14.2.1:
2	- Cleaned up old autotools cruft (thanks to Anìbal Monsalve Salazar).
3	- Different automake approach to compiling separate components.
4	- Fixed C++ header installation problem.
5
64.2.0:
7	- Added OpenMP support (initially for RSA CRT).
8	- Added SHA-224 and HMAC-SHA-224.
9	- Added RIPEMD-128/160/256/320 (thanks to Jeff Johnson).
10	- Added MD4 (thanks to Jeff Johnson).
11	- Applied RedHat/Debian/Gentoo patches for 4.1.2.
12	- Improved gcc compilation flags for sparc.
13	- Started work on MinGW compatibility.
14	- Major overhaul of the C++ API; be warned that the code is still
15	  tricky in certain places.
16	- Added synchronization methods to Object class; there's also a
17	  macro allowing the use of synchronized (...) { }.
18	- Added Runnable interface and Thread class; the latter provides
19	  basic support conform to the Java API.
20	- Added collections.
21
224.1.2:
23	- Fixed Cygwin DLL missing symbols problem.
24	- Fixed GNU-stack assembler section on some platforms (Debian-ARM).
25	- Fixed problem cause by include of <asm/byteorder.h>.
26	- Fixed SHA-384 and SHA-512 code Visual C++ compatibility.
27	- Improved detection of IBM ICU library version; has to be >= 2.8.
28
294.1.1:
30	- Fixed shared library version info.
31
324.1.0:
33	- Added SHA-384 and SHA-512 algorithms.
34	- Added HMAC-SHA-384 and HMAC-SHA-512 algorithms.
35	- Added generic SSE2 optimization for the above algorithms.
36	- Added more digest algorithms for PKCS#1 EMSA.
37	- Optimized swap32 and swap64 routines on Linux.
38	- Fixed missing definition in mpopt.h for s390x.
39	- Fixed nostackexec configuration bug.
40	- Fixed problem in Date::toString.
41	- Fixed deadlock problem which occured in certain cases where security
42	  or crypto SPI constructor called getInstance for another security or
43	  crypto SPI.
44	- Fixed a bug in the generic CBC encryption code; when called with
45	  nblocks == 1, the feedback was set incorrectly.
46	- Fixed a bug in mpbsubmod; sometimes it takes multiple additions of
47	  the modulus to get a positive number.
48	- Fixed PowerPC 64-bit configuration problem on Linux.
49
504.0.0:
51	- Added a C++ API interface, modeled after Java's security & crypto API.
52	- Added the new GNU noexecstack feature.
53	- Added more x86_64 and s390x assembler routines.
54	- Modified i2osp, so that it only requires as many octets as there are
55	  significant bytes in the multi-precision integers.
56	- Fixed a bug in the creation of rsa keypairs; code was not correctly
57	  migrated to new calling sequence. The code now implements the method
58	  described in IEEE P.1363.
59	- Fixed another bug in mpextgcd_w which sometimes returned incorrect
60	  results.
61	- Fixed a bug in mprshiftlsz, which didn't work correctly when size = 1.
62	- Fixed a configuration problem on Tru64 Unix.
63
643.1.0:
65	- Added wiping of private key components of keypairs before freeing.
66	- Fixed bug in mpextgcd_w which sometimes returned incorrect result.
67	- Fixed error in PowerPC 64-bit assembler symbol definitions.
68
693.0.0:
70	- Cleaned up installed header files.
71	- Modified the API so that all keys can be passed as arrays of bytes.
72	- Modified the API so that all key sizes are given in bits.
73	- Modified the multi-precision integer library to work better on 64-bit
74	  machines.
75	- Modified the assembly source generation mechanism, employing the m4
76	  macro processor.
77	- Added multi-precision integer vectorized assembler routines for
78	  Itanium.
79	- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for PowerPC 64-bit.
80	- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for Alpha.
81	- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for Opteron.
82	- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for IBM zSeries 64-bit.
83	- Added multi-precision integer assembler routines for M68K.
84	- Added Jeff Johnson's python bindings.
85	- Added new unit tests.
86	- Added new benchmarking programs.
87
882.3.0pre:
89	- Modified the header files so that the library now uses self-contained autoconf-generated configuration files; a program employing BeeCrypt can now use the symbols already tested and defined instead of having to regenerate them (thus also eliminating the risk of inconsistencies).
90	- Added the AES algorithm, with assembler routines for i586 and powerpc.
91	- Added the DSA signature algorithm.
92	- Added PowerPC assembler routines for blowfish.
93	- Added Pentium4 SSE2 assembler multiplication routines.
94	- Fixed the RSA CRT algorithm.
95	- Fixed the gas/i386 mp32even and mp32odd routines.
96	- Fixed a bug in modular inverse computation; thanks to Jeff Johnson of RedHat for pointing this out.
97	- Fixed a bug in testing the result of a gcd operation in the mp32prndconone routine.
98	- Fixed an ugly bug in base64 decoding.
99	- Fixed compatibility with the latest automake & autoconf versions.
100	- Replaces CPU optimization mechanism in configure script.
101
1022.1.0:
103	- Added support for automake, autoheader and libtool, which should make compiling the library even easier.
104	- Changed DHAES API to conform to IEEE P.1363 submission and to allow for uneven key splitting.
105	- Improved PKCS#5 padding routines.
106	- Added a hash reset to the hashFunctionContextInit function. This was pointed out by Marko Kreen.
107	- Fixed problem with configuring on i486-pc-linux-gnu. This was pointed out Steve O'Neill.
108	- Fixed problem in the C version of mp32sub where carry would sometimes be missed. This was pointed out by Jon Sturgeon.
