* Noteworthy changes in release 3.1 (released 2012-11-24) [stable]
- Completed rename of types:
ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE -> asn1_static_node (was asn1_static_node_t)
- Added new types: VisibleString, NumericString, IA5String, TeletexString,
PrintableString, UniversalString, BMPString, UTF8String. When re-defined
a warning is being print instead of failing.
- Parser outputs more detailed syntax error messages.
- Added asn1_decode_simple_der() and asn1_encode_simple_der().
- Added asn1_read_value_type() to return value and type.
- Introduced ASN1_ETYPE_UTC_TIME and ASN1_ETYPE_GENERALIZED_TIME
* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0 (2012-10-28) [stable]
- Added tool in tests/ to benchmark X.509 structure decoding.
- Added asn1_read_node_value() to obtain a node's value.
- Optimizations in internal tree allocation.
- Optimizations in tree search.
- libtasn1.h no longer exports internal structures.
- Types were renamed for consistency:
ASN1_DATA_NODE -> asn1_data_node_st
ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE -> asn1_static_node
ASN1_TYPE -> asn1_node
ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY -> NULL
static_struct_asn -> asn1_static_node_st
node_asn_struct -> asn1_node_st
node_asn -> asn1_node_st
(the old types are still available as definitions)
* Noteworthy changes in release 2.14 (2012-09-24) [stable]
- Added asn1_read_node_value() to obtain a node's value.
This is to deprecate the export of the node_asn internal structure
for the upcoming 3.x release. The ASN1_DATA_NODE type and the
ASN1_ETYPE_* constants were added to support the new function.
Version 2.1 (released 2009-04-17)
- Fix compilation failure on platforms that can't generate empty archives,
e.g., Mac OS X. Reported by David Reiser <dbreiser@gmail.com>.
Version 2.0 (released 2009-04-13)
- Optimized tree generation.
- ASN1 parser code re-generated using Bison 2.4.1.
- Build with more warning flags. Many compiler warnings fixed.
- Compiled with -fvisibility=hidden by default if supported.
See http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility
- The libtasn1-config tool has been removed.
For application developers, please stop using libtasn1-config for
finding libtasn1, use proper autoconf checks or pkg-config instead.
For users that need a libtasn1 that provides a libtasn1-config
script (for use with older applications), use libtasn1 v1.x instead.
Version 1.x is still supported.
- Add libtasn1-config for compatibility.
Please stop use it as it will disappear in v2.0!
Use standard AC_CHECK_FUNCS autoconf tests or pkg-config instead.
- Read PKCS-12 blob as binary file, fixes self-tests under Mingw.
- Fix use of __attribute__ ((deprecated)) to work on non-GCC.
Changes 1.6:
- Fixed namespace violation for MAX_NAME_SIZE and MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE.
The new names are ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE and ASN1_MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE.
- Fixed namespace violation for libtasn1_perror and libtasn1_strerror.
The new names are asn1_perror and asn1_strerror.
- Fix namespace violation for LIBASN1_VERSION.
The new name is ASN1_VERSION.
- Decoder can now decode BER encoded octet strings.
- doc: Change license on the manual to GFDLv1.3+.
- doc: Sync gdoc script with GnuTLS, changes license on man-pages to GAP.
- doc: Improve gtk-doc manual.
- Assumes system has strdup and string.h.
- Remove libtasn1-config and libtasn1.m4,
use standard AC_CHECK_FUNCS autoconf tests or pkg-config instead.
- Change detection of when to use a linker version script,
use --enable-ld-version-script or --disable-ld-version-script to
override auto-detection logic.
Version 0.3.2
- Corrected bug in asn1_der_coding() which overwrited some
data in the original structure.
- The asn1Parser, asn1Coding and asn1Decoding programs are now installed.
- Support constant size bit strings, as in 'BIT STRING (SIZE(42))'.
Reported by Cyril Holweck <cyril.holweck@q-free.com>.
- Add two more APIs required by GnuTLS.
- New public APIs:
asn1_find_node function
asn1_copy_node
Version 0.3.0
- Export DER utility functions, mostly so that GnuTLS can avoid using
libtasn1 internals.
- The _asn1* symbols are not exported in the shared library file (when
using GNU ld).
- The library can now be built using Visual Studio, and the project
files are included in windows/.
- New public APIs:
asn1_get_tag_der
asn1_octet_der
asn1_get_octet_der
asn1_bit_der
asn1_get_bit_der
asn1_get_length_der
asn1_length_der
- Version number in libtasn1.h updated properly.
Changes 0.2.12:
- Manual converted to Texinfo format.
- Manual in GTK-DOC and DevHelp formats added.
- Man pages for all functions added.
- Various internal cleanups.
All library names listed by *.la files no longer need to be listed
in the PLIST, e.g., instead of:
lib/libfoo.a
lib/libfoo.la
lib/libfoo.so
lib/libfoo.so.0
lib/libfoo.so.0.1
one simply needs:
lib/libfoo.la
and bsd.pkg.mk will automatically ensure that the additional library
names are listed in the installed package +CONTENTS file.
Also make LIBTOOLIZE_PLIST default to "yes".
- Added scripts to assist in libtasn1 version detection
from configure scripts.
- Corrected a DER decoding bug which was reported
by Max Vozeler <max@hinterhof.net>.
Changes 0.2.9
- Accept negative numbers as range in INTEGER declarations
Changes 0.2.8
- Add asn1_delete_element function
Changes since 0.2.4:
Version 0.2.6
- ASN.1 parser accepts these kinds of integer definitions:
"INTEGER (5 | 10)" and
"INTEGER (5)"
- Comments start at "--" and finish at the "end of line" or
with another "--".
Version 0.2.5
- Bug fix in ordering procedure for SET OF and SEQUENCE OF
types coding.
- Manage structured format (BER encoding) in
asn1_der_decoding, asn1_decoding_element and
asn1_der_decoding_startEnd for OCTET STRING type.
- Manage SEQUENCE and SET empty structure.
- Manage "indefinite length method" in asn1_der_decoding,
asn1_decoding_element and asn1_der_decoding_startEnd
for the following types:
SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF, SET, and SET OF.
- Bug fix in asn1_read_value with NULL parameter in case
of BIT STRING
libtasn1 library was developed for ASN1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One)
structures management.
The main features of this library are:
- on-line ASN1 structure management that does
not require any C code file generation;
- off-line ASN1 structure management with C code
file generation containing an array;
- DER (Distinguish Encoding Rules) encoding;
- no limits for INTEGER and ENUMERATED values
Package provided bu Juan RP via pkgsrc-wip with some modifications by me.
