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1 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.16 (2014-04-20)
2 o) Fixed undefined behaviour with crypt() returning NULL
3 since glibc2.17 in certain cases
4 o) Admins may now see all channel members via "WHO #channel"
5 regardless of channel mode +s
6 o) Fixed corrupted "STATS U" output
7
8
9 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.15 (2014-03-29)
10 ########################################################################
11 o) IMPORTANT: ircd binary is now again placed into bin/ instead of sbin/
12 ########################################################################
13 o) mkpasswd in tools/ now defaults to MD5 instead of DES
14 o) USERS command has been removed
15 o) Fixed issue with SVSNICK where clients self-collided when changing
16 just the case of the nick name, i.e. somenick -> SomeNicK
17 o) Minor code cleanups and cosmetical fixes
18
19
20 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.14 (2014-02-25)
21 o) WHOWAS now honors serverhide::disable_remote_commands
22 o) Improved TS6 inter-server communication
23 o) Minor code cleanups and speed enhancements
24 o) Added 'unxline' oper flag
25 o) Added support for "userhost-in-names" client capability
26 o) ircd now allows private rsa keys larger than 2048 bits
27 o) Fixed bug where signals stopped from working after restarting
28 the ircd via SIGINT
29 o) Fixed bug where certain irc clients could not reconnect via TLS/SSL
30 o) Fixed long-standing bug where +p channels have been shown
31 in the /whois reply
32
33
34 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.13 (2014-01-07)
35 o) Fixed EOB not working for remote servers (resulted in fake
36 direction notices)
37 o) Fixed remote client connection notices for servers that are
38 more than one hop away
39 o) Fixed bug where ircd didn't timeout SSL connections that
40 haven't finished the SSL handshake
41 o) Fixed several bugs with server hiding
42 o) Updated/fixed help files
43 o) WHOIS no longer sends a notice to +y operators
44
45
46 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.12 (2013-12-22)
47 o) RPL_WHOISMODES now uses the 379 numeric
48 o) Serial number is now shown on start up
49 o) Fixed possible channel mode desynch with services
50 o) Fixed TS6 support with LOCOPS
51 o) Minor code cleanups
52 o) Fixed file descriptor leak with empty help files
53 o) Fixed issue with WEBIRC where hostnames were
54 not validated
55
56
57 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.11 (2013-12-06)
58 o) Administrators may now see channel modes in /LIST
59 o) Fixed compile error on BSD systems when building with kqueue()
60
61
62 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.10 (2013-11-25)
63 o) Fixed bug with kqueue() where it occasionally dropped updates
64 o) Changed WHOIS to show a client's certificate fingerprint
65 to administrators only
66 o) The WHO reply now shows whether or not a nickname has
67 been registered with NickServ. ('r' status flag)
68 o) Fixed some flaws with server hiding
69 o) Fixed bug where "STATS P" would leak ip addresses to remotely connected
70 administrators, even if serverhide::hide_server_ips was set to 'yes'
71 o) Services coders: added SVSKILL
72
73
74 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.9 (2013-11-08)
75 o) Added usermode +W. Users connected via a webirc gateway get this
76 mode set by servers.
77 o) /WHOIS now shows if a client is connected via a webirc
78 gateway
79 o) Administrators may now see +s channels a user is in with /WHOIS.
80 Secret channels are prepended with a tilde in the /WHOIS
81 reply.
