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6bc89f92 1Revision history for Perl extension Digest::SHA.
2
44e8b72c 35.43 Sat Aug 5 02:36:18 MST 2006
4 - undid Perl Best Practice of favoring 3-argument "open"
5 -- 3-arg version uses different semantics for "-"
6 causing bugs in addfile and shasum
7 - modified underlying C functions to use ANSI prototypes
8 -- requested by Steve Hay (ref. Smoke [5.9.4] 28630)
9 -- K&R style was causing numerous warnings from
10 Borland compiler
11
cccd5831 125.42 Mon Jul 24 04:04:40 MST 2006
13 - minor code changes suggested by Perl::Critic
14 -- e.g. no bareword filehandles, no 2-argument open's
15 - updated public key (ref. B538C51C)
16 -- previous one (0AF563FE) expired July 2, 2006
17 - added documentation to warn that Base64 digests are NOT padded
18 -- padding must be done by user if interoperability
19 with other software is required
20
84c0b84e 215.41 Sat Jun 3 01:50:46 MST 2006
22 - corrected addfile
23 -- process $file argument as a filehandle unless passed
24 as a SCALAR (which indicates a file name)
25
265.40 Fri Jun 2 04:00:30 MST 2006
27 - modified addfile to accept indirect filehandles
28 -- ref. rt.cpan.org #19627 and #19641
29
305.39 Sun May 28 03:22:24 MST 2006
31 - modified shasum to warn rather than die for file errors
32 -- to follow conventions of GNU sha1sum/md5sum
33
c7e5c266 345.38 Thu May 25 02:02:02 MST 2006
35 - added new capabilities to the "addfile" method
36 -- now able to accept file names as well as handles
37 -- includes mode for portable digest calculation
38 -- thanks to Adam Kennedy for emails and ideas
39 ref. File::LocalizeNewlines
40 - used expanded addfile interface to simplify shasum (sumfile)
41 -- regex a tad less general than 5.37, but handles all
42 known newline variants in UNIX/Windows/MacOS
43 - enhanced WARNING messages from shasum checkfile processing
44 -- to mimic behavior of md5sum
45
dcbcf62d 465.37 Mon May 8 04:30:09 MST 2006
47 - modified shasum to avoid file slurping (ref. sub sumfile)
48 - improved error handling of checksum files in shasum
49 -- to better mimic the behavior of md5sum
50 - refined line-break regex in shasum (ref. sub sumfile)
51 -- catches multiple CR's preceding LF
52 thanks to Gisle Aas for suggested patch
53 - changed loop vars to signed int's in shadump (ref. src/sha.c)
54 -- to prevent type mismatch warnings
55
128cbdba 565.36 Mon May 8 01:38:36 MST 2006
57 - fixed the "portable" option in shasum
58 -- normalize line-breaks in text files only
59
605.35 Thu May 4 16:54:42 MST 2006
61 - added "portable" option to shasum
62 -- to make digests match across Windows/Unix/MacOS
63 - enabled bundling of shasum command line options
64 -- to mimic behavior of md5sum
65 - removed \r's from text files in t/nist directory
66 -- resolves SIGNATURE clashes (rt.cpan.org #18983)
67 - changed suffix on SHA64_MAX (src/sha.h) to ULL
68 -- eliminates gcc warnings (rt.cpan.org #18988)
69 - specified minimum Perl version for module and Makefile.PL
70 -- closes rt.cpan.org #18984
71
77d2a621 725.34 Thu Feb 2 18:55:40 MST 2006
73 - removed Unix-style pathnames in test scripts
74 -- causing problems on OpenVMS
75 -- thanks to Steve Peters for patch
76 - included latest version of Perl Portability header (ppport.h)
77 - added PERL_CORE check to test scripts
78 -- allows module to be built into Perl distribution
79
6bc89f92 805.32 Fri Dec 2 02:32:20 MST 2005
81 - added POD section to shasum script
82 -- thanks to Gunnar Wolf for patch
