X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=6e2369f2910ecfb1cd60de291387b07ba54e783f;hb=ceafdf109b724d1c5640a3f437c2ef6c7492289b;hp=87014efea4979da8427c125e8c41066d058ea3c6;hpb=93146b5718d3f79f40278320371ae5b261659bd9;p=ngircd-alex.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 87014efe..6e2369f2 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server - (c)2001-2003 by Alexander Barton, + (c)2001-2004 by Alexander Barton, alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ ngIRCd is free software and published under the @@ -10,7 +10,35 @@ -- NEWS -- -ngIRCd CVS-HEAD +ngIRCd 0.8.0 (2004-06-26) + + - Two new configuration options: "ChrootDir" and "MotdPhrase", thanks to + Benjamin Pineau . Now you can force the daemon to change + its root and working directory to something "safe". MotdPhrase is used + to define an "MOTD string" instead of a whole file, useful if the + "real" MOTD file would be outside the "jail". + - INVITE- and BAN-lists become synchronized between IRC+ servers when + establishing new connections, if the peer supports this as well. + - The type of service (TOS) of all sockets is set to "interactive" now. + - Added short command line option "-t" as alternative to "--configtest". + - Added optional support for "IDENT" lookups on incoming connections. You + have to enable this function with the ./configure switch "--with-ident". + The default is not to do IDENT lookups. + +ngIRCd 0.7.5 (2003-07-11) + + - New configuration variable "MaxConnectionsIP" to limit the number of + simultaneous connections from a single IP that the server will accept. + This configuration options lowers the risk of denial of service attacks + (DoS), the default is 5 connections per client IP. + - Added new configuration variable "Listen" to bind all listening + sockets of the server to a single IP address. + +ngIRCd 0.7.1 (2003-07-18) + + - Added support for GNU/Hurd. + +ngIRCd 0.7.0 (2003-05-01) - New command CONNECT to enable and add server links. The syntax is not RFC-compatible: use "CONNECT " to enable and connect an @@ -20,7 +48,14 @@ ngIRCd CVS-HEAD - New command TRACE (you can trace only servers at the moment). - New command HELP that lists all understood commands. - ngIRCd can register itself with Rendezvous: to enable support pass the - new switch "--enable-rendezvous" to configure. + new switch "--with-rendezvous" to configure. + - Added support for TCP Wrappers library: pass "--with-tcp-wrappers" to + configure to enable it. + - Changed some configure options to use "--with"/"--without" as prefix + insetead of "--enable"/"--disable": "--without-syslog", "--without-zlib", + "--with-tcp-wrappers", and "--with-rendezvous". + - Enhanced manual pages ngircd(8) and ngircd.conf(5). + - Documentation is now installed in $(datadir)/doc/ngircd. Older news (sorry, only available in german language): @@ -154,4 +189,4 @@ ngIRCd 0.0.1, 31.12.2001 -- -$Id: NEWS,v 1.51 2003/03/04 14:12:30 alex Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.66 2004/07/03 18:35:41 alex Exp $