opensc/NEWS

NEWS for OpenSC -- History of user visible changes

New in 0.9.5; 2005-xx-xx; Antti Tapaninen:
* New generic ATR/card matching code with
  atrmask support, used by all card drivers.
* Much improved and unified ATR handling in
  the configuration file.
* Support for the next generation FinEID cards
  with ISO/IEC 7816-15 data layout.
* Preliminary code merge with the Belgian
  Belpic EID project.
* Experimental multi-slot support for CT-API
  and dynamic loading support for win32.
  Thanks to Bernhard Froehlich <ted@convey.de>
* Experimental CCID pinpad support for libccid
  using PC/SC reader driver interface.
* Fixed OpenSSL behaviour in the configure
  script.
* PKCS#15 emulation layer improvements and
  a new driver for the Italian postecert
  card.
* New API documentation and generic documentation
  structure renovation to base future work on.
  Many thanks to Bert Vermeulen <bert@biot.com>
* Spanish manual translation from opensc-ceres
  project merged.
* Several memory leaks and other bugs fixed.

New in 0.9.4; 2004-10-31; Andreas Jellinghaus:
* Library version was broken in 0.9.3.
* Update library version to 1:0:0, as we are no longer
  compatible with the 0:*:* line, I fear.

New in 0.9.3;  2004-10-31; Andreas Jellinghaus:
* Fix some LDFLAGS/LDADD issues for parallel build.

New in 0.9.2; 2004-07-24; Andreas Jellinghaus:
* This is an beta test version. Please be careful.
  Do not use in production environments.
* Fix sslengine, link those dynamically with libcrypto
  for openssl 0.9.7d and later.
* Fixed small bug in pkcs11-tool
* Link pkcs11-tool and pkcs15-crypt with -lcrypto
* New driver for estonian ID card.
* Bumped version number to opensc 0.9.2
* New card supported: Oberthur AuthentIC v5
* Pam_opensc's eid module now checks permissions,
  and supports several certificates in
  ~/.eid/authorized_certificates
  Thanks to Fritz Elfert <fritz.elfert@millenux.com>
* Upgrade library version to 0.9, since incompatible changes
  are very likely somewhere.
* Merged several pkcs15 profiles into one with different
  options.

New in 0.8.1; 2003-09-30; Olaf Kirch:
* Upgrade libopensc versioning, hasn't been
  accidently upgraded since 0.6.0 release
* MacOS X specific changes:
  - Allow to compile without PC/SC support
  - Bundle installation fixes
  - OpenSSL engine linking fixed
  - Renamed OpenSC PKCS#11.bundle to
    opensc-pkcs11.bundle
  - CT-API module loading support
* libopensc:
  - Renamed sysdep_timestamp_t to sc_timestamp_t
  - Renamed debug/error functions to sc_debug/sc_error
  - Don't DER-en/decode the data in a pkcs15 object
  - Portability fixes for the OpenCT reader driver
* libscconf: Fixed CRLF parsing for UNIX platforms
* Added PKCS#11 spy module by Mathias Brossard
* Other minor bug/build fixes and cleanups

New in 0.8.0; 2003-08-15; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* New and/or improved card drivers:
  Aladdin eToken, MICARDO 2 and STARCOS
* New reader driver: OpenCT (Olaf's framework)
* Improved support for win32 and MacOS X.
* PKCS #11 stuff improved massively
* Added PKCS #11 and native OpenSC engine drivers
  for OpenSSL
* Added support for reading the PIN from the PIN keypad
  of a reader
* New manpages
* Loads of other improvements and bug-fixes

New in 0.7.0; 2002-06-03; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* Support for config files
* Yet another PKCS #15 generation rewrite
* PAM module rewritten for more flexibility and compatibility
* OpenSC Signer merged to the main source tree
* CT-API support
* Support for non-native RSA and DSA keys
* Improved support for MioCOS cards by Miotec (http://www.miotec.fi)
* Semi-working support for Aladdin eToken PRO
* First version to work with OpenSSH without any patching

New in 0.6.1; 2002-03-20; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* Fixed certificate downloading in pkcs15-init
* Improved PKCS #11 module, so it works with Mozilla 0.9.9 and
  is capable of signing and decrypting mails in Netscape
* Other various small fixes and improvements

New in 0.6.0; 2002-03-13; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* Many, many new features -- too many to list here
* New cards supported: Gemplus GPK family, TCOS 2.0, MioCOS
* Implemented a card reader abstraction layer
* PKCS #15 generation rewritten by Olaf Kirch. So far generation
  is supported only on GPK and Cryptoflex.

New in 0.5.0; 2002-01-24; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* PKCS #15 generation support
* PKCS #11 module almost completely rewritten
* Implemented opensc-explorer; a tool for browsing and modifying
  the card file system
* Almost complete support for Cryptoflex 16k; implemented cryptoflex-tool
* Started writing some API documentation using Doxygen
* Much improved object handling code in PKCS #15 framework
* Lots of bugs fixed, lots of new ones introduced

New in 0.4.0; 2001-12-29; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* Finished migrating to Autotools
* Rewritten ASN.1 decoder (should work better on all PKCS #15 cards)
* Abstracted card handling, so adding support for new cards is a whiz,
  'opensc-tool -D' will list all installed drivers.
* Added colored debug and error output ;)
* Fixed some memory leaks
* Support for Swedish Posten eID cards
* Added very preliminary support for EMV compatible cards and Multiflex
  cards by Schlumberger

New in 0.3.5; 2001-12-15; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* Now compiles with C++
* Added card reset detection
* Fixed PIN code changing
* Improved certificate caching

New in 0.3.2; 2001-11-27; Juha Yrj<72>l<EFBFBD>:
* Converted to Autotools.