83 - made minor code changes to silence compiler warnings
84 -- resulting from signed/unsigned integer mixing
85 - inserted code in test scripts for POD checking
86 -- to recover gracefully if Test::More isn't installed
87
885.31 Mon Sep 5 00:52:42 MST 2005
89 - added standard tests for pod and pod-coverage checking
90 - inserted subtest to check for failure when using
91 unrecognized SHA algorithm
92
935.30 Sat Aug 20 16:46:08 MST 2005
94 - updated docs with recent NIST statement on SHA-1
95 -- advises use of larger and stronger hash functions
96 (i.e. SHA-224/256/384/512) for new developments
97
985.29 Sun Aug 14 04:48:34 MST 2005
99 - added explicit casts in "shaload" routine (ref. "ldvals")
100 -- thanks to E. Allen Smith for pointing out SGI compiler
101 warnings on IPxx-irix platforms
102 - updated docs with cautionary note about SHA-1
103
1045.28 Wed Nov 10 15:33:20 MST 2004
105 - provided more flexible formatting of SHA state files
106 -- entries may now contain embedded whitespace
107 for improved readability
108 - minor code cleanups
109
1105.27 Sun Oct 24 02:54:00 MST 2004
111 - minor code cleanups
112 -- reduces size of dump files for SHA-1/224/256
113
1145.26 Thu Oct 7 14:52:00 MST 2004
115 - streamlined distribution
116 -- reduced NIST vector tests from 200 to 20
117 -- former number was overkill
118 -- distro now downloads and builds more quickly
119 - rewrote SYNOPSIS sections in pod file
120 - made additional tweaks to t/8-shasum.t for portability
121 - cleaned up test scripts
122
1235.25 Sun Sep 12 18:48:00 MST 2004
124 - removed non-essential test script
125 -- t/8-shasum.t causes problems on sparc64-linux
126 - reverted to using eval "require $module" in shasum
127
1285.24 Sun Sep 12 02:50:18 MST 2004
129 - modified shasum to use barewords in "require" statements
130 -- ref. perl.cpan.testers (157305)
131
1325.23 Thu Sep 9 23:06:18 MST 2004
133 - corrected bug in test script
134 -- use blib when invoking perl as an external
135 command in t/8-shasum.t
136
1375.22 Tue Sep 7 19:12:40 MST 2004
138 - broadened SHA-384/512 support
139 -- to compilers with no ULLONG_MAX in limits.h
140 -- e.g IBM C (xlC 6.0.0) on AIX 4.3.3
141 -- thanks to Chris Carey for suggestions
142 and technical expertise
143 - improved use of static storage class in transforms
144 -- detection of Intel arch. now done in Makefile.PL
145 -- NB: static not used if compiling for thread safety
146 - minor changes to documentation
147
1485.21 Mon Aug 23 04:02:00 MST 2004
149 - removed 64-bit constant expressions from #if statements
150 -- ref. src/sha.h (lines 55, 58, and 61)
151 -- even if compiler supports long long's, preprocessor
152 may use long's when evaluating expressions
153 - improved test script for "shasum" (t/8-shasum.t)
154 -- exercises check file option (-c)
155
1565.20 Sun Aug 15 04:24:48 MST 2004
157 - introduced "shasum" script
158 -- mimics the usage and behavior of "md5sum"
159 -- adds "-a" option to select SHA algorithm
160 -- for help, just type "shasum -h"
161
1625.10 Fri Aug 6 02:04:38 MST 2004
163 - simplified module documentation
164 -- made it consistent with Digest::SHA::PurePerl docs
165
1665.03 Sat Jul 31 00:00:48 MST 2004
167 - corrected HMAC-SHA-384/512 bug (cpan #7181, Adam Woodbury)
168 -- code was using hardwired blocksize for SHA-1/256
169 -- ref. src/hmac.c, src/hmac.h
170
1715.02 Thu Jul 29 02:48:00 MST 2004
172 - updated documentation and "dump-load.t" test script
173 -- to be consistent with Digest::SHA::PurePerl
