Hi,
I think the documentation is very important than
some small bug fixes.
with regards
Zhigang
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> OpenSSL STATUS Last
> modified at
> ______________ $Date:
> 1999/04/23 22:20:21 $
>
> DEVELOPMENT STATE
>
> o OpenSSL 0.9.3: Under development...
> Proposed freeze date: Mon
> May 8th, 1999
> Proposed release date: Mon
> May 17th, 1999
> o OpenSSL 0.9.2b: Released on March 22th,
> 1999
> o OpenSSL 0.9.1c: Released on December 23th,
> 1998
>
> RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS
>
> o Compilation warnings: ctype-related int vs.
> char
> o Compilation error: "unsigned long*" and "int*"
> under AIX
> o BSD/OS: assembler functions must not have
> leading underscores
> o exptest and rsa_oaep_test fail with irix64-*
> (Don Badrak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: "Re:
> Problems to compile openssl
> on IRIX 6.2", openssl-users)
> o BN_add test fails on Caldera OpenLinux 1.3
> (Marc Christensen
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Compiles but fails big number test?",
> YM_M4I5S3S_28-users)
> o make test fails on YM_M4I5S3S_29
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED] on
YM_M4I5S3S_33-users)
>
> AVAILABLE PATCHES
>
> o YM_M4I5S3S_34
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> o Install prefix for packagers
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> o YM_M4I5S3S_39 in YM_M4I5S3S_40.c and
x509_YM_M4I5S3S_41.c
>
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> o YM_M4I5S3S_46 dynamic YM_M4I5S3S_47
>
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> o YM_M4I5S3S_51 support
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> IN PROGRESS
>
> o Steve is currently working on (in no
> particular order):
> Proper (or at least usable) certificate
> chain verification.
> Documentation on X509 V3 extension code.
> YM_M4I5S3S_55#12 code cleanup and
enhancement.
> YM_M4I5S3S_56 #8 and YM_M4I5S3S_57#5 v2.0 support.
> Private key, certificate and YM_M4I5S3S_58
YM_M4I5S3S_59 and
> implementation.
> Redo error code and YM_M4I5S3S_60 file generation
scripts.
>
> o Mark is currently working on:
> Folding in any changes that are in the C2Net
> code base that were
> not in the original YM_M4I5S3S_61-0.9.1.b
release.
> Plus other minor
> tidying.
>
> o YM_M4I5S3S_62 is currently working on:
> 1. Support for
> YM_M4I5S3S_63_set_default_verify_paths(),
> YM_M4I5S3S_64_load_verify_locations(),
> YM_M4I5S3S_65_get_YM_M4I5S3S_66_store() and
> YM_M4I5S3S_67_set_YM_M4I5S3S_68_store()
functions which work
> like their existing
>
YM_M4I5S3S_69_YM_M4I5S3S_70_YM_M4I5S3S_71() variants
but on a per
> connection basis. That's needed
> to let us provide full-featured per-URL
> client verification in
> mod_YM_M4I5S3S_72 or
Apache-YM_M4I5S3S_73.
> => It still dumps core, so I suspend this
> and investigate
> again for YM_M4I5S3S_74 0.9.3.
> 2. The perl/ stuff to make it really work
> the first time ;-)
> => I'll investigate a few more hours for
> YM_M4I5S3S_75 0.9.2
> 3. The new documentation set in POD format
> under doc/
> => I'll investigate a few more hours for
> YM_M4I5S3S_76 0.9.2
> 4. More cleanups to get rid of
> obsolete/old/ugly files in the
> source tree which are not really needed.
> => Done all which were possible with my
> personal knowledge
>
> o Ben is currently working on:
> 1. Function Prototype Thought Police issues.
> 2. Integrated documentation.
> 3. New TLS Ciphersuites.
> 4. Anything else that takes his fancy.
>
> NEEDS PATCH
>
> o broken demos
> o [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rich Salz): Bug in
> X509_name_print
>
>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> o Jean-Hugues ROYER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> YM_M4I5S3S_79_YM_M4I5S3S_80.c with Watcom C
> o $(PERL) in */Makefile.YM_M4I5S3S_81
> o "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty
> certificate file
> o dubious declaration of crypt() in des.h
>
> OPEN ISSUES
>
> o The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is
> still not a round thing:
>
> 1. The config YM_M4I5S3S_82. Configure
scripts
> It's the same nasty situation as for
> Apache with APACI YM_M4I5S3S_83.
> src/Configure. It confuses.
> Suggestion: Merge Configure and config
> into a single configure
> script with a Autoconf style
> interface ;-) and remove
> Configure and config. Or even
> let us use GNU Autoconf
> itself. Then we can avoid a
> lot of those platform checks
> which are currently in
> Configure.
>
> o The installation under "make install"
> produces a very
> installation layout: $prefix/certs and
> $prefix/private dirs. That's
> not nice. YM_M4I5S3S_84 suggests to move the
two certs
> and private dirs either
> to $prefix/etc/, $prefix/lib/ or
> $prefix/share. Alternatively
> we could also not install the certs at all.
>
> Status: YM_M4I5S3S_85 +1 for both not
installing the
> certs at all and
> moving it to $prefix/etc/. +0
> for $prefix/lib/
> and $prefix/share.
> Paul: why is it not nice?
> YM_M4I5S3S_86: because it messes up
the
> install dir when
> $prefix is not a dedicated area
> like /usr/local/YM_M4I5S3S_87.
> When we move them to a standard
> subdir like
> etc/ lib/ or share/ we don't
> mess up things
> when $prefix is /usr or
> /usr/local, etc.
> Additionally it makes package
> vendors life
> easier....
>
> o Support for Shared Libraries has to be added
> at least
> for the major Unix platforms. The details we
> can rip from the stuff
> YM_M4I5S3S_88 has done for the Apache
src/Configure
> script. Ben wants the
> solution to be really simple.
>
> Status: YM_M4I5S3S_89 will look how we can
easily
> incorporate the
> compiler PIC and linker DSO flags
> from Apache
> into the YM_M4I5S3S_90 Configure
script.
>
> o The perl/ stuff needs a major overhaul.
> Currently it's
> totally obsolete. Either we clean it up and
> enhance it to be up-to-date
> with the C code or we also could replace it
> with the really nice
> Net::YM_M4I5S3S_91 package we can find under
> http://www.neuronio.pt/YM_M4I5S3S_92.pm.html.
YM_M4I5S3S_93
> uses this package for a
> longer time and it works fine and is a nice
> Perl module. Best would be
> to convince the author to work for the
> YM_M4I5S3S_94 project and create a
> Net::YM_M4I5S3S_95 or Crypt::YM_M4I5S3S_96
package out of
> it and maintains it for
> us.
>
> Status: YM_M4I5S3S_97 thinks we should both
contact
> the author of Net::YM_M4I5S3S_98
> and look how much effort it is to
> bring
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With Regards
Wu Zhigang
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