XML Security Library

LibXML2
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OpenSSL

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.

News

  • November 30 2022
    The XML Security Library 1.2.37 release includes the following changes:

  • October 31 2022
    The XML Security Library 1.2.36 release includes the following changes:

  • October 25 2022
    The XML Security Library 1.2.35 release includes the following changes:
    • Migration to OpenSSL 3.0 API (based on PR by @snargit). Note that OpenSSL engines are disabled by default when XMLSec library is compiled against OpenSSL 3.0. To re-enable OpenSSL engines, use "--enable-openssl3-engines" configure flag (there will be a lot of deprecation warnings).
    • The OpenSSL before 1.1.0 and LibreSSL before 2.7.0 are now deprecated and will be removed in the future versions of XMLSec Library.
    • Refactored all the integer casts to ensure cast-safety. Fixed all warnings and enabled "-Werror" and "-pedantic" flags on CI builds.
    • Added configure flag to use size_t for xmlSecSize (currently disabled by default for backward compatibility).
    • Moved all CI builds to GitHub actions.
    • Several other small fixes (more details).

  • May 3 2022
    The XML Security Library 1.2.34 release includes the following changes:
    • Support for OpenSSL compiled with OPENSSL_NO_ERR.
    • Full support for LibreSSL 3.5.0 and above (@vishwin).
    • Several other small fixes (more details).

  • October 25 2021
    The XML Security Library 1.2.33 release includes the following changes:
    • Added --privkey-openssl-engine option to enhance openssl engine support (Leonardo Secci).
    • Fixed decrypting session key for two recipients.
    • Several other small fixes (more details).

  • April 21 2021
    The XML Security Library 1.2.32 release includes the following changes:

  • October 29 2020
    The XML Security Library 1.2.31 release includes the following changes:
    • Added configure option to ensure memset() securely erases memory (gcc).
    • Several other small fixes (more details).

  • See News page for older announcements.