NEWS for SoftHSM -- History of user visible changes

SoftHSM 2.5.0 - 2018-09-24

* Issue #323: Support for EDDSA with vendor defined mechanisms.
  (Patch from Francis Dupont)
* Issue #362: CMake Build System Support for SoftHSM.
  (Patch from Constantine Grantcharov)
* Issue #368: Support migrating 32-bit SoftHSMv1 DB on 64-bit system (LP64).
* Issue #385: Default is not to build EDDSA since it has not been released in
  OpenSSL.
* Issue #387: Windows: Add VS2017 detection to Configure.py.
  (Patch from Jaroslav Imrich)
* Issue #412: Replace PKCS11 headers with a version from p11-kit.
  (Patch from Alexander Bokovoy)

Bugfixes:
* Issue #366: Support cross-compilation.
  (Patch from Michael Weiser)
* Issue #377: Duplicate symbol error with custom p11test.
* Issue #386: Use RDRAND in OpenSSL if that engine is available.
* Issue #388: Update DBTests.cpp to fix x86 test failure.
  (Patch from tcely)
* Issue #393: Not setting CKA_PUBLIC_KEY_INFO correctly.
  (Patch from pkalapat)
* Issue #401: Wrong key and keyserver mentioned in installation documentation.
  (Patch from Berry A.W. van Halderen)
* Issue #408: Remove mutex callbacks after C_Finalize().
  (Patch from Alexander Bokovoy)


SoftHSM 2.4.0 - 2018-02-27

* Issue #135: Support PKCS#8 for GOST.
* Issue #140: Support for CKA_ALLOWED_MECHANISMS.
  (Patch from Brad Hess)
* Issue #141: Support CKA_ALWAYS_AUTHENTICATE for private key objects.
* Issue #220: Support for CKM_DES3_CMAC and CKM_AES_CMAC.
* Issue #226: Configuration option for Windows build to enable build with
  static CRT (/MT).
* Issue #325: Support for CKM_AES_GCM.
* Issue #334: Document that initialized tokens will be reassigned to another
  slot (based on the token serial number).
* Issue #335: Support for CKM_RSA_PKCS_PSS.
  (Patch from Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos)
* Issue #341: Import AES keys with softhsm2-util.
  (Patch from Pavel Cherezov)
* Issue #348: Document that OSX needs pkg-config to detect cppunit.
* Issue #349: softhsm2-util will check the configuration and report any
  issues before loading the PKCS#11 library.

Bugfixes:
* Issue #345: Private objects are presented to security officer in search
  results.
* Issue #358: Race condition when multiple applications are creating and
  reading object files.


SoftHSM 2.3.0 - 2017-07-03

* Issue #130: Upgraded to PKCS#11 v2.40.
  * Minor changes to some return values.
  * Added CKA_DESTROYABLE to all objects. Used by C_DestroyObject().
  * Added CKA_PUBLIC_KEY_INFO to certificates, private, and public key
    objects. Will be accepted from application, but SoftHSM will
    currently not calculate it.
* Issue #142: Support for CKM_AES_CTR.
* Issue #155: Add unit tests for SessionManager.
* Issue #189: C_DigestKey returns CKR_KEY_INDIGESTIBLE when key
  attribute CKA_EXTRACTABLE = false. Whitelist SHA algorithms to allow
  C_DigestKey in this case.
* Issue #225: Show slot id after initialization.
* Issue #247: Run AppVeyor (Windows CI) for each PR and merge.
* Issue #257: Set CKA_DECRYPT/CKA_ENCRYPT flags on key import to true.
  (Patch from Martin Domke)
* Issue #261: Add support for libeaycompat lib for FIPS on Windows.
  (Patch from Matt Hauck)
* Issue #262: Support importing ECDSA P-521 in softhsm-util.
* Issue #276: Support for Botan 2.0.
* Issue #279: Editorial changes from Mountain Lion to Sierra.
  (Patch from Mike Neumann)
* Issue #283: More detailed error messages when initializing SoftHSM.
* Issue #285: Support for LibreSSL.
  (Patch from Alon Bar-Lev)
* Issue #286: Update .gitignore.
  (Patch from Alon Bar-Lev)
* Issue #291: Change to enable builds and reports on new Jenkinks
  environment.
* Issue #293: Detect cppunit in autoconf.
  (Patch from Alon Bar-Lev)
* Issue #309: CKO_CERTIFICATE and CKO_PUBLIC_KEY now defaults to
  CKA_PRIVATE=false.
* Issue #314: Update README with information about logging.
* Issue #330: Adjust log levels for failing to enumerate object store.
  (Patch from Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos)

Bugfixes:
* Issue #216: Better handling of CRYPTO_set_locking_callback() for OpenSSL.
* Issue #265: Fix deriving shared secret with ECC.
* Issue #280: HMAC with sizes less than L bytes is strongly discouraged.
  Set a lower bound equal to L bytes in ulMinKeySize and check it when
  initializing the operation.
* Issue #281: Fix test of p11 shared library.
  (Patch from Lars Silvén)
* Issue #289: Minor fix of 'EVP_CipherFinal_ex'.
  (Patch from Viktor Tarasov)
* Issue #297: Fix build with cppunit.
  (Patch from Ludovic Rousseau)
* Issue #302: Export PKCS#11 symbols from the library.
  (Patch from Ludovic Rousseau)
* Issue #305: Zero pad key to fit the block in CKM_AES_KEY_WRAP.
* Issue #313: Detecting CppUnit when using Macports.
  (Patch from mouse07410)


