[Python-announce] PyCA cryptography 41.0.0 released

[Paul Kehrer]

PyCA cryptography 41.0.0 has been released to PyPI. cryptography
includes both high level recipes and low level interfaces to common
cryptographic algorithms such as symmetric ciphers, asymmetric
algorithms, message digests, X509, key derivation functions, and much
more. We support Python 3.7+, and PyPy3 7.3.10+.

Changelog (https://cryptography.io/en/latest/changelog/#v41-0-0):
* BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: Support for OpenSSL less than 1.1.1d has
been removed. Users on older version of OpenSSL will need to upgrade.
* BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: Support for Python 3.6 has been removed.
* BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: Dropped support for LibreSSL < 3.6.
* Updated Windows, macOS, and Linux wheels to be compiled with OpenSSL 3.1.1.
* Updated the minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) to 1.56.0, from 1.48.0.
* Added support for the OCSPAcceptableResponses OCSP extension.
* Added support for the MSCertificateTemplate proprietary Microsoft
certificate extension.
* Implemented support for equality checks on all asymmetric public key types.
* Added support for aes25...@openssh.com encrypted keys in
load_ssh_private_key().
* Added support for obtaining X.509 certificate signature algorithm
parameters (including PSS) via signature_algorithm_parameters().
* Support signing PSS X.509 certificates via the new keyword-only
argument rsa_padding on sign().
* Added support for ChaCha20Poly1305 on BoringSSL.

-Paul Kehrer (reaperhulk)