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# XML Security Library XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2. The library supports major XML security standards: XML Signature XML Encryption Canonical XML (part of the LibXML2) Exclusive Canonical XML (part of the LibXML2) 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: Fixed two regressions from 1.2.36 release: issue #437 and issue #449. October 31 2022 The XML Security Library 1.2.36 release includes the following changes: Retired the XMLSec mailing list "xmlsec@aleksey.com" and the XMLSec Online Signature Verifier. Several other small fixes (more details). 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: Several small fixes (more details). 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.