From: Alexander Barton Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:42:25 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Updated NEWS and ChangeLog files X-Git-Tag: rel-21-rc1~94 X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=11240376a5008dea9e970f40df659931d1321e8b Updated NEWS and ChangeLog files --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 08d337fa..976a9f49 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -9,10 +9,83 @@ -- ChangeLog -- +ngIRCd 21 + + - The numeric replies of some commands became split too early which + resulted in more numeric reply lines than necessary. + - 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) + - Fix use-after-free in the Lists_CheckReason() function, which is used + to check if a client is a member of a particular ban/invite/... list. + - Xcode: fix detection of host OS, vendor, and CPU type. + - OS X PackageMaker: use relative path names in project files and package + with correct file permissions (requires root privileges on "make"). + - Add Travis-CI configuration file (".travis.yml") to project. + - Look for possible cloaked Masks in Lists. Users with +x usermode can + be banned with their cloaked hostname now. + - Don't read SSL client data before DNS resolver is finished which could + have resulted in discarding the resolved client hostname and IDENT + reply afterwards, because in some situations (timing dependent) the + NICK and USER commands could have already been read in from the client, + stored in the buffer, and been processed. + Thanks to Julian Brost for reporting the issue and testing, and to + Federico G. Schwindt for helping to debug it! + - Increase password length limit to 64 characters. (Closes bug #154) + - doc/Services.txt: Update Anope status and URL. + - Clean up Xcode project file, remove outdated files, add missing ones. + - Update Doxygen configuration file. + - configure: search for iconv_open as well as libiconv_open, because + on some installations iconv_open() is actually libiconv_open(). + iconv_open() is the glibc version while libiconv_open() is the + libiconv version, now both variants are supported. (Closes bug #151) + - 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". + - contrib/README: add description for more files. + - 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. + - Exit message: use singular & plural :-) + - Add missing punctuation marks in log messages and adjust some + severity levels. + - AUTHORS file: Update list of contributors. + - 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 20.2 (2013-02-15) - 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. + commands that could be used by arbitrary users to to crash the daemon + (CVE-2013-1747). - WHO command: Use the currently "displayed hostname" (which can be cloaked!) for hostname matching, not the real one. In other words: don't display all the cloaked users on a specific real hostname! @@ -35,7 +108,7 @@ ngIRCd 20.2 (2013-02-15) - autogen.sh: Enforce serial test harness on GNU automake >=1.13. The new parallel test harness which is enabled by default starting with automake 1.13 isn't compatible with our test suite. - And don't use "egrep -o", insetead use "sed", because it isn't portable + And don't use "egrep -o", instead use "sed", because it isn't portable and not available on OpenBSD, for example. ngIRCd 20.1 (2013-01-02) @@ -56,7 +129,7 @@ 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 . diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 38f6029c..420c1d87 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,11 +9,55 @@ -- NEWS -- +ngIRCd 21 + + - 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 20.2 (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. + commands that could be used by arbitrary users to to crash the daemon + (CVE-2013-1747). ngIRCd 20.1 (2013-01-02) @@ -23,7 +67,7 @@ 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 .