[GNU Crypto] GNU Crypto 2.1.0

[Casey Marshall]

I'm happy to announce the release of GNU Crypto 2.1.0. It should  
appear on ftp.gnu.org and mirrors shortly.

GNU Crypto 2.1.0 represents, in the same tradition as the Linux  
kernel, an "odd-numbered" major release, and is meant for active  
development. This means that things in between 2.1 micro releases may  
change wildly, in the spirit of developing the code further, to  
eventually produce release 2.2, which will remain stable. 2.1.0 will  
not depart that far from what was made available in 2.0, just a lot  
has been added, so we don't expect existing applications using GNU  
Crypto to need much revision.

There are some significant changes in this release, however:

  * Building with GCJ, including producing native shared libraries,  
is not currently supported. For bytecode generation, we need a  
compiler that understands `-sourcepath.' Recent releases of GCJ  
should be able to compile GNU Crypto's Jar file to native code, however.
  * No Ant build.xml file is included in this release; this still  
needs to be updated for changes to the system requirements.
  * Many new algorithms have been added, including password-based  
encryption, SSL and TLS padding schemes, the OMAC message  
authentication code, the EAX encryption mode, the Fortuna and CSPRNG  
pseudo-random number generators, and various key transform algorithms  
for JCE support.
  * A replacement for the `keytool' program is in development. A  
version with some basic functions in place is included.
  * The clean-room JCE, JAAS, JGSS, and SASL API's have been  
removed, and are now required as a part of the system you are  
targeting, meaning you will need a recent developer snapshot of GNU  
Classpath, or will need a runtime that supports the 1.4 security  
features, and has the SASL API introduced in 1.5.
  * A partial implementation of NIST's PKITS X.509 test suite (there  
is also an implementation of X.509 certificates, but in free runtimes  
we suggest using the implementation included in GNU Classpath instead).

Binary and source releases are available from ftp.gnu.org, and all  
GNU mirrors, in the directory 'gnu/gnu-crypto.'

Happy hacking!