* Modified the adjacent character check to depend on the password length.
* Remove checks against the user's GECOS entry.
* Don't exit on failure to open the database.
- * Improve the search algorithm in FindPW somewhat.
+ * Improved the search algorithm in FindPW somewhat.
* Don't segfault on corrupt dictionaries.
* Fixed the data format output by packer to properly pad the end.
- * Add ANSI C prototypes for all functions and mark const variables.
- * Remove unused functions.
- * Various compilation warning and portability fixes.
- * Use Autoconf and portable/system.h to find types of specific lengths.
- * Increase MINLENGTH.
- * Add a check for a duplicated dictionary word.
+ * Added ANSI C prototypes for all functions and mark const variables.
+ * Removed unused functions.
+ * Increased MINLENGTH.
+ * Added a check for a duplicated dictionary word.
* Changed error for very short passwords to match current CrackLib.
- * Remove last block optimization in GetPW and start fresh each time.
+ * Removed last block optimization in GetPW and start fresh each time.
* Close the dictionary after each password lookup.
* Set hidden visibility on all CrackLib symbols.
+ * Close the wfp file handle on PWClose if it's open.
+ * Applied various patches from distributions for security vulnerabilities.
+ * Changed the type of some variables to size_t to avoid truncation.
+ * Forced locale in mkdict to avoid problems with non-C-locale sort.
+ * Added a warning to packer if processing out-of-order words.
+ * Used Autoconf and portable/system.h to find types of specific lengths.
+ * Added missing break to RULE_MFIRST "(" and RULE_MLAST ")" handling.
+ * Various compilation warning and portability fixes.
+
+See the leading comments in each source file for a more detailed timeline
+and list of changes.
Below is the original changelog for CrackLib: