cryptopp-announce

[Wei D. <we...@es...>]

Crypto++ 4.1 has just been released. In addition, a new reference manual
and a renovated FAQ are now available. (Please keep in mind they are both
works in progress.) You can find them on the Crypto++ home page at
http://cryptopp.com.

Crypto++ 4.1 is a maintenance release with bug fixes and a small number
of new features. Here is a detailed list of changes:

4.1 - added more support for the recommended elliptic curve parameters in SEC 2
    - added Panama MAC, MARC4
    - added IV stealing feature to CTS mode
    - added support for PKCS #8 private key format for RSA, DSA, and elliptic
      curve schemes
    - changed Deflate, MD5, Rijndael, and Twofish to use public domain code
    - fixed a bug with flushing compressed streams
    - fixed a bug with decompressing stored blocks
    - fixed a bug with EC point decompression using non-trinomial basis
    - fixed a bug in NetworkSource::GeneralPump()
    - fixed a performance issue with EC over GF(p) decryption
    - fixed syntax to allow GCC to compile without -fpermissive
    - relaxed some restrictions in the license