174 - included a SIGNATURE file
175 -- for stronger authentication of module contents
176 -- ref. Module::Signature on CPAN
177 - corrected embarrassing misspelling in docs
178 -- apologies to Gisle Aas
179
1805.01 Fri May 21 13:08:12 MST 2004
181 - check for undefined SHA handle when calling "shaclose()"
182 -- prevents intermittent cleanup errors during
183 global object destruction
184
1855.00 Fri May 14 04:45:00 MST 2004
186 - minor documentation fixes
187 - restored classical style of version numbering (X.YZ)
188 -- previous X.Y.Z style caused installation difficulties
189 when using CPANPLUS
190
1914.3.3 Wed May 5 00:30:40 MST 2004
192 - fixed bug in "strto64()" function
193 -- caused problems in state files with CR/LF pairs
194 -- thanks to Martin Thurn for testing support
195
1964.3.2 Wed Apr 28 03:56:00 MST 2004
197 - added Makefile.PL options
198 -- thread-safety: -t
199 -- exclude 384/512 support: -x
200 -- e.g. perl Makefile.PL -t
201 - temporarily suppress dump/load tests for SHA-384/512
202 -- pending clarification of problem on sun4u sparc
203
2044.3.1 Thu Mar 4 02:54:00 MST 2004
205 - removed unused functions from XS file
206 -- reduces size of compiled objects
207 - simplified implementation of Digest::SHA object
208 -- now a blessed SHAPtr ref instead of blessed array ref
209 -- results in slight speed-up of OO operations
210 - streamlined underlying C source
211 -- used macros to consolidate repetitive code
212 - rewrote test scripts to depend on Test rather than Test::More
213 -- allows module to be checked in minimal Perl environments
214 - added compilation option for thread-safety
215 -- overrides use of static arrays
216
2174.3.0 Sat Feb 7 02:58:00 MST 2004
218 - included SHA-384/512 support if using Microsoft C/C++
219 -- uses MSVC's __int64 in place of "long long"
220 - enhanced portability and efficiency on diverse platforms
221 -- automatically sets up optimal types for 32/64-bit ops
222 - improved test scripts for better reporting
223 -- many thanks to Alex Muntada for helpful suggestions
224
2254.2.2 Sat Jan 31 17:10:20 MST 2004
226 - repaired 32-bit SHA operations for 8-byte longs
227
2284.2.1 Sat Jan 24 00:56:54 MST 2004
229 - modified I/O and memory management in underlying C code
230 -- uses Perl libraries when compiled as CPAN module
231 -- otherwise defaults to ANSI C libraries
232 -- bypasses problems in MSWin multi-threaded Perls
233 -- avoids "Free to wrong pool" error
234 -- special thanks to Robert Gilmour and Brian Gladman
235 for technical guidance and testing
236
2374.2.0 Sat Dec 27 16:08:00 MST 2003
238 - added support for recently-announced SHA-224 algorithm
239 -- ref. FIPS 180-2 Change Notice 1
240 -- also includes HMAC-SHA-224
241
2424.1.0 Thu Dec 25 00:58:00 MST 2003
243 - repaired "nist-vectors" test scripts for MSWin32 portability
244 -- use binmode for data files
245
2464.0.9 Wed Dec 24 02:58:22 MST 2003
247 - use canonical file specs in test scripts
248 -- enhances portability across different OSes
249 - modify type declarations of objects in XS file
250 -- re-declare as (SV *) and cast to (AV *) SvRV(self)
251 -- in response to AVPtr problem on MSWin32
252
2534.0.8 Thu Dec 18 23:32:00 MST 2003
254 - inherits from Digest::base if installed
255 -- also checks for MIME::Base64
256 -- still fully-functional if neither are installed
257 - added buffer overflow protection in underlying C code
258 -- ref. shahex() and shabase64() routines
259 -- prior code appeared impossible to exploit, but ...
