Released: Nov 10, 2020

Updates in 2020 R5

Features

• All: Added support for Microsoft .NET 5.0.
• TLS Core: Added support for X.509 certificates with Ed25519 keys to TLS 1.3.
• TLS Core: Improved exception messages in TLS 1.3.
• Cryptography: Added built-in support for Ed25519 algorithm.
• Cryptography: Added Rebex.Security.Cryptography.AesGcm class (equivalent to .NET 5.0's AesGcm class, but available on all platforms including .NET Framework 3.5).
• Cryptography: Added SetOtherNames/GetOtherNames methods to CertificateInfo class ('Other Name' support in SANs).
• Cryptography: AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm.ImportKey method can initialize Ed25519 key from seed (in addition to private key).
• Cryptography: AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm.Register method made thread-safe.
• Cryptography: Deprecated CryptoHelper.ForceManagedAes property.
• Cryptography: Enhanced compatibility with unsupported legacy versions of CryptoAPI.
• Cryptography: Enhanced SignedData.Load(Stream) and EnvelopedData.Load(Stream) methods to support Base64-encoded format (PEM) as well.
• Cryptography: Enhanced workaround for RSA CSPs with lack of SHA-2 support.
• Common: Added SspiAuthentication.IsSupported method.
• Common: Enhanced EncodingTools helper class to always provide Encodings with implemented HeaderName, EncodingName and BodyName properties.