GnuTLS 2.5.6, second release candidate for 2.6.0

Simon Josefsson simon at josefsson.org
Mon Sep 8 15:30:47 CEST 2008


The GnuTLS 2.5.x branch is NOT what you want for your stable system.  It
is intended for developers and experienced users.

No serious issues were brought up for 2.5.5, so let's set a goal date
for the 2.6.0 stable release: 1 October.  This is the second release
candidate.  Test it as if it were a new stable release!

Here are the compressed sources:
  http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutls/gnutls-2.5.6.tar.bz2 (4.9MB)
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutls/gnutls-2.5.6.tar.bz2

Here is the OpenPGP signature:
  http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutls/gnutls-2.5.6.tar.bz2.sig
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutls/gnutls-2.5.6.tar.bz2.sig

Improving GnuTLS is costly, but you can help!  We are looking for
organizations that find GnuTLS useful and wish to contribute back.  You
can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software, or donate money
or equipment.

Commercial support contracts for GnuTLS are available, and they help
finance continued maintenance.  Simon Josefsson Datakonsult, a Stockholm
based privately held company, is currently funding GnuTLS maintenance.
We are always looking for interesting development projects.  See
http://josefsson.org/ for more details.

/Simon

* Version 2.5.6 (released 2008-09-08)

** libgnutls: Add interface to deal with public key and signature algorithms.
The functions are called gnutls_pk_list, gnutls_pk_get_id,
gnutls_sign_list, and gnutls_sign_get_id.  Suggested by Sam
Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com>.

** libgnutls: Refactor and clean up some code.

** libgnutls: Fix compile error with Sun CC.

** gnutls-cli: Improve --list output to include public key and signature algs.

** gnutls-cli, gnutls-serv: Remove --copyright parameter.
Use standard --version to get license info.

** gnutls-cli.1: Document all new parameters.
Thanks to James Westby <jw+debian at jameswestby.net>.

** API and ABI modifications:
gnutls_pk_list: ADDED
gnutls_pk_get_id: ADDED
gnutls_sign_list: ADDED
gnutls_sign_get_id: ADDED





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