Improves common byte array operations in .NET 5.0 on devices with AVX2 support.
Features
- All: Changed release naming scheme ('R5.1' instead of '2020 R5.1').
- Cryptography: Enhanced implicit operator for conversion of Certificate->X509Certificate2 to retain private keys on non-Microsoft Windows platforms as well.
- Cryptography: Optimized memory usage in symmetric encryption transformations based on Windows CNG API.
- Cryptography: Substantial speed-up of Chacha20/Poly1305 (used in SSH and TLS). Utilizing AVX2 or Advanced NEON SIMD on Microsoft .NET 5.0 (if available).
- Common: Accelerated common byte array operations in .NET 5.0 on devices with AVX2 support.