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+Noteworthy changes in version 2.5 (2013-06-16)
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * HMAC support for authenticated encryption (works for both Rijndael and GPG)
+
+ * Update to how fwknop leverages Rijndael including the usage of the PBKDF1
+   algorithm for key derivation, truncation bug fixes, more careful handling
+   of buffers used in cryptographic operations, and more.
+
+ * The fwknop code base is now audited with the excellent Coverity static
+   analysis product, and many bugs were fixed as a result.  Full details can be
+   found in the git log.
+
+ * The test suite can now cross compare how fwknop encrypts and authenticates
+   SPA data with OpenSSL.  This is a powerful verification step since it
+   essentially allows fwknop to take advantage of the OpenSSL library and all
+   of the research that goes into it without having to link against OpenSSL
+   directly.  (OpenSSL does far more than fwknop would ever need.)
+
+ * A new work flow is made possible through the ability to save encryption
+   keys, HMAC keys, and command line arguments to the ~/.fwknoprc file.  This
+   greatly simplifies fwknop command line usage just by using the stanza name
+   for access to a remote service '$ fwknop -n <stanza name>'.
+
+Noteworthy changes prior to fwknop-2.5 can be found in the ChangeLog.
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.62 (2009-07-26)
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Initial public release
+
+ * Support for GPG encryption (via gpgme).
+
+ * In addition to UDP, send SPA data packet over TCP, TCP(raw socket),
+   and ICMP.
+
+ * Added the FKO Perl Module (wraps libfko).
+
+ * Added support for the Win32 platform.
+
+ * Fairly complete Texinfo documentation for libfko.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.0.0-alpha (2008-12-21)
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Start of port form Perl to C
+
+ * Created initial libfko.a static lib
+
+ * fwknop client program can generate a simple access
+   request that can be parsed by the Perl fwknopd server.
+
+
+ Copyright 2009-2013, Damien Stuart
+
+ This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
+ unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
+ modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+ This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
+ implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+