Hello Peter, are there any plans to also update seems-to-be-official NuGet package [0] to version 1.8 ?
[0] https://www.nuget.org/packages/BouncyCastle/ Kind Regards / S pozdravom Jaroslav Imrich http://www.jimrich.sk jaroslav.imr...@gmail.com On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Peter Dettman < peter.dett...@bouncycastle.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > We are pleased to announce the long-anticipated release of version 1.8.0 > of the BouncyCastle C# Crypto API. We encourage all users of the library > to upgrade to this version. Please visit > http://www.bouncycastle.org/csharp/ for the release notes and to > download the .NET 1.1 assembly or the source code. Also see > > http://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10001&version=10170 > and https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed for > details of resolved issues. > > Thanks to Oren Novotny, there is also a Portable Class Library version > available on NuGet: > https://www.nuget.org/packages/Portable.BouncyCastle/1.8.0 . There are > also solution/project files for a variety of modern frameworks provided > in the source code if you wish to build it yourself. > > Many thanks also to all of our donors and contributors: > http://www.bouncycastle.org/csharp/contributors.html (if you have > contributed and are missing from this list, apologies - please email me). > > IMPORTANT: The Serpent cipher as of 1.8.0 is incompatible with the > behaviour of Serpent in earlier releases; it has been modified to > conform to the standard byte-order interpretation for blocks (and keys) > as described in the NESSIE test-vectors. In keeping with common practice > the previous behaviour is available from 1.8.0 as the "Tnepres" cipher. > See http://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/browse/BMA-52 for more information > if this may affect you. > > The next major release will be 2.0.0, which will be targeted only at > modern .NET frameworks (probably .NET 4 and up). We will maintain a > branch for 1.8 (continuing to target .NET 1.1), only for important > security or bug fixes. > > .NET Compact Framework: As mentioned previously, we no longer have a > build environment for the compact framework; patches still welcome > against 1.8. > > If you are interested in tracking code changes, our git repositories are > mirrored to github: https://github.com/bcgit . > > If you are interested in donating to the project, you can find the > details on how to donate via PayPal or Bitcoin, at: > > https://www.bouncycastle.org/donate > > If you prefer to use direct bank transfer please feel free to discuss it > with us by contacting us at off...@bouncycastle.org and we'll be happy > to help. The Legion of the Bouncy Castle is a registered Australian > charity based in the State of Victoria, Australia. > > If you wish to sponsor specific work on Bouncy Castle or get a > commercial support contract for the APIs please contact us at Crypto > Workshop ( http://www.cryptoworkshop.com ). > > Remember, you can also follow this project on Facebook ( > https://www.facebook.com/legionofthebouncycastle ), Google+ ( > https://plus.google.com/+BouncycastleOrgAPIs/posts ) and/or Twitter ( > https://twitter.com/bccrypto ). > > Regards, > Pete Dettman > >
