Bit more detailed description of changes.
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Index: doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
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RCS file: /opt/cvs/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v
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diff -u -c -r1.473 release.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/release.sgml 13 Oct 2006 15:24:56 -0000 1.473
--- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml 16 Oct 2006 13:52:35 -0000
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<para>
pgcrypto now has all planned functionality (Marko Kreen)
</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Include iMath library in pgcrypto to have the public-key encryption
+ functions always available.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add SHA224 algorithm that was missing in OpenBSD code.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Activate builtin code for SHA224/256/384/512 hashes on older
+ OpenSSL to have those algorithms always available.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ New function gen_random_bytes() that returns cryptographically strong
+ randomness. Useful for generating encryption keys.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Remove digest_exists(), hmac_exists() and cipher_exists() functions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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