SoftHSM 2.2.0 - 2016-12-05

* Issue #143: Delete a token using softhsm2-util.
* Issue #185: Change access mode bits for /var/lib/softhsm/tokens/
  to 1777. All users can now create tokens, but only access their own.
  (Patch from Rick van Rein)
* Issue #186: Reinitializing a token will now keep the token, but all
  token objects are deleted, the user PIN is removed and the token
  label is updated.
* Issue #190: Support for OpenSSL 1.1.0.
* Issue #198: Calling C_GetSlotList with NULL_PTR will make sure that
  there is always a slot with an uninitialized token available.
* Issue #199: The token serial number will be used when setting the slot
  number. The serial number is set after the token has been initialized.
  (Patch from Lars Silvén)
* Issue #203: Update the command utils to use the token label or serial
  to find the token and its slot number.
* Issue #209: Possibility to test other PKCS#11 implementations with the
  CppUnit test.
  (Patch from Lars Silvén)
* Issue #223: Mark public key as non private by default.
  (Patch from Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos)
* Issue #230: Install p11-kit module, to disable use --disable-p11-kit.
  (Patch from David Woodhouse)
* Issue #237: Add windows continuous integration build.
  (Patch from Peter Polačko)

Bugfixes:
* Issue #201: Missing new source file and test configuration in the
  Windows build project.
* Issue #205: ECDSA P-521 support for OpenSSL and better test coverage.
* Issue #207: Fix segmentation faults in loadLibrary function.
  (Patch from Jaroslav Imrich)
* Issue #215: Update the Homebrew install notes for OSX.
* Issue #218: Fix build warnings.
* Issue #235: Add the libtool install command for OSX.
  (Patch from Mark Wylde)
* Issue #236: Use GetEnvironmentVariable instead of getenv on Windows.
  (Patch from Jaroslav Imrich)
* Issue #239: Crash on module unload with OpenSSL.
  (Patch from David Woodhouse)
* Issue #241: Added EXTRALIBS to Windows utils project.
  (Patch from Peter Polačko)
* Issue #250: C++11 not detected.
* Issue #255: API changes in Botan 1.11.27.
* Issue #260: Fix include guard to check WITH_FIPS.
  (Patch from Matt Hauck)
* Issue #268: p11test fails on 32-bit systems.
* Issue #270: Build warning about "converting a string constant".
* Issue #272: Fix C++11 check to look for unique_ptr.
  (Patch from Matt Hauck)


SoftHSM 2.1.0 - 2016-03-14

* Issue #136: Improved guide and build scripts for Windows.
  (Thanks to Jaroslav Imrich)
* Issue #144: The password prompt in softhsm2-util can now be
  interrupted (ctrl-c).
* Issue #166: Add slots.removable config option.
  (Patch from Sumit Bose)
* Issue #180: Windows configure script improvements.
  (Patch from Arnaud Grandville)

Bugfixes:
* Issue #128: Prioritize the return values in C_GetAttributeValue.
  (Patch from Nicholas Wilson)
* Issue #129: Fix errors reported by Visual Studio 2015.
  (Patch from Jaroslav Imrich)
* Issue #132: Handle the CKA_CHECK_VALUE correctly for certificates
  and symmetric key objects.
* Issue #154: Fix the Windows build and destruction order of objects.
  (Patch from Arnaud Grandville)
* Issue #162: Not possible to create certificate objects containing
  CKA_CERTIFICATE_CATEGORY, CKA_NAME_HASH_ALGORITHM, or
  CKA_JAVA_MIDP_SECURITY_DOMAIN.
* Issue #163: Do not attempt decryption of empty byte strings.
  (Patch from Michal Kepien)
* Issue #165: Minor changes after a PVS-Studio code analysis, and
  C_EncryptUpdate crash if no ciphered data is produced.
  (Patch from Arnaud Grandville)
* Issue #169: One-byte buffer overflow in call to EVP_DecryptUpdate.
* Issue #171: Problem while closing library that is initialized but
  improperly finalized.
* Issue #173: Adjust return values for the template parsing.
* Issue #174: C_DeriveKey() error with leading zero bytes.
* Issue #177: CKA_NEVER_EXTRACTABLE set to CK_FALSE on objects
  created with C_CreateObject.
* Issue #182: Resolve compiler warning.
  (Patch from Josh Datko)
* Issue #184: Stop discarding the global OpenSSL libcrypto state.
  (Patch from Michal Trojnara)
* SOFTHSM-123: Fix library cleanup on BSD.


