From a7701718b2d2ce71679ffd53ede0ed5c76e634e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:15:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes for new pgcrypto additions.
Marko Kreen
---
doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file 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>
--
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