Update release notes for new pgcrypto additions.
authorBruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:15:44 +0000 (18:15 +0000)
committerBruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:15:44 +0000 (18:15 +0000)
Marko Kreen

doc/src/sgml/release.sgml

index e7bd44acf1563224dc253a8b495132d2041939a2..7e21ad3e1a9c1bbfb9614e8cd414370b00b6f99f 100644 (file)
@@ -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>