ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
http://ngircd.barton.de/
- (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+ (c)2001-2017 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
ngIRCd is free software and published under the
terms of the GNU General Public License.
I. Upgrade Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Differences to version 17
+Differences to version 22.x
+
+- The "NoticeAuth" ngircd.conf configuration variable has been renamed to
+ "NoticeBeforeRegistration". The old "NoticeAuth" variable still works but
+ is deprecated now.
+
+- The default value of the SSL "CipherList" variable has been changed to
+ "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH:!SSLv3" (OpenSSL) and "SECURE128:-VERS-SSL3.0"
+ (GnuTLS) to disable the old SSLv3 protocol by default.
+ To enable connections of clients still requiring the weak SSLv3 protocol,
+ the "CipherList" must be set to its old value (not recommended!), which
+ was "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH" (OpenSSL) and "SECURE128" (GnuTLS), see below.
+
+Differences to version 20.x
+
+- Starting with ngIRCd 21, the ciphers used by SSL are configurable and
+ default to "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH" (OpenSSL) or "SECURE128" (GnuTLS).
+ Previous version were using the OpenSSL or GnuTLS defaults, "DEFAULT"
+ and "NORMAL" respectively.
+
+- When adding GLINE's or KLINE's to ngIRCd 21 (or newer), all clients matching
+ the new mask will be KILL'ed. This was not the case with earlier versions
+ that only added the mask but didn't kill already connected users.
+
+- The "PredefChannelsOnly" configuration variable has been superseded by the
+ new "AllowedChannelTypes" variable. It is still supported and translated to
+ the appropriate "AllowedChannelTypes" setting but is deprecated now.
+
+Differences to version 19.x
+
+- Starting with ngIRCd 20, users can "cloak" their hostname only when the
+ configuration variable "CloakHostModeX" (introduced in 19.2) is set.
+ Otherwise, only IRC operators, other servers, and services are allowed to
+ set mode +x. This prevents regular users from changing their hostmask to
+ the name of the IRC server itself, which confused quite a few people ;-)
+
+Differences to version 17.x
- Support for ZeroConf/Bonjour/Rendezvous service registration has been
removed. The configuration option "NoZeroconf" is no longer available.
You should adjust your ngircd.conf and run "ngircd --configtest" to make
sure that your settings are correct and up to date!
-Differences to version 16
+Differences to version 16.x
- Changes to the "MotdFile" specified in ngircd.conf now require a ngircd
configuration reload to take effect (HUP signal, REHASH command).
you can use the following commands to install all the required packages to
build the sources including all optional features and to run the test suite:
-* RedHat / Fedora based distributions:
+* Red Hat / Fedora based distributions:
yum install \
autoconf automake expect gcc glibc-devel gnutls-devel \
autogen.sh produces the Makefile.in's, which are necessary for the configure
script itself, and some more files for make. To run autogen.sh you'll need
-GNU autoconf and GNU automake (use recent versions! autoconf 2.53 and
-automake 1.6.1 are known to work).
+GNU autoconf and GNU automake: at least autoconf 2.61 and automake 1.10 are
+required, newer is better. But don't use automake 1.12 or newer for creating
+distribution archives: it will work but lack "de-ANSI-fication" support in the
+generated Makefile's! Stick with automake 1.11.x for this purpose ...
+So automake 1.11.x and autoconf 2.67+ is recommended.
-Again: "end users" do not need this step!
+Again: "end users" do not need this step and neither need GNU autoconf nor GNU
+automake at all!
2): "./configure"
the given paths ("<path>/lib/...", "<path>/include/...") in addition to the
standard locations.
-* Syslog Logging (autodetected by default):
+* Syslog Logging (autodetected by default):
--with-syslog[=<path>] / --without-syslog
Enable (disable) support for logging to "syslog", which should be
Enable (disable) support for compressed server-server links.
The Z compression library ("libz") is required for this option.
-
+
* IO Backend (autodetected by default):
--with-select[=<path>] / --without-select
--with-poll[=<path>] / --without-poll
--with-devpoll[=<path>] / --without-devpoll
--with-epoll[=<path>] / --without-epoll
- --with-kqueue[=<path>] / --without-kqueue
+ --with-kqueue[=<path>] / --without-kqueue
ngIRCd can use different IO "backends": the "old school" select() and poll()
API which should be supported by most UNIX-like operating systems, or the
required for this option.
* TCP-Wrappers:
- --with-tcp-wrappers[=<path>]
+ --with-tcp-wrappers[=<path>]
Include support for Wietse Venemas "TCP Wrappers" to limit client access
to the daemon, for example by using "/etc/hosts.{allow|deny}".
servers are configured in [Server] sections, and [Channel] blocks are
used to configure pre-defined ("persistent") IRC channels.
-The meaning of the variables in the configuration file is explained in the
+The meaning of the variables in the configuration file is explained in the
"doc/sample-ngircd.conf", which is used as sample configuration file in
/usr/local/etc after running "make install" (if you don't already have one)
and in the ngircd.conf(5) manual page.
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