3.0.0:
- Cleaned up installed header files.
- Modified the API so that all keys can be passed as arrays of bytes.
- Modified the API so that all key sizes are given in bits.
- Modified the multi-precision integer library to work better on 64-bit
machines.
- Modified the assembly source generation mechanism, employing the m4
macro processor.
- Added multi-precision integer vectorized assembler routines for
Itanium.
- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for PowerPC 64-bit.
- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for Alpha.
- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for Opteron.
- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for IBM zSeries 64-bit.
- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for M68K.
- Added Jeff Johnson's python bindings.
- Added new unit tests.
- Added new benchmarking programs.
2.3.0pre:
- Modified the header files so that the library now uses self-contained
autoconf-generated configuration files; a program employing BeeCrypt can
now use the symbols already tested and defined instead of having to
regenerate them (thus also eliminating the risk of inconsistencies).
- Added the AES algorithm, with assembler routines for i586 and powerpc.
- Added the DSA signature algorithm.
- Added PowerPC assembler routines for blowfish.
- Added Pentium4 SSE2 assembler multiplication routines.
- Fixed the RSA CRT algorithm.
- Fixed the gas/i386 mp32even and mp32odd routines.
- Fixed a bug in modular inverse computation; thanks to Jeff Johnson of
RedHat for pointing this out.
- Fixed a bug in testing the result of a gcd operation in the mp32prndconone
routine.
- Fixed an ugly bug in base64 decoding.
- Fixed compatibility with the latest automake & autoconf versions.
- Replaces CPU optimization mechanism in configure script.
BeeCrypt is an open source cryptography library that contains highly
optimized C and assembler implementations of many well-known algorithms
including Blowfish, MD5, SHA-1, Diffie-Hellman, and ElGamal.
Unlike some other crypto libraries, BeeCrypt is not designed to solve
one specific problem, like file encryption, but to be a general purpose
toolkit which can be used in a variety of applications.
There are also no patent or royalty issues associated with BeeCrypt, and
it is released under the GNU LGPL license, which means it can used for
free in both open source and closed source commercial projects.
