OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 4 released

The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and open source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library.

Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 1.0:

• RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
• Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
• Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
• CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
• Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
• Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
• ASN1 printing support.
• Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
• RFC3161 time stamp support.
• New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
• New generalised public key API utilities.
• New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
• SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
• PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
• RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
• Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
• ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
• dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
• Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
• Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.

OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 4 is available here.