoL note about 1.0.0
		- 0.9.8y -> 0.9.8zd
		- 1.0.0l -> 1.0.0p
		- 1.0.1i -> 1.0.1k
2014-08-07	- 1.0.1h -> 1.0.1i
2014-06-05	- 1.0.1g -> 1.0.1h
		- Added note about ca-certificates to /etc/ssl backup
		  and removal part also
2014-05-05	- Added note about Slackware ca-certificates package
2014-04-09	- 1.0.1f -> 1.0.1g
2014-02-21	- 1.0.1e -> 1.0.1f
		- 1.0.0k -> 1.0.0l
		- Updated Slackware note for 14.1, removed older than 13.0
2013-03-09	- 1.0.1c -> 1.0.1e
		- 1.0.0j -> 1.0.0k
		- 0.9.8x -> 0.9.8y
2012-12-25	- Re-added 0.9.8x
2012-10-21	- Updated Slackware note for 14.0
		- Removed 0.9.8x
		- Added 1.0.1c
2012-05-18	- 1.0.0i -> 1.0.0j
		- 0.9.8u -> 0.9.8x
2012-05-06	- 1.0.0h -> 1.0.0i
2012-04-14	- 1.0.0g -> 1.0.0h
		- 0.9.8t -> 0.9.8u
2012-01-25	- 1.0.0d -> 1.0.0g
		- 0.9.8r -> 0.9.8t
		- Changed download URL from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/
		  to http://openssl.org/
2011-07-05	- 0.9.8q -> 0.9.8r
		- Added 1.0.0d
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.37, removed 11.0 and 12.0
		- Removed 0.9.7m
2010-12-19	- 0.9.8o -> 0.9.8q
2010-08-31	- 0.9.8n -> 0.9.8o
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.1
		- Note about 1.0.0a
2010-03-25	- 0.9.8m -> 0.9.8n
		  This release fixes CVE-2010-0740
2010-03-07	- 0.9.8l -> 0.9.8m
2010-01-13	- Added tcpdump to the list
2010-01-08	- 0.9.8k -> 0.9.8l
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
2009-07-08	- Added these to the list of apps: alpine, lftp, neon,
		  mailx
2009-07-07	- Added these to the list of apps: syslog-ng,
		  Python (for Mailman), vsftpd, NUT
		- 0.9.8j -> 0.9.8k, which covers this:
		  <a href="http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt">http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt</a>
		- I set the PATH and MANPATH updates to
		  put /usr/local/ssl/whatever first, then the old
		  $PATH, in case you purposely left an old
		  Slackware-installed OpenSSL installed until
		  you can rebuild everything to use the new one
2009-03-11	- Added IMAP Proxy to the list of apps
2009-02-25	- 0.9.8h -> 0.9.8j
		- Fixes security issue:
		  <a href="http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20090107.txt">http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20090107.txt</a>
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.2, removed older
		  than 11.0
2008-07-02	- 0.9.8g -> 0.9.8h
2007-11-12	- 0.9.8e -> 0.9.8g
2007-03-12	- 0.9.7l -> 0.9.7m
		- 0.9.8d -> 0.9.8e
		- Updated Slackware note for 11.0, removed info for 8.1,
		  9.0, and 9.1
Oct 11, 2006	- 0.9.7k -> 0.9.7l
		- 0.9.8c -> 0.9.8d
Sep 7, 2006	- 0.9.7j -> 0.9.7k (fixes CVE-2006-4339)
		- 0.9.8b -> 0.9.8c (")
Jun 6, 2006	- 0.9.8a -> 0.9.8b
		- 0.9.7i -> 0.9.7j
Apr 7, 2006	- Back up and remove /etc/ssl if it exists
		  (after removepkg is run)
Mar 28, 2006	- Added 0.9.7i
		- Only run removepkg if it exists
Oct 18, 2005	- 0.9.8 -> 0.9.8a
		  Fixes a security issue:
		  <a href="http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt">http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt</a>
		- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
		- Added apache 2.x to the list of apps
		- Added postfix to the list of apps
Oct 5, 2005	- Added creation of self-signed cert to the bottom
Sep 9, 2005	- Added cups to the list of apps
Jul 7, 2005	- 0.9.7g -> 0.9.8
		- Added run of chown -R root:root on the source directory when
		  $UID = 0
		- Added ntp to the list
Apr 26, 2005	- 0.9.7f -> 0.9.7g
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Apr 5, 2005	- root.root -> root:root
		- Added sha1sum verification of the tarball (in addition
		  to md5sum and gpg)
		- Updated /etc/profile.d/openssl.sh to set/update
		  PKG_CONFIG_PATH too
Mar 24, 2005	- 0.9.7e -> 0.9.7f
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
		- Updated note about removing old library files
