X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1bb7505f8fa449f2c21e5ab2b39e9bbff090541d;hp=be743e681266239fc91caf1265f7e59b94e4acea;hb=3f807e104572b38143a1015be57d875088ceaebb;hpb=68cb1a8c2e507e7c99f787fab3540b904cfa1cc1 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index be743e68..1bb7505f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,13 +2,123 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ - (c)2001-2013 Alexander Barton and Contributors. + (c)2001-2014 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- NEWS -- +ngIRCd 21.1 (2014-03-25) + + - Don't ignore but use the server password when PAM is compiled in but + disabled. Thanks to Roy Sindre Norangshol ! + - doc/Platforms.txt: Update from master branch. + - doc/Services.txt: Update information for Anope 2.x. + - configure: add support for the LDFLAGS_END and LIBS_END variables to add + linker flags and libraries at the end of the configure run (CFLAGS_END has + been implemented already). + - Update Copyright notices for 2014 :-) + +ngIRCd 21 (2013-10-30) + + - Call arc4random_stir() in forked subprocesses, when available. This + is required by FreeBSD <10 and current NetBSD at least to correctly + initialize the "arc4" random number generator on these platforms. + + ngIRCd 21~rc2 (2013-10-20) + - Report the correct configuration file name on configuration errors, + support longer configuration lines, and warn when lines are truncated. + + ngIRCd 21~rc1 (2013-10-05) + - Actually KILL clients on GLINE/KLINE. (Closes bug #156) + - Add support to show all user links using the "STATS L" (uppercase) + command (restricted to IRC Operators). + - Implement configurable SSL cipher list selection for GnuTLS and OpenSSL + using the new configuration option "CipherList". In addition, this + changes the defaults to more secure values: "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH" for + OpenSSL, and "SECURE128" for GnuTLS. + - Show connection flag "s" (SSL) in RPL_TRACE{LINK|SERVER} messages: now + you can check if a server-to-server link is SSL-encrypted or not using + the IRC "TRACE" command. + - Implement the new configuration option "DefaultUserModes" which lists + user modes that become automatically set on new local clients right + after login. Please note that only modes can be set that the client + could set on itself, so you can't set "a" (away) or "o" (IRC Op), + for example! User modes "i" (invisible) or "x" (cloaked) etc. are + "interesting", though. (Closes bug #160) + - Add support for the new METADATA "account" property, which allows + services to automatically identify users after netsplits and across + service restarts. + - Implement a new configuration option "AllowedChannelTypes" that lists + all allowed channel types (channel prefixes) for newly created channels + on the local server. By default, all supported channel types are allowed. + If set to the empty string, local clients can't create new channels at + all, which equals the old "PredefChannelsOnly = yes" setting. + This change deprecates the "PredefChannelsOnly" variable, too, but it is + still supported and translated to the appropriate "AllowedChannelTypes" + setting. When the old "PredefChannelsOnly" variable is processed, a + warning message is logged. (Closes bug #152) + - Add support for "client certificate fingerprinting". When a client + passes an SSL certificate to the server, the "fingerprint" will be + forwarded in the network which enables IRC services to identify the + user using this certificate and not using passwords. + - Implement a new configuration option "IncludeDir" in the "[Options]" + section that can be used to specify a directory which can contain + further configuration files and configuration file snippets matching + the pattern "*.conf". These files are read in after the main server + configuration file ("ngircd.conf" by default) has been read in and + parsed. The default is "$SYSCONFDIR/ngircd.conf.d", so that it is + possible to adjust the configuration only by placing additional files + into this directory. (Closes bug #157) + - Add Travis-CI configuration file (".travis.yml") to project. + - ngIRCd now accepts user names including "@" characters, saves the + unmodified name for authentication but stores only the part in front + of the "@" character as "IRC user name". And the latter is how + ircd2.11, Bahamut, and irc-seven behave as well. (Closes bug #155) + - Lots of IRC "information functions" like ADMIN, INFO, ... now accept + server masks and names of connected users (in addition to server names) + for specifying the target server of the command. (Closes bug #153) + - Implement a new configuration option "IdleTimeout" in the "[Limits]" + section of the configuration file which can be used to set a timeout + in seconds after which the whole daemon will shutdown when no more + connections are left active after handling at least one client. + The default is 0, "never". + This can be useful for testing or when ngIRCd is started using "socket + activation" with systemd(8), for example. + - Implement support for systemd(8) "socket activation". + - Enable WHOIS to display information about IRC Services using the new + numeric 310(RPL_WHOISSERVICE) This numeric is used for this purpose by + InspIRCd, for example -- but as usual, other numerics are in use, too, + like 613 in UltimateIRCd ... + Please note that neither the Operator (+o) not the "bot status" (+B) + of an IRC