260 -- better safe than sorry
261 -- does not impact runtime efficiency
262 - minor code cleanup
263
2644.0.7 Sat Dec 13 00:48:24 MST 2003
265 - check for undefined SHA handle when calling "shaclose()"
266 -- was causing cleanup err during global destruction
267
2684.0.6 Thu Dec 11 02:18:00 MST 2003
269 - more optimization and streamlining
270 -- a bit faster on non-big-endians (e.g. Intel)
271 - rewrote time-critical functions and methods in XS
272 - removed unused C functions from source files
273
2744.0.5 Sat Dec 6 00:02:24 MST 2003
275 - performance optimizations
276 -- rewrote "add" method in XS
277 -- unrolled loops in sha256 transform
278
2794.0.4 Thu Dec 4 00:07:00 MST 2003
280 - made Digest::SHA into a self-contained module
281 -- no longer depends on Digest::base
282 -- more convenient for users
283 -- no need to install Digest:: module
284
2854.0.3 Wed Dec 3 00:01:20 MST 2003
286 - Digest::SHA now a subclass of Digest::base
287 -- inherits hexdigest/b64digest/addfile methods
288 - added "hashsize" method
289 - removed old "shaopen()/shawrite()/..." legacy code
290 -- in favor of standard, streamlined OO interface
291 - renamed test vector files from NIST
292 -- prevents problems on 8+3 filesystems
293 - added test for Dave Ireland's SHA-256 vector
294
2954.0.0 Sat Nov 29 21:14:09 MST 2003
296 - major streamlining of interface (hence, major version change)
297 -- coordinated with Gisle Aas and J. Duque
298 -- goal is to produce a single SHA module
299 -- adheres to OO and functional styles of Digest::
300 -- greatly reduces the number of interface functions
301 -- old functions still supported
302 -- use Digest::SHA ':legacy'
303 -- will be deprecated in near future
304 - rewrote all test scripts to match new interface
305 -- very easy to modify all 281 tests
306 -- old interface maps cleanly to new one
307
3083.0 Wed Nov 26 05:02:34 MST 2003
309 - added functions that conform to Digest:: interface
310 -- both functional and OO styles
311 -- byte-oriented data only
312 -- continue to support original interface as well
313 -- necessary for bit-oriented data
314 - supplied formal test vectors for HMAC-SHA-256
315 -- from draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-01.txt
316 - included tests for all OO methods
317
3182.4 Sat Nov 22 17:10:22 MST 2003
319 - code cleanup
320 -- "sha.c" now completely free of #ifdef's
321 - modularized all 64-bit (long long) code
322 - improved readability of header files
323 - simplified logic of "fixdump" utility
324
3252.3 Wed Nov 19 03:54:31 MST 2003
326 - minor optimizations and code cleanup
327 -- improved maintainability by reducing #ifdef's
328 -- sha1 transform code now easier to follow
329 - streamlined shadump/shaload file format
330 -- eliminated special "HQ" entry
331 -- state now held in "H" for all transforms
332 -- supplied "fixdump" utility to convert old format
333 - SHA-384/512 functions now return NULL for no 64-bit operations
334 -- previously they were undefined
335 -- no longer necessary to use eval's to test for presence
336
3372.2 Sun Nov 16 01:54:00 MST 2003
338 - optimized the performance of the SHA-1 transform
339 -- around 20-30% faster than previous version
340 -- achieved by loop unrolling and assignment consolidation
341 - enhanced shaload/shadump to allow interaction with stdin/stdout
342 -- "$filename" argument now optional
343
3442.1 Sun Nov 9 03:28:04 MST 2003
345 - simplified data input routines
346 -- length argument now optional for byte data
347 (special thanks to Jeffrey Friedl for this idea)
348 -- interface still compatible with earlier versions
349 -- changes will not affect existing client code
350 - streamlined underlying C code for easier maintenance
351 - provided additional tests for persistent data
352
3532.0 Sat Nov 1 03:55:36 MST 2003
354 - added functions for HMAC-SHA-1/256/384/512 (FIPS PUB 198)
355 - shadump/shaload files now compatible between 32/64-bit machines
356
3571.01 Sat Oct 25 02:44:55 MST 2003
358 - package now downloads and installs much faster
359 - reduced distribution size by 80%
360 -- pruned extensive NIST vectors to a useful subset
361 -- still possible to test all vectors if desired
362 --- see "t/nist/COPYRIGHT" file for details
363 - added routines to provide persistent storage of SHA states
364 -- shadump() and shaload()
365 - reduced runtime of large bitstring tests (gillogly-hard)
366 -- illustrates usefulness of shadump()/shaload()
367
3681.0 Sat Oct 18 17:35:07 MST 2003
369 - documentation fixes
370 - code cleanup: no more compiler warnings from gcc -Wall
371 - added code to allow reading of intermediate digest state
372 -- shahex() prior to shafinish() returns current state
373
3740.9 Thu Oct 9 20:43:54 MST 2003
375 - version updated to reflect portability check and passing
376 of all tests (1401)
377
3780.01 Wed Oct 8 22:28:05 2003
379 - original version; created by h2xs 1.22 with options
380 -x -A -n Digest::SHA sha.h