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author | Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> | 2021-03-28 17:22:40 +1000 |
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committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2021-05-20 08:44:08 +0100 |
commit | b7140b0604bdfaa034452d97648a9c23a97568e4 (patch) | |
tree | 5388565fe46f81f1b6fc291573c4ea1c08001437 /CHANGES.md | |
parent | 6e495312fda0e669d105172c1ac8a8c0bf52da6d (diff) |
Add migration guide for 3.0
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14710)
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index 12f4c820d9..b53216512f 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ OpenSSL Releases OpenSSL 3.0 ----------- +For OpenSSL 3.0 a [Migration guide][] has been added, so the CHANGES entries +listed here are only a brief description. +The migration guide contains more detailed information related to new features, +breaking changes, and mappings for the large list of deprecated functions. + +[Migration guide]: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/tree/master/doc/man7/migration_guide.pod + ### Changes between 1.1.1 and 3.0 [xx XXX xxxx] * The signatures of the functions to get and set options on SSL and @@ -41,53 +48,21 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 * Rich Salz * * OpenSSL includes a cryptographic module that is intended to be FIPS 140-2 - validated. The module is implemented as an OpenSSL provider, the so-called - FIPS provider. A list of all changes related to the FIPS provider would go - beyond the scope of this CHANGES file, please consult the README-FIPS and + validated. Please consult the README-FIPS and README-PROVIDERS files, as well as the migration guide. - The FIPS provider is disabled by default and needs to be enabled explicitly - at configuration time using the `enable-fips` option. If it is enabled, - the FIPS provider gets built and installed in addition to the default and - the legacy provider. No separate installation procedure is necessary. - There is however a dedicated `install_fips` make target, which serves the - special purpose of installing only the FIPS provider into an existing - OpenSSL installation. - *OpenSSL team members and many third party contributors* * For the key types DH and DHX the allowed settable parameters are now different. - Previously (in 1.1.1) these conflicting parameters were allowed, but will now - result in errors. See EVP_PKEY-DH(7) for further details. This affects the - behaviour of openssl-genpkey(1) for DH parameter generation. *Shane Lontis* * The openssl commands that read keys, certificates, and CRLs now - automatically detect the PEM or DER format of the input files so it is not - necessary to explicitly specify the input format anymore. However if the - input format option is used the specified format will be required. + automatically detect the PEM or DER format of the input files. *David von Oheimb, Richard Levitte, and Tomáš Mráz* - * Added enhanced PKCS#12 APIs which accept a library context `OSSL_LIB_CTX` - and (where relevant) a property query. Other APIs which handle PKCS#7 and - PKCS#8 objects have also been enhanced where required. This includes: - - PKCS12_add_key_ex(), PKCS12_add_safe_ex(), PKCS12_add_safes_ex(), - PKCS12_create_ex(), PKCS12_decrypt_skey_ex(), PKCS12_init_ex(), - PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex(), PKCS12_item_i2d_encrypt_ex(), - PKCS12_key_gen_asc_ex(), PKCS12_key_gen_uni_ex(), PKCS12_key_gen_utf8_ex(), - PKCS12_pack_p7encdata_ex(), PKCS12_pbe_crypt_ex(), PKCS12_PBE_keyivgen_ex(), - PKCS12_SAFEBAG_create_pkcs8_encrypt_ex(), PKCS5_pbe2_set_iv_ex(), - PKCS5_pbe_set0_algor_ex(), PKCS5_pbe_set_ex(), PKCS5_pbkdf2_set_ex(), - PKCS5_v2_PBE_keyivgen_ex(), PKCS5_v2_scrypt_keyivgen_ex(), - PKCS8_decrypt_ex(), PKCS8_encrypt_ex(), PKCS8_set0_pbe_ex(). - - As part of this change the EVP_PBE_xxx APIs can also accept a library - context and property query and will call an extended version of the key/IV - derivation function which supports these parameters. This includes - EVP_PBE_CipherInit_ex(), EVP_PBE_find_ex() and EVP_PBE_scrypt_ex(). + * Added enhanced PKCS#12 APIs which accept a library context. *Jon Spillett* @@ -95,17 +70,12 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Matt Caswell* - * Added support for Kernel TLS (KTLS). In order to use KTLS, support for it - must be compiled in using the "enable-ktls" compile time option. It must - also be enabled at run time using the SSL_OP_ENABLE_KTLS option. + * Added support for Kernel TLS (KTLS). *Boris Pismenny, John Baldwin and Andrew Gallatin* * Support for RFC 5746 secure renegotiation is now required by default for - SSL or TLS connections to succeed. Applications that require the ability - to connect to legacy peers will need to explicitly set - SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT. Accordingly, SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT - is no longer set as part of SSL_OP_ALL. + SSL or TLS connections