109	- Revised entropy gathering system to do timeouts & asynchronous I/O where possible, to avoid hangs in case there's no noise on the audio device (i.e. digital silence), or when no data is available on devices such as /dev/random.
110	- Changed mp32opt i386 assembler routines for slight performance improvement.
111	- Changed mp32opt powerpc assembler routines for slight performance improvement.
112	- Changed mp32opt sparcv9 assembler routines for slight performance improvement.
113	- Added sparcv8 assembler routines for multi-precision integer multiplication.
114	- Added arm assembler routines for multi-precision integer multiplication.
115	- Added prototype 64-bit ia64 assembler routines for multi-precision integer operations.
116	- Started writing the long-awaited documentation.
117
1182.0.0:
119	- Changed mp32barrett struct and operations to be multithread-safe; this required a change in API.
120	- Changed hashFunction struct to incorporate internal block size parameter.
121	- Changed HMAC algorithm and file names to match names in RFC 2104.
122	- Changed SHA-1 C code for slightly faster results.
123	- Changed detection of entropy devices.
124	- Changed most void-returning functions to return int for error conditions.
125	- Changed beecrypt-java class names in javaglue.
126	- Added RSA keypair generation.
127	- Added RSA private & public key operations.
128	- Added SHA-256 hash function.
129	- Added HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-256 keyed hash functions.
130	- Added PKCS#5 padding.
131	- Added DHAES encryption scheme.
132	- Added Microsoft Visual C support, added Makefile.mak for this purpose.
133	- Added Solaris/Sparc Forte C 64 bit support.
134	- Added configure --disable-optimized option (disables assembler & processor-specific optimizations).
135	- Fixed bug in SHA-1 assembler code for Pentium, where local variables were used below the current stack pointer; this could cause a problem if the routine was interrupted. This was pointed out by Richard Clayton.
136	- Fixed bug in (certain cases of) modular inverse computation.
137	- Fixed buffer overrun in base64 encoding. This was pointed out by Jon Sturgeon.
138	- Fixed various minor bugs.
139	- Renamed text files to match automake conventions.
140
1411.1.2:
142	- Fixed bugs in discrete logarithm domain parameter generator. The code to make a generator of order q and (p-1) was wrong. This was pointed out by Susumu Yamamoto.
143	- Added MD5 hash function.
144
1451.1.1:
146	- Changed autoconfig script for easier porting.
147	- Changed sources for easier compilation on Microsoft Visual C++; no assembler-optimization on this platform yet.
148	- Fixed bug in javaglue when passing null IV to blockcipher.
149	- Shared library is now linked dynamically, with shared object name and version.
150	- Tested on Alpha Linux.
151	- Tested on Alpha FreeBSD.
152	- Added support for Compaq Alpha Tru64 Unix.
153	- Added initial support for QNX.
154
1551.1.0:
156	- Added glue for interfacing from BeeCrypt Java Cryptography Provider.
157	- Changed blockcipher struct to support interfacing with Java.
158	- Added better blockcipher IV handling.
159	- Multi-pass block processing is now possible with blockEncrypt/blockDecrypt.
160	- Updated config.sub and config.guess to latest version from sources.redhat.com
161	- Changed opening of entropy devices to blocking read-only mode instead of non-blocking read-write.
162	- Added win32 'wincrypt' entropy source.
163	- Added win32 'console' entropy source.
164	- Added FreeBSD support.
165	- Added PowerPC assembler optimized multiprecision subtraction routines.
166	- Added initial ia64 support.
167	- Added initial Darwin support (everything compiles, but the shared library doesn't build yet).
168
1691.0.2:
170	- Fixed Windows 2000 entropy bug; instead of using the first waveIn device, entropy now uses WAVE_MAPPER.
171	- Added sparcv9 mp32addsqrtrc GNU assembler routine.
172	- Added more hashFunctionContext and keyedHashFunctionContext functions.
173
1741.0.1:
175	- Added a sliding window modular exponentiation, about 30% faster than left-to-right exponentiation.
176	- Fixed bugs in fips180opt.gas.i586.s (Linux SHA-1 assembler code for Pentium/Pentium Pro) - the Windows/Metrowerks version was okay.
177
1781.0.0:
179	- Added Win32 support; compiled as DLL with MetroWerks CodeWarrior Pro 5, it runs fine on Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 (if you have a soundcard with a microphone port). Note that there is a know issue on Windows 2000, see BUGS.
180	- Global code overhaul to support Win32
181	- Added more assembler routines, including SHA-1 for Pentium Pro (60% faster)
182	- Added cleanup function to randomGenerator
183	- Added missing functions in endianness.c
184	- Fixed bug in entropy.c where devices might stay open
185	- Eliminated mutex.h include file; it was more clear to do everything conditionally than to expand the macros in this file to encompass the Win32 API calls.
186
1870.9.5:
188	- Added PowerPC assembler optimization for multiprecision integers, 80% faster on our PowerMac 7200/90
189	- Fixed /dev/random entropy provider
190	- Changed name SHA1 to SHA-1 in fips180 for consistency
191
1920.9.4a:
193	- Added missing file 'blowfishopt.o'
194
1950.9.4:
196	- Changes to configure script, to distinguish between different processors of the x86 family
197	- Changes to blowfish code, 586/686 assembler optimization added, 30% faster on Pentium/PentiumPro
198	- Changes to blowfish code, eliminated static blowfishSetupEncrypt; incorporated into regular encrypt
199	- Changes to Makefile to selectively use blowfish assember code, depending on cpu type
200	- Added missing routines 'mp32bzero' and 'mp32bnpowmod' to mp32barrett.c
201	- Fixed 'const register' to 'register const' in mp32.c
202	- Minor fixes in included header files
203
2040.9.3:
205	- Initial public release
206