[Libpki-devel] New LibPKI Version (Tiger) v0.3.0 is available

[Massimiliano P. <Massimiliano.Pala@Dartmouth.edu>]

       Announcement:
       =============

         The OpenCA Team announce the availability of the new version of the LibPKI
         library:

	Current Version: v0.3.0 (tiger)


       Project Overview:
       =================

         The LibPKI Project is aimed to provide an easy-to-use PKI library for
         PKI enabled application development. The library provides the developer
         with functionalities to manage Public Key Certificates, from generation
         to validation.
         The LibPKI Project enables developers with the possibility to implement
         complex cryptographic operations with a few simple library calls by
         implementing an high-level cryptographic API.

         The library constitutes the core of the OpenCA-NG Project. We provide it
         as a separate package in order to encourage applications developers to
         use it in their packages.

         Currently we support for OpenSSL libraries as low-level crypto provider.


       Project Status:
       ===============

	o [19 Apr 2009] Tiger release available for download (libpki v0.3.0)
         o [16 Jan 2009] Shark release available for download (libpki v0.2.0)
         o [20 Mar 2008] Third release available for download (libpki v0.1.9)
         o [25 Oct 2007] Second release available for download (libpki v0.1.8)
         o [23 Mar 2007] First initial code available for download (libpki v0.1.1)


       Major Changes and Fixes:
       ========================

       o added support for Cross Certificate Pair (for bridge PKI
         support) via pki-xpair tool which allows to download (from a URI),
         create, parse the crossCertificatPair data object
       o updated the PRQP module to the last specs from IETF (draft-ietf-pkix-prqp-03.txt)
       o added full support for PKCS#11 devices
       o added a new command line tool - pki-tool - that allows to manage the PKI
         TOKENS (both hardware and software). In particular it is possible to generate
         keys, sign requests, sign certificates, etc.


       Current Project developers' Tasks:
       ==================================

         Massimiliano Pala is currently working on:
         - Continuing Integration of TPM for Key operations/management;
         - Enhancing support for PKCS#11 devices (adding ECDSA/DSA support for future
           devices)
         - Fixing extension management code;
         - Extending the Log subsystem to provide signed and verifiable logs;


       Open Issues:
       ============

         o Extensions management is still not stable for complex exts, the code
           needs to be checked and extended
         o Integration with TPM in development
         o Support for NSS still pending
         o Porting to Win32 (provide support for Microsoft Crypto API)


       Wishes:
       =======

        o Let us know (!)


       References:
       ===========

       The OpenCA Project main website can be found at

            http://www.openca.org/

       You can find all current versions and available documentation there. You
       can also download any part of the software or documentation also at the
       official ftp site:

	http://www.openca.org/projects/libpki
	http://ftp.openca.org/libpki

       or from one of the official mirrors:

	http://www.openca.org/mirrors.shtml

       Thanks
       ======

       Thank you for supporting the Open Source community by using/contributing to/
       reporting bugs/cheering this project! Now go ahead and actively contribute to
       make the world a better place!


                                                          - The OpenCA Team -