XML Security Library

LibXML2
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XML Security Library

XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2. The library supports major XML security standards:

XML Security Library is released under the MIT Licence see the Copyright file in the distribution for details.

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  • April 10 2003
    The final release candidate XML Security Library 1.0.0rc1 is available for download. This release includes minor API polishing, complete API Reference Manual, new chapters in the tutorial and several new examples. Another big change is using major version number in library files to prevent collisions between different library versions.
    If no major problems will be found then the 1.0.0 release should happen in a week from now.

  • April 8 2003
    The new XML Security Library 0.0.15 release is a preparation for the upcomming 1.0.0 release and provides an ability to have both versions installed together on the same box. Also this release includes updated expired certificates for the regression test suite and a fix for minor bug in reading binary keys on Windows.

  • April 6 2003
    O'Reilly Open Source Convent3Dion It seems that I'll be giving a presentation at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2003 about XML Security and XML Security Library. Stop by to say "Hello!".

  • March 26 2003
    XML Security Library 0.1.1 release is the first release candidate for the new stable version of XML Security Library. A lot of internal changes including enchanced processing controls, performance improvements for XML transforms, new documentation, updated examples and many many other small things.
    Please try this release and report bugs. Again, it's the first release candidate and it's very important for me to get your feedback about it. Also if you are missing some features in the library it's the best time to ask!

  • March 19 2003
    XML Security Library 0.0.14 release includes several minor bugfixes in references URI processing, binary transforms processing and xmlsec command line utility.

  • March 5 2003
    The XML Security Library 0.1.0 release creates a framework for integrating XML Security Library with almost any crypto engine and even combining multiple crypto engines in one application. As an example, basic support for GnuTLS and NSS libraries is provided (digests, hmac and block ciphers). The information about new library structure is available in an architecture design overview.
    This is a pre-alpha release not recommended for production (please use the stable 0.0.X releases instead). The new 0.1.X API and ABI will defenetly change. However, if you plan to use XML Security Library with a new crypto engine and plan to write some code then you can start now. The "backend" API is pretty stable and I do not expect major changes.

  • February 21 2003
    XML Security Library 0.0.13 release fixes incorrect processing of signatures with more than 3 binary transforms in a row, improved pkcs12 files support and minor documentation update.

  • January 26 2003
    Two major fixes in HMAC and DES/AES algorithms are the reason for the new XML Security Library 0.0.12 release. Also there are few other minor features and bug fixes (see Changelog in the distribution for more details).

  • December 3 2002
    New XML Security Library 0.0.11 release fixes a major problem in Reference URI attribute processing. This release also includes several Win32 build process fixes from Igor.

  • October 20 2002
    Almost two months from previous release and a lot of minor enchancements are good reasons for the new XML Security Library 0.0.10 release:
    - added a way to specify "current time" to verify certificates expiration against it;
    - implemented XML results output format for the xmlsec command line utility;
    - fixed XMLDSig examples and added a new one (thanks to Devin Heitmueller);
    - resolved static link issue and a bunch of other improvements for Win32 platform builds (Igor Zlatkovic);
    - added dynamic linking option for xmlsec command line utility to help Debian port (John Belmonte);
    - minor bug fixes.



Aleksey Sanin