SoftHSM 2.0.0 - 2015-07-17

* SOFTHSM-121: Test cases for C_DecryptUpdate/C_DecryptFinal.
* Support C_DecryptUpdate/C_DecryptFinal for symmetric algorithms.
  (Patch from Thomas Calderon)

Bugfixes:
* SOFTHSM-120: Segfault after renaming variables.


SoftHSM 2.0.0b3 - 2015-04-17

* SOFTHSM-113: Support for Botan 1.11.15
* SOFTHSM-119: softhsm2-util: Support ECDSA key import
  (Patch from Magnus Ahltorp)
* SUPPORT-139: Support deriving generic secrets, DES, DES2, DES3, and AES.
  Using DH, ECDH or symmetric encryption.

Bugfixes:
* SOFTHSM-108: A marked as trusted certificate cannot be imported.
* SOFTHSM-109: Unused parameter and variable warnings.
* SOFTHSM-110: subdir-objects warnings from autoreconf.
* SOFTHSM-111: Include FIPS-NOTES.md in dist.
* SOFTHSM-112: CKM_AES_KEY_WRAP* conflict in pkcs11.h.
* SOFTHSM-114: Fix memory leak in a test script.
* SOFTHSM-115: Fix static analysis warnings.
* SUPPORT-154: A marked as non-modifiable object cannot be generated.
* SUPPORT-155: auto_ptr is deprecated in C++11, use unique_ptr.
* SUPPORT-157: Derived secrets were truncated after encryption and
  could thus not be decrypted.
* Mutex should call MutexFactory wrapper functions.
  (Patch from Jerry Lundström)
* Return detailed error message to loadLibrary().
  (Patch from Petr Spacek)


SoftHSM 2.0.0b2 - 2014-12-28

* SOFTHSM-50: OpenSSL FIPS support.
* SOFTHSM-64: Updated build script for Windows.
* SOFTHSM-100: Use --free with softhsm2-util to initialize the first
  free token.
* SOFTHSM-103: Allow runtime configuration of log level.
* SOFTHSM-107: Support for CKM_<symcipher>_CBC_PAD.
* Add support for CKM_RSA_PKCS_OAEP key un/wrapping.
  (Patch from Petr Spacek)
* Use OpenSSL EVP interface for AES key wrapping.
  (Patch from Petr Spacek)
* Allow reading configuration file from user's home directory.
  (Patch from Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos)

Bugfixes:
* SOFTHSM-102: C_DeriveKey() uses OBJECT_OP_GENERATE.
* Coverity found a number of issues.


SoftHSM 2.0.0b1 - 2014-09-10

* SOFTHSM-84: Check that all mandatory attributes are given during
  the creation process.
* SOFTHSM-92: Enable -fvisibility=hidden on per default
* SUPPORT-137: Implement C_EncryptUpdate and C_EncryptFinal
  (Patch from Martin Paljak)
* Add support for CKM_RSA_PKCS key un/wrapping
  (Patch from Petr Spacek)

Bugfixes:
* SOFTHSM-66: Attribute handling when using multiple threads
* SOFTHSM-93: Invalid C++ object recycling.
* SOFTHSM-95: umask affecting the calling application.
* SOFTHSM-97: Check if Botan has already been initialized.
* SOFTHSM-98: Handle mandatory attributes for DSA, DH, and ECDSA
  correctly.
* SOFTHSM-99: Binary encoding of GOST values.
* SUPPORT-136: softhsm2-keyconv creates files with sensitive material
  in insecure way.


SoftHSM 2.0.0a2 - 2014-03-25

* SOFTHSM-68: Display a better configure message when there is a 
  version of Botan with a broken ECC/GOST/OID implementation.
* SOFTHSM-70: Improved handling of the database backend.
* SOFTHSM-71: Supporting Botan 1.11.
* SOFTHSM-76: Do not generate RSA keys smaller than 1024 bit when 
  using the Botan crypto backend.
* SOFTHSM-83: Support CKA_VALUE_BITS for CKK_DH private key object.
* SOFTHSM-85: Rename libsofthsm.so to libsofthsm2.so and prefix the
  command line utilties with softhsm2-.
* SOFTHSM-89: Use constants and not strings for signaling algorithms.
* SUPPORT-129: Possible to use an empty template in C_GenerateKey.
  The class and key type are inherited from the generation mechanism.
  Some mechanisms do however require a length attribute. [SOFTHSM-88]
* SUPPORT-131: Support RSA-PSS using SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384,
  or SHA512. [SOFTHSM-87]

Bugfixes:
* SOFTHSM-39: Fix 64 bit build on sparc sun4v.
* SOFTHSM-69: GOST did not work when you disabled ECC.
* SOFTHSM-78: Correct the attribute checks for a number of objects.
* SOFTHSM-80: Prevent segfault in OpenSSL GOST HMAC code.
* SOFTHSM-91: Fix a warning from static code analysis.
* Fixed a number of memory leaks.


SoftHSM 2.0.0a1 - 2014-02-10

This is the first alpha release of SoftHSMv2. It focuses on a higher 
level of security by encrypting sensitive information and using 
unswappable memory. There is also a more generalized crypto backend,
where you can use Botan or OpenSSL.