Fedora 8 Update: mcrypt-2.6.7-3.fc8

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-7310
2008-09-05 10:32:19
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Name        : mcrypt
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.6.7
Release     : 3.fc8
URL         : http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Replacement for crypt()
Description :
MCrypt is a replacement for the old crypt() package and crypt(1) command,
with extensions. It allows developers to use a wide range of encryption
functions, without making drastic changes to their code. It allows users
to encrypt files or data streams without having to be cryptographers.

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Update Information:

Switch from openpgp mechanism as default back to mcrypt internal due to massive
performance problems and size restrictions.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Aug 25 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> - 2.6.7-3
- use native mcrypt format by default (not openpgp) (bz 433582)
- fix gaa
- fix format strings
* Tue Feb 19 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at fedoraproject.org> - 2.6.7-2
- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
* Mon Dec 17 2007 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> 2.6.7-1
- 2.6.7
- fix bugs in rfc2440.c (resolves bugzilla 418481)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #433582 - mcrypt performance on F8 so slow on large files as to be useless
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433582
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update mcrypt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
http://fedoraproject.org/keys
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