Rebex Security Releases

Released: Sep 3, 2018

Updates in 2018 R2.1

Features

  • Cryptography: Optimized certificate signature validation on .NET Compact Framework.

Released: Jun 29, 2018

Updates in 2018 R2

Features

  • All: Added support for .NET Core on macOS.
  • Cryptography: Added workaround for eToken CSP private key operations.
  • Cryptography: RSACryptoServiceProvider usability detection made more compatible.

Fixes

  • Cryptography: Fixed possible 'Unexpected key algorithm' error in AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm.
  • Cryptography: Fixed Certificate.GetSignatureHashAlgorithm() for RSASSA-PSS certificates.
  • Cryptography: Fixed CertificateStore.Exists on .NET Core.
  • Cryptography: Fixed Certificate.HasPrivateKey for non...

Released: Apr 25, 2018

Updates in 2018 R1.1

Features

  • All: Added support for .NET Core on Linux.
  • Security: FileEncryption object's EncryptionKeySize and XtsBlockSize properties are no longer ignored when using FileEncryptionAlgorithm.AesXts.
  • Cryptography: Enhanced error message when trying to use signing-only RSA certificate for decryption.
  • Cryptography: Added CertificateEngine.BuildChain(Certificate) method.
  • Cryptography: Current CertificateEngine's BuildChain method is now used in CMS (PKCS #7) SignedData and EnvelopedData.
  • Cryptography...

Released: Apr 1, 2018

Updates in 2018 R1

Features

  • Security: Added low-level Xts class.
  • Cryptography: Added CryptographicCollection<T> as a base for cryptographic collection classes.
  • Cryptography: Added SslSettings.SslRenegotiationExtensionEnabled option.
  • Cryptography: Added EnhancedCertificateEngine to .NET Compact Framework version to make it possible to supply custom root certification authorities.
  • Common: Enabled Certificate/CertificateChain.LoadPfx with AlwaysCng option on .NET Compact Framework 3.9.
  • Common: Built-in custom...

Released: Jan 11, 2018

Updates in 2017 R6.3

Features

  • Enhanced RSA/OAEP and RSA/PSS support
    • Support for RSA/OAEP with label (input parameter).
    • Support for RSA/OAEP and RSA/PSS structures with mismatched hash algorithms.

Fixes

  • Cryptography: Fixed initialization of EncryptionAlgorithm property in MailMessage.Recipients collection items.
  • Cryptography: Fixed CNG private key conversion workaround.

Released: Dec 21, 2017

Updates in 2017 R6.2

Features

  • Security: Added overloads of XtsStream that accept file path.
  • Cryptography: Added CertificateChain.LoadDer method to load a chain of Base64-encoded certificates.
  • Cryptography: Fast CNG implementation of AES (which takes advantage of AES-NI instructions) is used when available.
  • Cryptography: Added workaround for broken X509Certificate.GetPublicKey() on Mono 5.4.
  • Cryptography: Added a workaround for GPG's gpgsm utility that required some SignedData fields to be DER-encoded.

Released: Nov 20, 2017

Updates in 2017 R6.1

Features

  • Cryptography: Enhanced custom CRL downloader for .NET Compact Framework to handle all 3xx redirect codes.
  • Cryptography: Enhanced Certificate.LoadDer to handle files with multiple certificates (loads the first one).
  • Cryptography: Added 'params' to CertificateInfo.SetExtendedUsave/SetAlternativeHostnames methods.
  • Common: Added workaround for broken Encoding.ASCII encoder on legacy Mono platforms.
  • Common: Enhanced SSPI error reporting.

Fixes

  • Cryptography: Fixed detection of AES/GCM support...

Released: Oct 25, 2017

Updates in 2017 R6

Features

  • All: Added support for DSA key generation on .NET Core on Windows.
  • Cryptography: Added support for RSAES-OAEP encryption to EnvelopedData/RecipientInfo objects (CMS / PKCS #7).
  • Cryptography: Added support for RSAES-OAEP encryption to Encrypt/Decrypt methods in Certificate and AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm classes.
  • Cryptography: Added support for DSA key generation on .NET Core 1.1 on Windows.
  • Cryptography: Added support for RSASSA-PSS signatures to SignMessage/VerifyMessage methods in...

Released: Sep 12, 2017

Updates in 2017 R5

Features

  • Added support for .NET Core 1.1 and 2.0 on Windows.
  • Cryptography: Added HTTP redirect handling to CRL downloader on .NET Compact Framework.
  • Cryptography: Added workaround to enable SHA-2 on legacy operating systems (such as pre-SP3 Windows XP).
  • Cryptography: Using ASN.1 GeneralizedTime for dates greater than 2050.
  • Cryptography: Enhanced logging of some SSPI errors.
  • Cryptography: Added workaround for invalid or empty HTTP header names.
  • Common: Enabled SHA-2 support workaround for legacy...

Released: Aug 4, 2017

Updates in 2017 R4.1

Features

  • Cryptography: Enhanced RSAES-OAEP support.
  • Cryptography: Added CertificateStore.Add method (replacement for deprecated CertificateStore.AddCertificate method).
  • Cryptography: Added KeySetOptions.PreferCng and KeySetOptions.AlwaysCng options.

Fixes

  • Cryptography: Fixed AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm.Dispose method.
  • Cryptography: Fixed AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm.CreateFrom method (always honors the ownsAlgorithm argument now).