to succeed. *Benjamin Kaduk* @@ -119,47 +89,29 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *David von Oheimb* * The error return values from some control calls (ctrl) have changed. - One significant change is that controls which used to return -2 for - invalid inputs, now return -1 indicating a generic error condition instead. *Paul Dale* * A public key check is now performed during EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(). - Previously DH was internally doing this during EVP_PKEY_derive(). - To disable this check use EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer_ex(dh, peer, 0). This - may mean that an error can occur in EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() rather than - during EVP_PKEY_derive(). *Shane Lontis* * The EVP_PKEY_CTRL_PKCS7_ENCRYPT, EVP_PKEY_CTRL_PKCS7_DECRYPT, EVP_PKEY_CTRL_PKCS7_SIGN, EVP_PKEY_CTRL_CMS_ENCRYPT, EVP_PKEY_CTRL_CMS_DECRYPT, and EVP_PKEY_CTRL_CMS_SIGN control operations - are deprecated. They are not invoked by the OpenSSL library anymore and - are replaced by direct checks of the key operation against the key type - when the operation is initialized. + are deprecated. *Tomáš Mráz* * The EVP_PKEY_public_check() and EVP_PKEY_param_check() functions now work for - more key types including RSA, DSA, ED25519, X25519, ED448 and X448. - Previously (in 1.1.1) they would return -2. For key types that do not have - parameters then EVP_PKEY_param_check() will always return 1. + more key types. * The output from the command line applications may have minor - changes. These are primarily changes in capitalisation and white - space. However, in some cases, there are additional differences. - For example, the DH parameters output from `dhparam` now lists 'P', - 'Q', 'G' and 'pcounter' instead of 'prime', 'generator', 'subgroup - order' and 'counter' respectively. + changes. *Paul Dale* - * The output from numerous "printing" functions such as X509_signature_print(), - X509_print_ex(), X509_CRL_print_ex(), and other similar functions has been - amended such that there may be cosmetic differences between the output - observed in 1.1.1 and 3.0. This also applies to the "-text" output from the - x509 and crl applications. + * The output from numerous "printing" may have minor changes. *David von Oheimb* @@ -194,26 +146,13 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *David von Oheimb* - * The implementation of the EVP ciphers CAST5-ECB, CAST5-CBC, CAST5-OFB, - CAST5-CFB, BF-ECB, BF-CBC, BF-OFB, BF-CFB, IDEA-ECB, IDEC-CBC, IDEA-OFB, - IDEA-CFB, SEED-ECB, SEED-CBC, SEED-OFB, SEED-CFB, RC2-ECB, RC2-CBC, - RC2-40-CBC, RC2-64-CBC, RC2-OFB, RC2-CFB, RC4, RC4-40, RC4-HMAC-MD5, RC5-ECB, - RC5-CBC, RC5-OFB, RC5-CFB, DESX-CBC, DES-ECB, DES-CBC, DES-OFB, DES-CFB, - DES-CFB1 and DES-CFB8 have been moved to the legacy provider. Applications - using the EVP APIs to access these ciphers should instead use more modern - ciphers. If that is not possible then these applications should ensure that - the legacy provider has been loaded. This can be achieved either - programmatically or via configuration. See the provider(7) man page for - further details. + * The implementation of older EVP ciphers related to CAST, IDEA, SEED, RC2, RC4, + RC5, DESX and DES have been moved to the legacy provider. *Matt Caswell* * The implementation of the EVP digests MD2, MD4, MDC2, WHIRLPOOL and - RIPEMD-160 have been moved to the legacy provider. Applications using the - EVP APIs to access these digests should instead use more modern digests. If - that is not possible then these applications should ensure that the legacy - provider has been loaded. This can be achieved either programmatically or via - configuration. See the provider(7) man page for further details. + RIPEMD-160 have been moved to the legacy provider. *Matt Caswell* @@ -225,60 +164,28 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 * The deprecated functions EVP_PKEY_get0_RSA(), EVP_PKEY_get0_DSA(), EVP_PKEY_get0_EC_KEY(), EVP_PKEY_get0_DH(), EVP_PKEY_get0_hmac(), EVP_PKEY_get0_poly1305() and EVP_PKEY_get0_siphash() as - well as the similarly named "get1" functions behave slightly differently in - OpenSSL 3.0. Previously they returned a pointer to the low-level key used - internally by libcrypto. From OpenSSL 3.0 this key may now be held in a - provider. Calling these functions will only return a handle on the internal - key where the EVP_PKEY was constructed using this key in the first place, for - example using a function or macro such as EVP_PKEY_assign_RSA(), - EVP_PKEY_set1_RSA(), etc. Where the EVP_PKEY holds a provider managed key, - then these functions now return a cached copy of the key. Changes to - the internal provider key that take place after the first time the cached key - is accessed will not be reflected back in the cached copy. Similarly any - changes made to the cached copy by application code will not be reflected - back in the internal provider key. - - For the above reasons the keys returned from these