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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2015-01-16 20:48:46 +0100
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2015-01-16 20:48:46 +0100
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Permit build on SSLv3-disabled OpenSSL,
providing that these also omit the declaration of SSLv3_client_method(). Related to Debian Bug#775255. Version report lists -SSLv3 on +SSL builds that omit SSLv3_client_method(). Version report lists -SSLv2 on +SSL builds that omit SSLv2_client_method().
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@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ removed from a 6.4.0 or newer release.)
fetchmail may switch to a different SSL library.
* SSLv2 support will be removed from a future fetchmail release. It has been
obsolete for more than a decade.
+* SSLv3 support may be removed from a future fetchmail release. It has been
+ obsolete for many years and found insecure. Use TLS.
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@@ -71,6 +73,10 @@ fetchmail-6.3.27 (not yet released, if ever):
* Point to --idle from GENERAL OPERATION to clarify --idle and multiple
mailboxes do not mix. In response to Jeremy Chadwick's trouble 2014-11-19,
fetchmail-users mailing list.
+* Fix SSL-enabled build on systems that do not declare SSLv3_client_method().
+ Related to Debian Bug#775255.
+* Version report lists -SSLv3 on +SSL builds that omit SSLv3_client_method().
+* Version report lists -SSLv2 on +SSL builds that omit SSLv2_client_method().
# KNOWN BUGS AND WORKAROUNDS
(This section floats upwards through the NEWS file so it stays with the