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 * Version 1.7 unreleased
 
+  * Replaced usage of 'mcrypt_ecb' as it is deprecated.
+    Issue #5 reported by Gyula Szabó, see:
+    http://code.google.com/p/yubikey-ksm/issues/detail?id=5>.
+
+  * Read database config from /etc/ykksm/config-db files,
+    as generated by dbconfig.
+
 * Version 1.6 released 2012-12-18
 
   * ykksm-gen-keys supports the PSKC YubiKey profile.