functions should typically - be treated as read-only. To emphasise this the value returned from - EVP_PKEY_get0_RSA(), EVP_PKEY_get0_DSA(), - EVP_PKEY_get0_EC_KEY() and EVP_PKEY_get0_DH() has been made const. This may - break some existing code. Applications broken by this change should be - modified. The preferred solution is to refactor the code to avoid the use of - these deprecated functions. Failing this the code should be modified to use a - const pointer instead. The EVP_PKEY_get1_RSA(), EVP_PKEY_get1_DSA(), - EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY() and EVP_PKEY_get1_DH() functions continue to return a - non-const pointer to enable them to be "freed". However they should also be - treated as read-only. + well as the similarly named "get1" functions behave differently in + OpenSSL 3.0. *Matt Caswell* * A number of functions handling low-level keys or engines were deprecated including EVP_PKEY_set1_engine(), EVP_PKEY_get0_engine(), EVP_PKEY_assign(), EVP_PKEY_get0(), EVP_PKEY_get0_hmac(), EVP_PKEY_get0_poly1305() and - EVP_PKEY_get0_siphash(). Applications using engines should instead use - providers. Applications getting or setting low-level keys in an EVP_PKEY - should instead use the OSSL_ENCODER or OSSL_DECODER APIs, or alternatively - use EVP_PKEY_fromdata() or EVP_PKEY_get_params(). + EVP_PKEY_get0_siphash(). *Matt Caswell* * Deprecated obsolete EVP_PKEY_CTX_get0_dh_kdf_ukm() and - EVP_PKEY_CTX_get0_ecdh_kdf_ukm() functions. They are not needed - and require returning octet ptr parameters from providers that - would like to support them which complicates provider implementations. + EVP_PKEY_CTX_get0_ecdh_kdf_ukm() functions. *Tomáš Mráz* - * The RAND_METHOD APIs have been deprecated. The functions deprecated are: - RAND_OpenSSL(), RAND_get_rand_method(), RAND_set_rand_engine() and - RAND_set_rand_method(). Provider based random number generators should - be used instead via EVP_RAND(3). + * The RAND_METHOD APIs have been deprecated. *Paul Dale* - * The SRP APIs have been deprecated. The old APIs do not work via providers, - and there is no EVP interface to them. Unfortunately there is no replacement - for these APIs at this time. + * The SRP APIs have been deprecated. *Matt Caswell* @@ -288,20 +195,12 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Paul Dale* - * The default algorithms for pkcs12 creation with the PKCS12_create() function - were changed to more modern PBKDF2 and AES based algorithms. The default - MAC iteration count was changed to PKCS12_DEFAULT_ITER to make it equal - with the password-based encryption iteration count. The default digest - algorithm for the MAC computation was changed to SHA-256. The pkcs12 - application now supports -legacy option that restores the previous - default algorithms to support interoperability with legacy systems. + * pkcs12 now uses defaults of PBKDF2, AES and SHA-256, with a MAC iteration + count of PKCS12_DEFAULT_ITER. *Tomáš Mráz and Sahana Prasad* - * The openssl speed command does not use low-level API calls anymore. This - implies some of the performance numbers might not be fully comparable - with the previous releases due to higher overhead. This applies - particularly to measuring performance on smaller data chunks. + * The openssl speed command does not use low-level API calls anymore. *Tomáš Mráz* @@ -311,13 +210,6 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Ilya Albrekht, Sergey Kirillov, Andrey Matyukov (Intel Corp)* * Combining the Configure options no-ec and no-dh no longer disables TLSv1.3. - Typically if OpenSSL has no EC or DH algorithms then it cannot support - connections with TLSv1.3. However OpenSSL now supports "pluggable" groups - through providers. Therefore third party providers may supply group - implementations even where there are no built-in ones. Attempting to create - TLS connections in such a build without also disabling TLSv1.3 at run time or - using third party provider groups may result in handshake failures. TLSv1.3 - can be disabled at compile time using the "no-tls1_3" Configure option. *Matt Caswell* @@ -329,14 +221,10 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Matt Caswell, Nicola Tuveri* * The undocumented function X509_certificate_type() has been deprecated; - applications can use X509_get0_pubkey() and X509_get0_signature() to - get the same information. *Rich Salz* - * Deprecated the obsolete BN_pseudo_rand() and BN_pseudo_rand_range() - functions. They are identical to BN_rand() and BN_rand_range() - respectively. + * Deprecated the obsolete BN_pseudo_rand() and BN_pseudo_rand_range(). *Tomáš Mráz* @@ -347,65 +235,38 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Rich Salz* - * Deprecated the obsolete X9.31 RSA key generation related functions - BN_X931_generate_Xpq(), BN_X931_derive_prime_ex(), and - BN_X931_generate_prime_ex(). + * Deprecated the obsolete X9.31 RSA key generation related functions. *Tomáš Mráz* * The default key generation method for the regular 2-prime RSA keys was - changed to the FIPS 186-4 B.3.6 method (Generation of Probable Primes with - Conditions Based on Auxiliary Probable Primes). This method is slower - than the original method. + changed to the FIPS 186-4 B.3.6 method. *Shane Lontis* * Deprecated the BN_is_prime_ex() and BN_is_prime_fasttest_ex() functions. - They are replaced with the BN_check_prime() function that avoids possible - misuse and always uses at least 64 rounds of the Miller-Rabin - primality test. At least 64 rounds of the Miller-Rabin test are now also - used for all prime generation, including RSA key generation. - This increases key generation time, especially for larger keys. *Kurt Roeckx* - * Deprecated EVP_MD_CTX_set_update_fn() and EVP_MD_CTX_update_fn() - as they are not useful with non-deprecated functions. + * Deprecated EVP_MD_CTX_set_update_fn() and EVP_MD_CTX_update_fn(). *Rich Salz* - * Deprecated the type OCSP_REQ_CTX and the functions OCSP_REQ_CTX_new(), - OCSP_REQ_CTX_free(), OCSP_REQ_CTX_http(), OCSP_REQ_CTX_add1_header(), - OCSP_REQ_CTX_i2d() and its special form OCSP_REQ_CTX_set1_req(), - OCSP_REQ_CTX_nbio(), - OCSP_REQ_CTX_nbio_d2i() and its special form OCSP_sendreq_nbio(), - OCSP_REQ_CTX_get0_mem_bio() and OCSP_set_max_response_length(). These - were used to collect all necessary data to form a HTTP request, and to - perform the HTTP transfer with that request. With OpenSSL 3.0, the - type is OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX, and the deprecated functions are replaced - with OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_new(), OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_free(), - OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_set_request_line(), OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_add1_header(), - OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_set1_req(), - OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_nbio(), OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_nbio_d2i(), - OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_get0_mem_bio(), and - OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_set_max_response_length(). + * Deprecated the type OCSP_REQ_CTX and the functions OCSP_REQ_CTX_*() and + replaced with OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX and the functions OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_*(). *Rich Salz, Richard Levitte, and David von Oheimb* - * Deprecated `X509_http_nbio()` and `X509_CRL_http_nbio()`, - which are superseded by `X509_load_http()` and `X509_CRL_load_http()`. + * Deprecated `X509_http_nbio()` and `X509_CRL_http_nbio()`. *David von Oheimb* - * Deprecated `OCSP_parse_url()`, which is replaced with `OSSL_HTTP_parse_url`. + * Deprecated `OCSP_parse_url()`. *David von Oheimb* * Validation of SM2 keys has been separated from the validation of regular EC - keys, allowing to improve the SM2 validation process to reject loaded private - keys that are not conforming to the SM2 ISO standard. - In particular, a private scalar `k` outside the range `1 <= k < n-1` is now - correctly rejected. + keys. *Nicola Tuveri* @@ -432,79 +293,18 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *David von Oheimb* - * All of the low-level EC_KEY functions have been deprecated including: - - EC_KEY_OpenSSL, EC_KEY_get_default_method, EC_KEY_set_default_method, - EC_KEY_get_method, EC_KEY_set_method, EC_KEY_new_method - EC_KEY_METHOD_new, EC_KEY_METHOD_free, EC_KEY_METHOD_set_init, - EC_KEY_METHOD_set_keygen, EC_KEY_METHOD_set_compute_key, - EC_KEY_METHOD_set_sign, EC_KEY_METHOD_set_verify, - EC_KEY_METHOD_get_init, EC_KEY_METHOD_get_keygen, - EC_KEY_METHOD_get_compute_key, EC_KEY_METHOD_get_sign, - EC_KEY_METHOD_get_verify, - EC_KEY_new_ex, EC_KEY_new, EC_KEY_get_flags, EC_KEY_set_flags, - EC_KEY_clear_flags, EC_KEY_decoded_from_explicit_params, - EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name_ex, EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name, EC_KEY_free, - EC_KEY_copy, EC_KEY_dup, EC_KEY_up_ref, EC_KEY_get0_engine, - EC_KEY_get0_group, EC_KEY_set_group, EC_KEY_get0_private_key, - EC_KEY_set_private_key, EC_KEY_get0_public_key, EC_KEY_set_public_key, - EC_KEY_get_enc_flags, EC_KEY_set_enc_flags, EC_KEY_get_conv_form, - EC_KEY_set_conv_form, EC_KEY_set_ex_data, EC_KEY_get_ex_data, - EC_KEY_set_asn1_flag, EC_KEY_generate_key, EC_KEY_check_key, EC_KEY_can_sign, - EC_KEY_set_public_key_affine_coordinates, EC_KEY_key2buf, EC_KEY_oct2key, - EC_KEY_oct2priv, EC_KEY_priv2oct and EC_KEY_priv2buf. - Applications that need to implement an EC_KEY_METHOD need to consider - implementation of the functionality in a special provider. - For replacement of the functions manipulating the EC_KEY objects - see the L<EVP_PKEY-EC(7)> manual page. - A simple way of generating EC keys is L<EVP_EC_gen(3)>. - - Additionally functions that read and write EC_KEY objects such as - o2i_ECPublicKey, i2o_ECPublicKey, ECParameters_print_fp, EC_KEY_print_fp, - d2i_ECPKParameters, d2i_ECParameters, d2i_ECPrivateKey, d2i_ECPrivateKey_bio, - d2i_ECPrivateKey_fp, d2i_EC_PUBKEY, d2i_EC_PUBKEY_bio, d2i_EC_PUBKEY_fp, - i2d_ECPKParameters, i2d_ECParameters, i2d_ECPrivateKey, i2d_ECPrivateKey_bio, - i2d_ECPrivateKey_fp, i2d_EC_PUBKEY, i2d_EC_PUBKEY_bio and i2d_EC_PUBKEY_fp - have also been deprecated. Applications should instead use the - OSSL_DECODER and OSSL_ENCODER APIs to read and write EC files. - - Finally functions that assign or obtain EC_KEY objects from an EVP_PKEY such as - EVP_PKEY_assign_EC_KEY, EVP_PKEY_get0_EC_KEY, EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY and - EVP_PKEY_set1_EC_KEY are also deprecated. Applications should instead either - read or write an EVP_PKEY directly using the OSSL_DECODER and OSSL_ENCODER - APIs. Or load an EVP_PKEY directly from EC data using EVP_PKEY_fromdata(). + * All of the low level EC_KEY functions have been deprecated. *Shane Lontis, Paul Dale, Richard Levitte, and Tomáš Mráz* * Deprecated all the libcrypto and libssl error string loading - functions: ERR_load_ASN1_strings(), ERR_load_ASYNC_strings(), - ERR_load_BIO_strings(), ERR_load_BN_strings(), ERR_load_BUF_strings(), - ERR_load_CMS_strings(), ERR_load_COMP_strings(), ERR_load_CONF_strings(), - ERR_load_CRYPTO_strings(), ERR_load_CT_strings(), ERR_load_DH_strings(), - ERR_load_DSA_strings(), ERR_load_EC_strings(), ERR_load_ENGINE_strings(), - ERR_load_ERR_strings(), ERR_load_EVP_strings(), ERR_load_KDF_strings(), - ERR_load_OBJ_strings(), ERR_load_OCSP_strings(), ERR_load_PEM_strings(), - ERR_load_PKCS12_strings(), ERR_load_PKCS7_strings(), ERR_load_RAND_strings(), - ERR_load_RSA_strings(), ERR_load_OSSL_STORE_strings(), ERR_load_TS_strings(), - ERR_load_UI_strings(), ERR_load_X509_strings(), ERR_load_X509V3_strings(). - - Calling these functions is not necessary since OpenSSL 1.1.0, as OpenSSL - now loads error strings automatically. + functions. *Richard Levitte* * The functions SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback and SSL_set_tmp_dh_callback, as well as the macros SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh() and SSL_set_tmp_dh() have been - deprecated. These are used to set the Diffie-Hellman (DH) parameters that - are to be used by servers requiring ephemeral DH keys. Instead applications - should consider using the built-in DH parameters that are available by - calling SSL_CTX_set_dh_auto() or SSL_set_dh_auto(). If custom parameters are - necessary then applications can use the alternative functions - SSL_CTX_set0_tmp_dh_pkey() and SSL_set0_tmp_dh_pkey(). There is no direct - replacement for the "callback" functions. The callback was originally useful - in order to have different parameters for export and non-export ciphersuites. - Export ciphersuites are no longer supported by OpenSSL. Use of the callback - functions should be replaced by one of the other methods described above. + deprecated. *Matt Caswell* @@ -518,32 +318,17 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Rich Salz* * Add support for AES Key Wrap inverse ciphers to the EVP layer. - The algorithms are: - "AES-128-WRAP-INV", "AES-192-WRAP-INV", "AES-256-WRAP-INV", - "AES-128-WRAP-PAD-INV", "AES-192-WRAP-PAD-INV" and "AES-256-WRAP-PAD-INV". - The inverse ciphers use AES decryption for wrapping, and - AES encryption for unwrapping. *Shane Lontis* * Deprecated EVP_PKEY_set1_tls_encodedpoint() and - EVP_PKEY_get1_tls_encodedpoint(). These functions were previously used by - libssl to set or get an encoded public key in/from an EVP_PKEY object. With - OpenSSL 3.0 these are replaced by the more generic functions - EVP_PKEY_set1_encoded_public_key() and EVP_PKEY_get1_encoded_public_key(). - The old versions have been converted to deprecated macros that just call the - new functions. + EVP_PKEY_get1_tls_encodedpoint(). *Matt Caswell* * The security callback, which can be customised by application code, supports - the security operation SSL_SECOP_TMP_DH. This is defined to take an EVP_PKEY - in the "other" parameter. In most places this is what is passed. All these - places occur server side. However there was one client side call of this - security operation and it passed a DH object instead. This is incorrect - according to the definition of SSL_SECOP_TMP_DH, and is inconsistent with all - of the other locations. Therefore this client side call has been changed to - pass an EVP_PKEY instead. + the security operation SSL_SECOP_TMP_DH. One location of the "other" parameter + was incorrectly passing a DH object. It now passed an EVP_PKEY in all cases. *Matt Caswell* @@ -558,11 +343,7 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Paul Dale* - * Removed EVP_PKEY_set_alias_type(). This function was previously - needed as a workaround to recognise SM2 keys. With OpenSSL 3.0, this key - type is internally recognised so the workaround is no longer needed. - - This is a breaking change from previous OpenSSL versions. + * Removed EVP_PKEY_set_alias_type(). *Richard Levitte* @@ -579,18 +360,6 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 * Remove the RAND_DRBG API - The RAND_DRBG API did not fit well into the new provider concept as - implemented by EVP_RAND and EVP_RAND_CTX. The main reason is that the - RAND_DRBG API is a mixture of 'front end' and 'back end' API calls - and some of its API calls are rather low-level. This holds in particular - for the callback mechanism (`RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks()`). - - Adding a compatibility layer to continue supporting the RAND_DRBG API as - a legacy API for a regular deprecation period turned out to come at the - price of complicating the new provider API unnecessarily. Since the - RAND_DRBG API exists only since version 1.1.1, it was decided by the OMC - to drop it entirely. - *Paul Dale and Matthias St. Pierre* * Allow `SSL_set1_host()` and `SSL_add1_host()` to take IP literal addresses @@ -645,25 +414,6 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 other libraries can use to form a separate context within which libcrypto operations are performed. - There are two ways this can be used: - - - Directly, by passing a library context to functions that take - such an argument, such as `EVP_CIPHER_fetch` and similar algorithm - fetching functions. - - Indirectly, by creating a new library context and then assigning - it as the new default, with `OSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default`. - - All public OpenSSL functions that take an `OSSL_LIB_CTX` pointer, - apart from the functions directly related to `OSSL_LIB_CTX`, accept - NULL to indicate that the default library context should be used. - - Library code that changes the default library context using - `OSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default` should take care to restore it with a - second call before returning to the caller. - - _(Note: the library context was initially called `OPENSSL_CTX` and - renamed to `OSSL_LIB_CTX` in version 3.0.0 alpha7.)_ - *Richard Levitte* * Handshake now fails if Extended Master Secret extension is dropped @@ -671,36 +421,25 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Tomáš Mráz* - * Dropped interactive mode from the `openssl` program. From now on, - running it without arguments is equivalent to `openssl help`. + * Dropped interactive mode from the `openssl` program. *Richard Levitte* - * Deprecated `EVP_PKEY_cmp()` and `EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters()` since their - return values were confusing: Unlike other `_cmp()` functions - they do not return 0 when their arguments are equal. - The new replacement functions `EVP_PKEY_eq()` and `EVP_PKEY_parameters_eq()` - should be used. + * Deprecated `EVP_PKEY_cmp()` and `EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters()`. *David von Oheimb and Shane Lontis* - * Deprecated `EC_METHOD_get_field_type()`. Applications should switch to - `EC_GROUP_get_field_type()`. + * Deprecated `EC_METHOD_get_field_type()`. *Billy Bob Brumley* * Deprecated EC_GFp_simple_method(), EC_GFp_mont_method(), EC_GF2m_simple_method(), EC_GFp_nist_method(), EC_GFp_nistp224_method() EC_GFp_nistp256_method(), and EC_GFp_nistp521_method(). - Applications should rely on the library automatically assigning a suitable - EC_METHOD internally upon EC_GROUP construction. *Billy Bob Brumley* * Deprecated EC_GROUP_new(), EC_GROUP_method_of(), and EC_POINT_method_of(). - EC_METHOD is now an internal-only concept and a suitable EC_METHOD is - assigned internally without application intervention. - Users of EC_GROUP_new() should switch to a different suitable constructor. *Billy Bob Brumley* @@ -714,48 +453,33 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Antonio Iacono* * Added the AuthEnvelopedData content type structure (RFC 5083) with AES-GCM - parameter (RFC 5084) for the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). Its purpose - is to support encryption and decryption of a digital envelope that is both - authenticated and encrypted using AES GCM mode. + parameter (RFC 5084) for the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). *Jakub Zelenka* - * Deprecated EC_POINT_make_affine() and EC_POINTs_make_affine(). These - functions are not widely used and now OpenSSL automatically perform this - conversion when needed. + * Deprecated EC_POINT_make_affine() and EC_POINTs_make_affine(). *Billy Bob Brumley* * Deprecated EC_GROUP_precompute_mult(), EC_GROUP_have_precompute_mult(), and - EC_KEY_precompute_mult(). These functions are not widely used and - applications should instead switch to named curves which OpenSSL has - hardcoded lookup tables for. + EC_KEY_precompute_mult(). *Billy Bob Brumley* - * Deprecated EC_POINTs_mul(). This function is not widely used and applications - should instead use the L<EC_POINT_mul(3)> function. + * Deprecated EC_POINTs_mul(). *Billy Bob Brumley* - * Removed FIPS_mode() and FIPS_mode_set(). These functions are legacy API's - that are not applicable to the new provider model. Applications should - instead use EVP_default_properties_is_fips_enabled() and - EVP_default_properties_enable_fips(). + * Removed FIPS_mode() and FIPS_mode_set(). *Shane Lontis* - * The SSL option SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF is introduced. If that option - is set, an unexpected EOF is ignored, it pretends a close notify was received - instead and so the returned error becomes SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN. + * The SSL option SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF is introduced. *Dmitry Belyavskiy* * Deprecated EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp() and - EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp(). These functions are not widely - used and applications should instead use the - L<EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates(3)> and - L<EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates(3)> functions. + EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp(). *Billy Bob Brumley* @@ -768,15 +492,7 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Paul Dale* * The security strength of SHA1 and MD5 based signatures in TLS has been - reduced. This results in SSL 3, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and DTLS 1.0 no longer - working at the default security level of 1 and instead requires security - level 0. The security level can be changed either using the cipher string - with `@SECLEVEL`, or calling `SSL_CTX_set_security_level()`. This also means - that where the signature algorithms extension is missing from a ClientHello - then the handshake will fail in TLS 1.2 at security level 1. This is because, - although this extension is optional, failing to provide one means that - OpenSSL will fallback to a default set of signature algorithms. This default - set requires the availability of SHA1. + reduced. *Kurt Roeckx* @@ -786,8 +502,6 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Richard Levitte* * ASN1_verify(), ASN1_digest() and ASN1_sign() have been deprecated. - They are old functions that we don't use, and that you could disable with - the macro NO_ASN1_OLD. This goes all the way back to OpenSSL 0.9.7. *Richard Levitte* @@ -855,70 +569,12 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *David von Oheimb* - * All of the low-level RSA functions have been deprecated including: - - RSA_new, RSA_new_method, RSA_size, RSA_security_bits, RSA_get0_pss_params, - RSA_get_version, RSA_get0_engine, RSA_generate_key_ex, - RSA_generate_multi_prime_key, RSA_X931_derive_ex, RSA_X931_generate_key_ex, - RSA_check_key, RSA_check_key_ex, RSA_public_encrypt, RSA_private_encrypt, - RSA_public_decrypt, RSA_private_decrypt, RSA_set_default_method, - RSA_get_default_method, RSA_null_method, RSA_get_method, RSA_set_method, - RSA_PKCS1_OpenSSL, RSA_print_fp, RSA_print, RSA_sign, RSA_verify, - RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING, RSA_verify_ASN1_OCTET_STRING, RSA_blinding_on, - RSA_blinding_off, RSA_setup_blinding, RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_1, - RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_1, RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_2, - RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_2, PKCS1_MGF1, RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_OAEP, - RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_OAEP, RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_OAEP_mgf1, - RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_OAEP_mgf1, RSA_padding_add_SSLv23, - RSA_padding_check_SSLv23, RSA_padding_add_none, RSA_padding_check_none, - RSA_padding_add_X931, RSA_padding_check_X931, RSA_X931_hash_id, - RSA_verify_PKCS1_PSS, RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_PSS, RSA_verify_PKCS1_PSS_mgf1, - RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_PSS_mgf1, RSA_set_ex_data, RSA_get_ex_data, - RSA_meth_new, RSA_meth_free, RSA_meth_dup, RSA_meth_get0_name, - RSA_meth_set1_name, RSA_meth_get_flags, RSA_meth_set_flags, - RSA_meth_get0_app_data, RSA_meth_set0_app_data, RSA_meth_get_pub_enc, - RSA_meth_set_pub_enc, RSA_meth_get_pub_dec, RSA_meth_set_pub_dec, - RSA_meth_get_priv_enc, RSA_meth_set_priv_enc, RSA_meth_get_priv_dec, - RSA_meth_set_priv_dec, RSA_meth_get_mod_exp, RSA_meth_set_mod_exp, - RSA_meth_get_bn_mod_exp, RSA_meth_set_bn_mod_exp, RSA_meth_get_init, - RSA_meth_set_init, RSA_meth_get_finish, RSA_meth_set_finish, - RSA_meth_get_sign, RSA_meth_set_sign, RSA_meth_get_verify, - RSA_meth_set_verify, RSA_meth_get_keygen, RSA_meth_set_keygen, - RSA_meth_get_multi_prime_keygen and RSA_meth_set_multi_prime_keygen. - - Use of these low-level functions has been informally discouraged for a long - time. Instead applications should use L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init(3)>, - L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)>, L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init(3)> and - L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>. - For replacement of the functions manipulating the RSA objects - see the L<EVP_PKEY-RSA(7)> manual page. - A