X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a8dc433e57ffd3d8f84b9df26eafd94e54628b99;hp=8997a028e539c8e44a98671980feb307981a7ca7;hb=d0977258ee14a5178e98c9a00c064d90f0eac9d6;hpb=4185c4a44aeb69ee6b970809a1f604e600ee88eb diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8997a028..a8dc433e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,15 +2,105 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ - (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors. + (c)2001-2013 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- NEWS -- -ngIRCd - +ngIRCd 21 + + - 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 apropriate "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 id 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. + +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) authentication mechanisms that require longer user names. + Patch suggested by Brett Smith , see + . + + ngIRCd 20~rc2 (2012-12-02) + - Rework cloaked hostname handling and implement the "METADATA cloakhost" + subcommand: Now ngIRCd uses two fields internally, one to store the + "real" hostname and one to save the "cloaked" hostname. This allows + "foreign servers" (aka "IRC services") to alter the real and cloaked + hostnames of clients without problems, even when the user itself issues + additional "MODE +x" and "MODE -x" commands. + + ngIRCd 20~rc1 (2012-11-11) - Update doc/Services.txt: describe the upcoming version of Anope 1.9.8, then including a protocol module for ngIRCd. And remove our own patches in ./contrib/Anope because they aren't supported any more ...