		- Added a run of ldconfig after 'make install', before
		  it would've only been run if ld.so.conf was updated
		  (which would only happen the first time)
Oct 28, 2004	- 0.9.7d -> 0.9.7e
		- Added note about what versions come with what versions of
		  Slackware
		- Updated note about pkg-config
Mar 19, 2004	- Two days ago, 0.9.7d (and 0.9.6m) was released to fix two
		  security issues:
		  <a href="http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20040317.txt">http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20040317.txt</a>
		  <a href="http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-078A.html">http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-078A.html</a>
		  <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0079">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0079</a>
		  <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0112">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0112</a>
		- Changed the md5sum -&gt; textutils howto link to point to
		  the coreutils howto
		- Added setting PATH and MANPATH in your current shell too
		- Changed the grep test to see if /usr/local/ssl/lib is in
		  /etc/ld.so.conf to use egrep -q
		- Updated notes about recompiling other apps
		- Added a link to the US-CERT advisory above
Oct 3, 2003	- On September 30th OpenSSL 0.9.7c came out, sorry to take
		  so long with this one.  See these advisories for info
		  about the security updates:
		  <a href="http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030930.txt">http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030930.txt</a>
		  <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html">http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html</a>
		  Have fun rebuilding half the stuff on your Linux boxen! :-)
Sep 11, 2003	- Added a symlink from openssl's pkg-config config file to
		  /usr/lib/pkgconfig (if it exists)
Sep 10, 2003	- Create ~/installed with mode 700
		- Minor update to gpg verification part
Jul 24, 2003	- Replaced the blurbs that modify /etc/profile to add dirs
		  to PATH and MANPATH with one blurb that creates
		  /etc/profile.d/openssl.sh
Jun 3, 2003	- Added links to the list
Apr 14, 2003	- Added removepkg openssl-solibs, openssl
		- Updated prerequisites
Apr 11, 2003	- 0.9.7a -> 0.9.7b
		  See the CHANGES file in the tarball for more information
		  about security fixes
Apr 8, 2003	- Fixed link to curl at the bottom
Apr 3, 2003	- Added two patches to fix two security problems
		- Added curl to the list at the bottom
Mar 6, 2003	- Added Samba to the list of things to restart
		- Added note about removing old shared libs in
		  /usr/local/ssl/lib
		- Added another list, things other than daemons and
		  interactive programs that may be linked against OpenSSL
Feb 21, 2003	- Added something to re-use the tarball if it's already there
Feb 19, 2003	- 0.9.7 -> 0.9.7a (security)
		- Split up gpg verification into it's own section
		- Added links to howtos from the list of things to
		  restart/rebuild
Jan 17, 2003	- Added fetchmail running as a daemon to the list
Dec 31, 2002	- 0.9.6h -> 0.9.7
		- Added stunnel to the list of things to restart
		- Don't need to patch CA.pl any more, can run -newreq-nodes
		  now (I wonder when they added that <g>)
Dec 30, 2002	- Updated bottom about patching CA.pl, adding to PATH
Dec 9, 2002	- 0.9.6g -> 0.9.6h
		- Added removal of old versions
Aug 20, 2002	- Took the version off of the CA.pl patch filename, it hasn't
		  changed at all in any recent version of openssl...
		- Set it to remove the .asc and .md5 files after install
Aug 10, 2002	- 0.9.6e -> 0.9.6g
Aug 2, 2002	- Added md5 and gnupg verification
Aug 1, 2002	- Added more restart suggestions
Jul 30, 2002	- 0.9.6d -> 0.9.6e (security)

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