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Changes for version 0.03 - 2023-11-22

  • Legacy Notice
    • OpenSSL version 3 considers Blowfish to be a legacy encryption method. Users of this module (if any) need to consider moving to other encryption methods.
  • Compatibility Notice
    • This version maintains compatibility with the older versions. However, this is not fully compatible with openssl's bf-ecb cipher. See the documentation relating to how to use the compatible version.
  • Significant rewrite
    • OpenSSL 3 has deprecated the use of low-level functions.
    • Update to use OpenSSL v3 EVP_ api for openssl >= 3.0.0
    • Significant changes to the module while retaining compatibity with the previous versions. As Blowfish is now outdated and considered legacy by OpenSSL this rewrite was done ot of interest not necessity.
  • Detailed Change Log
    • 631666a Convert build system to Dist::Zilla
    • 8c77edf Add github actions to test module
    • adbf712 Upgrade test to use Test:V0
    • 9f195aa Update to use the openssl v3 API
    • 2e94736 Rewrite the XS and sort out why openssl compatability issues
    • 7016348 Remove EOL spaces

Modules

Blowfish Algorithm using OpenSSL