simple way of generating RSA keys is L<EVP_RSA_gen(3)>. - - All of these low-level RSA functions have been deprecated without - replacement: - - RSA_blinding_off, RSA_blinding_on, RSA_clear_flags, RSA_get_version, - RSAPrivateKey_dup, RSAPublicKey_dup, RSA_set_flags, RSA_setup_blinding and - RSA_test_flags. - - All of these RSA flags have been deprecated without replacement: - - RSA_FLAG_BLINDING, RSA_FLAG_CACHE_PRIVATE, RSA_FLAG_CACHE_PUBLIC, - RSA_FLAG_EXT_PKEY, RSA_FLAG_NO_BLINDING, RSA_FLAG_THREAD_SAFE and - RSA_METHOD_FLAG_NO_CHECK. + * All of the low level RSA functions have been deprecated. *Paul Dale* * X509 certificates signed using SHA1 are no longer allowed at security level 1 and above. - In TLS/SSL the default security level is 1. It can be set either - using the cipher string with `@SECLEVEL`, or calling - `SSL_CTX_set_security_level()`. If the leaf certificate is signed with SHA-1, - a call to `SSL_CTX_use_certificate()` will fail if the security level is not - lowered first. - Outside TLS/SSL, the default security level is -1 (effectively 0). It can - be set using `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_auth_level()` or using the `-auth_level` - options of the commands. *Kurt Roeckx* @@ -929,7 +585,6 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Paul Dale* * The command line utility rsautl has been deprecated. - Instead use the pkeyutl program. *Paul Dale* @@ -939,120 +594,24 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 *Paul Dale* - * All of the low-level DH functions have been deprecated including: - - DH_OpenSSL, DH_set_default_method, DH_get_default_method, DH_set_method, - DH_new_method, DH_new, DH_free, DH_up_ref, DH_bits, DH_set0_pqg, DH_size, - DH_security_bits, DH_get_ex_new_index, DH_set_ex_data, DH_get_ex_data, - DH_generate_parameters_ex, DH_check_params_ex, DH_check_ex, DH_check_pub_key_ex, - DH_check, DH_check_pub_key, DH_generate_key, DH_compute_key, - DH_compute_key_padded, DHparams_print_fp, DHparams_print, DH_get_nid, - DH_KDF_X9_42, DH_get0_engine, DH_meth_new, DH_meth_free, DH_meth_dup, - DH_meth_get0_name, DH_meth_set1_name, DH_meth_get_flags, DH_meth_set_flags, - DH_meth_get0_app_data, DH_meth_set0_app_data, DH_meth_get_generate_key, - DH_meth_set_generate_key, DH_meth_get_compute_key, DH_meth_set_compute_key, - DH_meth_get_bn_mod_exp, DH_meth_set_bn_mod_exp, DH_meth_get_init, - DH_meth_set_init, DH_meth_get_finish, DH_meth_set_finish, - DH_meth_get_generate_params and DH_meth_set_generate_params. - - Use of these low-level functions has been informally discouraged for a long - time. Instead applications should use L<EVP_PKEY_derive_init(3)> - and L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>. - - These low-level DH functions have been deprecated without replacement: - - DH_clear_flags, DH_get_1024_160, DH_get_2048_224, DH_get_2048_256, - DH_set_flags and DH_test_flags. - - The DH_FLAG_CACHE_MONT_P flag has been deprecated without replacement. - The DH_FLAG_TYPE_DH and DH_FLAG_TYPE_DHX have been deprecated. Use - EVP_PKEY_is_a() to determine the type of a key. There is no replacement for - setting these flags. - - Additionally functions that read and write DH objects such as d2i_DHparams, - i2d_DHparams, PEM_read_DHparam, PEM_write_DHparams and other similar - functions have also been deprecated. Applications should instead use the - OSSL_DECODER and OSSL_ENCODER APIs to read and write DH files. - - Finally functions that assign or obtain DH objects from an EVP_PKEY such as - `EVP_PKEY_assign_DH()`, `EVP_PKEY_get0_DH()`, `EVP_PKEY_get1_DH()`, and - `EVP_PKEY_set1_DH()` are also deprecated. - Applications should instead either read or write an - EVP_PKEY directly using the OSSL_DECODER and OSSL_ENCODER APIs. - Or load an EVP_PKEY directly from DH data using `EVP_PKEY_fromdata()`. + * All of the low level DH functions have been deprecated. *Paul Dale and Matt Caswell* - * All of the low-level DSA functions have been deprecated including: - - DSA_new, DSA_free, DSA_up_ref, DSA_bits, DSA_get0_pqg, DSA_set0_pqg, - DSA_get0_key, DSA_set0_key, DSA_get0_p, DSA_get0_q, DSA_get0_g, - DSA_get0_pub_key, DSA_get0_priv_key, DSA_clear_flags, DSA_test_flags, - DSA_set_flags, DSA_do_sign, DSA_do_verify, DSA_OpenSSL, - DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method, DSA_set_method, - DSA_get_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_size, DSA_security_bits, - DSA_sign_setup, DSA_sign, DSA_verify, DSA_get_ex_new_index, - DSA_set_ex_data, DSA_get_ex_data, DSA_generate_parameters_ex, - DSA_generate_key, DSA_meth_new, DSA_get0_engine, DSA_meth_free, - DSA_meth_dup, DSA_meth_get0_name, DSA_meth_set1_name, DSA_meth_get_flags, - DSA_meth_set_flags, DSA_meth_get0_app_data, DSA_meth_set0_app_data, - DSA_meth_get_sign, DSA_meth_set_sign, DSA_meth_get_sign_setup, - DSA_meth_set_sign_setup, DSA_meth_get_verify, DSA_meth_set_verify, - DSA_meth_get_mod_exp, DSA_meth_set_mod_exp, DSA_meth_get_bn_mod_exp, - DSA_meth_set_bn_mod_exp, DSA_meth_get_init, DSA_meth_set_init, |