service is displayed in the output. + - Update systemd(8) example configuration files in ./contrib/ directory: + the "ngircd.service" file now uses the "forking" service type which + enhances the log messages shown by "systemctl status ngircd.service", + and the new "ngircd.socket" file configures a systemd socket that + configures a socket for ngIRCd and launches the daemon on demand. + - Enhance help system and the HELP command: now a "help text file" can be + set using the new configuration option "HelpFile" ("global" section), + which is read in and parsed on server startup and configuration reload, + and then is used to output individual help texts to specific topics. + Please see the file ./doc/Commands.txt for details. + +ngIRCd 20.3 (2013-08-23) + + - This release is a bugfix release only, without new features. + - Security: Fix a denial of service bug (server crash) which could happen + when the configuration option "NoticeAuth" is enabled (which is NOT the + default) and ngIRCd failed to send the "notice auth" messages to new + clients connecting to the server (CVE-2013-5580). + +ngIRCd 20.2 (2013-02-15) + + - This release is a bugfix release only, without new features. + - Security: Fix a denial of service bug in the function handling KICK + commands that could be used by arbitrary users to to crash the daemon + (CVE-2013-1747). + ngIRCd 20.1 (2013-01-02) - This release is a bugfix release only, without new features. @@ -17,7 +127,7 @@ ngIRCd 20 (2012-12-17) - Allow user names ("INDENT") up to 20 characters when ngIRCd has not been configured for "strict RFC mode". This is useful if you are using - external (PAM) authenticaion mechanisms that require longer user names. + external (PAM) authentication mechanisms that require longer user names. Patch suggested by Brett Smith , see . @@ -98,7 +208,7 @@ ngIRCd 20 (2012-12-17) the hash function. When "CloakHostSalt" is not set (the default), a random salt will be generated after each server restart. -ngIRCd Release 19.2 (2012-06-19) +ngIRCd 19.2 (2012-06-19) ngIRCd 19.2~rc1 (2012-06-13) - New configuration option "CloakHostModeX" to configure the hostname @@ -110,12 +220,12 @@ ngIRCd Release 19.2 (2012-06-19) and capablity "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and WHO command handlers to return more than one "class prefix" to the client. -ngIRCd Release 19.1 (2012-03-19) +ngIRCd 19.1 (2012-03-19) - Really include _all_ patches to build the Anope module into the distribution archive ... ooops! -ngIRCd Release 19 (2012-02-29) +ngIRCd 19 (2012-02-29) ngIRCd 19~rc1 (2012-02-12) - Update preliminary ngIRCd protocol module for Anope 1.9.6, which now @@ -183,7 +293,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 19 (2012-02-29) argument. Like unknown user and channel modes, these modes are saved and forwarded to other servers, but ignored otherwise. -ngIRCd Release 18 (2011-07-10) +ngIRCd 18 (2011-07-10) - Add preliminary ngIRCd protocol module for Anope 1.9 to contrib/Anope/. @@ -258,13 +368,13 @@ ngIRCd Release 18 (2011-07-10) vice-versa). The defaults are adjusted accordingly and the old variables in [Global] are still accepted, so there is no functional change. -ngIRCd Release 17.1 (2010-12-19) +ngIRCd 17.1 (2010-12-19) - Don't log critical (or worse) messages to stderr - Remove "error file" when compiled with debug code enabled - New numeric 329: get channel creation time on "MODE #chan" commands -ngIRCd Release 17 (2010-11-07) +ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07) - doc: change path names in sample-ngircd.conf depending on sysconfdir @@ -302,7 +412,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 17 (2010-11-07) this new mode requires the user to be an IRC operator. - Show SSL status in WHOIS output, numeric 275. -ngIRCd Release 16 (2010-05-02) +ngIRCd 16 (2010-05-02) ngIRCd 16~rc2 (2010-04-25) - Enhace connection statistics counters: display total number of served @@ -322,7 +432,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 16 (2010-05-02) every channel, and c) remote clients using a server not supporting this mode are not checked either and therefore always allowed to join. -ngIRCd Release 15 (2009-11-07) +ngIRCd 15 (2009-11-07) ngIRCd 15~rc1 (2009-10-15) - Do not add default listening port (6667) if SSL ports were specified, so @@ -336,13 +446,13 @@ ngIRCd Release 15 (2009-11-07) a throttling scheme: an IRC client can send up to 3 commands or 256 bytes per second before a one second pause is enforced. -ngIRCd Release 14.1 (2009-05-05) +ngIRCd 14.1 (2009-05-05) - Security: fix remotely triggerable crash in SSL/TLS code. - Debian: build ngircd-full-dbg package. - Allow ping timeout quit messages to show the timeout value. -ngIRCd Release 14 (2009-04-20) +ngIRCd 14 (2009-04-20) ngIRCd 14~rc1 (2009-03-29) - Allow creation of persistent modeless channels. @@ -353,7 +463,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 14 (2009-04-20) individual channel keys for different users. - Remove limit on maximum number of predefined channels in ngircd.conf. -ngIRCd Release 13 (2008-12-25) +ngIRCd 13 (2008-12-25) ngIRCd 13~rc1 (2008-11-21): - New version number scheme :-) @@ -512,7 +622,7 @@ ngIRCd 0.7.0 (2003-05-01) Older news (sorry, only available in german language): -ngIRCd 0.6.0, 2002-12-24 +ngIRCd 0.6.0, 24.12.2002 - beim Schliessen einer Verbindung zeigt der Server nun vor dem ERROR noch eine Statistik ueber die empfangene und gesendete Datenmenge an.