X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ec83f17b58adad8af5a142a88fe3f11c828cf25d;hb=4d0b03b4235a1150ed7182fba31ee658d3979625;hp=551183d96e0fd41d5b120f0202f68b4f3eb45e6d;hpb=2de5b5cf4a4197846763e397f17d7a17a681f298;p=ngircd-alex.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 551183d9..ec83f17b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,21 +1,85 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server - (c)2001,2002 by Alexander Barton, + (c)2001-2005 Alexander Barton, alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ - ngIRCd ist freie Software und steht unter - der GNU General Public License. - - -- NEWS / Neuigkeiten -- - - -ngIRCd CVS-HEAD + ngIRCd is free software and published under the + terms of the GNU General Public License. + + -- NEWS -- + + +ngIRCd CVSHEAD + + - New configuration option "OperServerMode" to enable a workaround needed + when running an network with ircd2 servers and "OperCanUseMode" enabled + to prevent the ircd2 daemon to drop mode changes of IRC operators. + Patch by Florian Westphal, . + - Implemented support for "secret channels" (channel mode "s"). + - New configuration option "Mask" for [Operator] sections to limit OPER + commands to ussers with a specific IRC mask. Patch from Florian Westphal. + - New configuration variable "PidFile", section "[Global]": if defined, + the server writes its process ID (PID) to this file. Default: off. + Idea of Florian Westphal, . + - Added support for the Howl (http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/) + Rendezvous API, in addition to the API of Apple (Mac OS X). The available + API will be autodetected when you call "./configure --with-rendezvous". + +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 + configured server and "CONNECT " + to add a new server (ngIRCd tries to connect new servers only once!). + - Added DISCONNECT command ("DISCONNECT ") to disable servers. + - 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 "--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 $(datadir)/doc/ngircd. + + +Older news (sorry, only available in german language): + +ngIRCd 0.6.0, 2002-12-24 - beim Schliessen einer Verbindung zeigt der Server nun vor dem ERROR noch eine Statistik ueber die empfangene und gesendete Datenmenge an. - - Clients werden beim Connect mit NOTICEs ueber den Status der Resolver- - Subprozesse informiert. - Connection-Strukturen werden nun "pool-weise" verwaltet; der Pool wird bei Bedarf bis zu einem konfigurierten Limit vergroessert. - Mit der neuen Konfigurationsvariable "MaxConnections" (Sekion "Global") @@ -37,6 +101,9 @@ ngIRCd CVS-HEAD nicht, wird automatisch unkomprimiert kommuniziert. Das Verfahren ist kompatibel mit dem Original-ircd 2.10.3, d.h. beide Server koennen miteinander ueber komprimiert Links kommunizieren. + - neue Konfigurations-Variable "MaxJoins": Hiermit kann die maximale Zahl + der Channels, in denen ein User Mitglied sein kann, begrent werden. + - neue Channel-Modes l (User-Limit) und k (Channel-Key) implementiert. ngIRCd 0.5.0, 20.09.2002 @@ -138,4 +205,4 @@ ngIRCd 0.0.1, 31.12.2001 -- -$Id: NEWS,v 1.44 2002/11/26 23:28:49 alex Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.71 2005/03/15 16:56:16 alex Exp $