Guard TLS SNI callback define better.

[exim.git] / src / README.UPDATING

diff --git a/src/README.UPDATING b/src/README.UPDATING
index 81e767efea826ca550b1de7743b1cdc99eb5cfb7..7ce35dff83a7d75a9f9ccbdb9e6d0a77e7290b9b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/README.UPDATING
+++ b/src/README.UPDATING
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ The rest of this document contains information about changes in 4.xx releases
 that might affect a running system.
 
 
-Exim version 4.78
+Exim version 4.80
 -----------------
 
+ * BEWARE backwards-incompatible changes in SSL libraries, thus the version
+   bump.  See points below for details.
+
  * The value of $tls_peerdn is now print-escaped when written to the spool file
    in a -tls_peerdn line, and unescaped when read back in.  We received reports
    of values with embedded newlines, which caused spool file corruption.
@@ -77,16 +80,18 @@ Exim version 4.78
    new option, you can safely force it off before upgrading, to decouple
    configuration changes from the binary upgrade while remaining RFC compliant.
 
- * The GnuTLS support has been mostly rewritten, to use 2.12.x APIs.  As part
-   of this, these three options are no longer supported:
+ * The GnuTLS support has been mostly rewritten, to use APIs which don't cause
+   deprecation warnings in GnuTLS 2.12.x.  As part of this, these three options
+   are no longer supported:
 
      gnutls_require_kx
      gnutls_require_mac
      gnutls_require_protocols
 
-   Their functionality is entirely subsumed into tls_require_ciphers, which is
-   no longer parsed apart by Exim but is instead given to
-   gnutls_priority_init(3), which is no longer an Exim list.  See:
+   Their functionality is entirely subsumed into tls_require_ciphers.  In turn,
+   tls_require_ciphers is no longer an Exim list and is not parsed by Exim, but
+   is instead given to gnutls_priority_init(3), which expects a priority string;
+   this behaviour is much closer to the OpenSSL behaviour.  See:
 
      http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/manual/html_node/Priority-Strings.html
 
@@ -96,6 +101,11 @@ Exim version 4.78
    parsing entirely and the presence of the options will be a configuration
    error.
 
+   Note that by default, GnuTLS will not accept RSA-MD5 signatures in chains.
+   A tls_require_ciphers value of NORMAL:%VERIFY_ALLOW_SIGN_RSA_MD5 may
+   re-enable support, but this is not supported by the Exim maintainers.
+   Our test suite no longer includes MD5-based certificates.
+
    This rewrite means that Exim will continue to build against GnuTLS in the
    future, brings Exim closer to other GnuTLS applications and lets us add
    support for SNI and other features more readily.  We regret that it wasn't
@@ -111,6 +121,9 @@ Exim version 4.77
    problem.  Prior to this release, supported values were "TLS1" and "SSL3",
    so you should be able to update configuration prior to update.
 
+    [nb: gnutls_require_protocols removed in Exim 4.80, instead use
+         tls_require_ciphers to provide a priority string; see notes above]
+
  * The match_<type>{string1}{string2} expansion conditions no longer subject
    string2 to string expansion, unless Exim was built with the new
    "EXPAND_LISTMATCH_RHS" option.  Too many people have inadvertently created