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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-10-21 18:15:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-10-21 18:15:44 +0000 |
| commit | a7701718b2d2ce71679ffd53ede0ed5c76e634e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e7cf1e5442a89f29338ed6ad27bff4d4f18e141 /doc/src | |
| parent | 944c4e3feb056270ebd2d75f9fa4d294f0b17a60 (diff) | |
Update release notes for new pgcrypto additions.
Marko Kreen
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 34 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index de9d3724da0..b92d721bd5a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.477 2006/10/20 23:02:20 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.478 2006/10/21 18:15:44 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- Typical markup: @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ links to the main documentation. <para> On platforms where it is expensive to update the <application>ps</> - display, it may be worthwhile to turn this off and rely solely on + display, it may be worthwhile to turn this off and rely solely on <structname>pg_stat_activity</> for status information. </para> </listitem> @@ -2395,6 +2395,36 @@ links to the main documentation. <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> |