mirrors/postgres
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update release notes for new pgcrypto additions.

Browse Source 
Marko Kreen
This commit is contained in:
Bruce Momjian 2006-10-21 18:15:44 +00:00
parent 944c4e3feb
commit a7701718b2
1 changed files with 32 additions and 2 deletions

34
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>