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+strongswan-5.3.0
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+
+- Added support for IKEv2 make-before-break reauthentication. By using a global
+  CHILD_SA reqid allocation mechanism, charon supports overlapping CHILD_SAs.
+  This allows the use of make-before-break instead of the previously supported
+  break-before-make reauthentication, avoiding connectivity gaps during that
+  procedure. As the new mechanism may fail with peers not supporting it (such
+  as any previous strongSwan release) it must be explicitly enabled using
+  the charon.make_before_break strongswan.conf option.
+
+- Support for "Signature Authentication in IKEv2" (RFC 7427) has been added.
+  This allows the use of stronger hash algorithms for public key authentication.
+  By default, signature schemes are chosen based on the strength of the
+  signature key, but specific hash algorithms may be configured in leftauth.
+
+- Key types and hash algorithms specified in rightauth are now also checked
+  against IKEv2 signature schemes.  If such constraints are used for certificate
+  chain validation in existing configurations, in particular with peers that
+  don't support RFC 7427, it may be necessary to disable this feature with the
+  charon.signature_authentication_constraints setting, because the signature
+  scheme used in classic IKEv2 public key authentication may not be strong
+  enough.
+
+- The new connmark plugin allows a host to bind conntrack flows to a specific
+  CHILD_SA by applying and restoring the SA mark to conntrack entries. This
+  allows a peer to handle multiple transport mode connections coming over the
+  same NAT device for client-initiated flows. A common use case is to protect
+  L2TP/IPsec, as supported by some systems.
+
+- The forecast plugin can forward broadcast and multicast messages between
+  connected clients and a LAN. For CHILD_SA using unique marks, it sets up
+  the required Netfilter rules and uses a multicast/broadcast listener that
+  forwards such messages to all connected clients. This plugin is designed for
+  Windows 7 IKEv2 clients, which announces its services over the tunnel if the
+  negotiated IPsec policy allows it.
+
+- For the vici plugin a Python Egg has been added to allow Python applications
+  to control or monitor the IKE daemon using the VICI interface, similar to the
+  existing ruby gem. The Python library has been contributed by Björn Schuberg.
+
+- EAP server methods now can fulfill public key constraints, such as rightcert
+  or rightca. Additionally, public key and signature constraints can be
+  specified for EAP methods in the rightauth keyword. Currently the EAP-TLS and
+  EAP-TTLS methods provide verification details to constraints checking.
+
+- Upgrade of the BLISS post-quantum signature algorithm to the improved BLISS-B
+  variant. Can be used in conjunction with the SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 hash
+  algorithms with SHA512 being the default.
+
+- The IF-IMV 1.4 interface now makes the IP address of the TNC access requestor
+  as seen by the TNC server available to all IMVs. This information can be
+  forwarded to policy enforcement points (e.g. firewalls or routers).
+
+- The new mutual tnccs-20 plugin parameter activates mutual TNC measurements
+  in PB-TNC half-duplex mode between two endpoints over either a PT-EAP or
+  PT-TLS transport medium.
+
+
+strongswan-5.2.2
+----------------
+
+- Fixed a denial-of-service vulnerability triggered by an IKEv2 Key Exchange
+  payload that contains the Diffie-Hellman group 1025.  This identifier was
+  used internally for DH groups with custom generator and prime.  Because
+  these arguments are missing when creating DH objects based on the KE payload
+  an invalid pointer dereference occurred.  This allowed an attacker to crash
+  the IKE daemon with a single IKE_SA_INIT message containing such a KE
+  payload.  The vulnerability has been registered as CVE-2014-9221.
+
+- The left/rightid options in ipsec.conf, or any other identity in strongSwan,
+  now accept prefixes to enforce an explicit type, such as email: or fqdn:.
+  Note that no conversion is done for the remaining string, refer to
+  ipsec.conf(5) for details.
+
+- The post-quantum Bimodal Lattice Signature Scheme (BLISS) can be used as
+  an IKEv2 public key authentication method. The pki tool offers full support
+  for the generation of BLISS key pairs and certificates.
+
+- Fixed mapping of integrity algorithms negotiated for AH via IKEv1. This could
+  cause interoperability issues when connecting to older versions of charon.
+
+
 strongswan-5.2.1
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