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Changes between 0.9.7e and 0.9.8 [xx XXX xxxx]
*) Change ./Configure so that certain algorithms can be disabled by default.
- The new counterpiece to "no-xxx" is "enable-xxx", and RC5 will now be
- disabled unless "enable-rc5" is specified.
+ The new counterpiece to "no-xxx" is "enable-xxx".
+
+ The patented RC5 and MDC2 algorithms will now be disabled unless
+ "enable-rc5" and "enable-mdc2", respectively, are specified.
+
+ (IDEA remains enabled despite being patented. This is because IDEA
+ is frequently required for interoperability, and there is no license
+ fee for non-commercial use. As before, "no-idea" can be used to
+ avoid this algorithm.)
+
[Bodo Moeller]
*) Add processing of proxy certificates (see RFC 3820). This work was