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 strongswan-4.6.2
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+- Added support for PKCS#8 encoded private keys.  This is the default format
+  used by some OpenSSL tools since 1.0.0.
+
 - Upgraded the TCG IF-IMC and IF-IMV C API to the upcoming version 1.3
   which supports IF-TNCCS 2.0 long message types, the exclusive flags
   and multiple IMC/IMV IDs. Both the TNC Client and Server as well as