82 o) Administrators are now able to see all the user modes a user has
83 set via /whois
84
85
86 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.8 (2013-10-25)
87 o) Fixed bug that would lead to a desynchronized nick database
88 throughout the entire network if using services enforced
89 nick names (SVSNICK)
90 o) Cleaned up/modernized build system
91 o) Add -fstack-protector to CFLAGS if available. Basically checks for
92 buffer overflows/stack-smashing attacks
93 o) When using anope 1.9/2.0 services, /WHOIS now shows the account name
94 of a registered/identified client (numeric 330)
95 o) Administrators can now see +s channels in /LIST
96
97
98 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.7 (2013-08-18)
99 o) Fixed issue with channel mode +n having no functionality at all
100 o) Fixed SSL certificate fingerprint validation for outgoing server connects
101 o) Updated several documentation files
102
103
104 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.6 (2013-08-02)
105 o) Fixed possible core with empty motd files
106
107
108 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.5 (2013-07-16)
109 o) Fixed bug that would prevent servers from linking together
110 if connect::aftype isn't set
111
112
113 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.4 (2013-07-05)
114 o) Added 'xline' and 'resv' logging types. See doc/reference.conf
115 for more information
116 o) Fixed bug where remote /STATS requests were not rate limited
117 o) Fixed core with empty auth::spoof entries
118 o) Increased oper/auth/connect password length limit from 20 to 128
119 o) Minor fixes to nickflood control code
120
121
122 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.3 (2013-06-23)
123 o) Fixed possible core on "STATS z"
124 o) Revised doc/reference.conf
125 o) Fixed broken --disable-libgeoip switch
126
127
128 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.2 (2013-06-20)
129 o) Added general::cycle_on_host_change configuration option
130 o) Added general::stats_u_oper_only configuration option
131 o) Added support for SHA-256 ssl certificate fingerprint based operator{}
132 and connect{} blocks.
133 In conjunction with Anope 1.9/2.0 IRC-services, clients are now also able
134 to automatically identify for their nick with ssl certificate
135 fingerprints
136 o) Added operator::ssl_connection_required configuration option. See
137 doc/reference.conf for more information
138 o) Added usermode +S (client is connected via SSL/TLS). Allows services
139 to keep track of what users are connected via SSL, and allows to see
140 ssl-status of remote clients in a /whois
141 o) Fixed a server name leak with server hiding enabled. Reported by
142 Adam <adam@anope.org>
143
144
145 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.1 (2013-06-06)
146 ########################################################################
147 o) IMPORTANT: moved disable_remote_command configuration directive from
148 general{} block to serverhide{} block
149 ########################################################################
150 o) Minor code cleanups/performance improvements
151 o) Fixed bug where opers could see LOCOPS messages even if they don't have
152 the +l mode set
153 o) Fixed bug where non-SSL clients could join +S channels on non-SSL servers
154 o) Implemented motd{} configuration blocks. See doc/reference.conf for more
155 information
156 o) "STATS T" shows configured MOTD files
157
158
159 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0 (2013-05-23)
160 o) Minor code cleanups/performance improvements
161
162
163 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0rc1 (2013-05-19)
164 o) Fixed broken spoofs
165
166
167 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0beta5 (2013-05-15)
168 o) Removed 'remote', and 'global_kill' oper flags, and added 'connect',
169 'squit', and 'kill' flags for better fine-tuning instead. Whether or
170 not a specific action is allowed on a remote server can be controlled
171 by appending the ':remote' flag. For example: 'kill' allows only local
172 clients to be killed, whereas 'kill:remote' allows to issue a KILL for
173 remote clients
174 o) Added 'locops' and 'wallops' to irc-operator flags
175 o) Improve/cleanup HELP system
176
177
178 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0beta4 (2013-05-09)
179 o) Implemented channel mode +M. Clients that haven't identified their
180 name with NickServ may not speak in a channel that has this mode set
181 o) Fixed weird idletimes shown in /trace
182 o) Added 'nononreg' (+R) to general::oper_umodes
183 o) Added user mode +F (can see remote client connect/exit notices)
184
185
186 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0beta3 (2013-05-05)
187 o) PCRE support has been dropped
188 o) "STATS o" now shows how many times an oper{} block has been used.
189 Similar to STATS x|q"
190 o) Implemented channel mode +c. Known from other ircds, this mode basically
191 prevents users from sending messages including control codes to a channel
192 that has this mode set
193 o) Fixed bug where bans were not checked against non-channel members when
194 sending messages to a channel
195 o) Removed channel::quiet_on_ban configuration option. This feature is
196 now enabled by default
197
198
199 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0beta2 (2013-04-28)
200 o) Fixed broken compile with libGeoIP disabled
201 o) Code cleanups; working towards stabilization and improved performance
202 o) Removed operflag 'nick_changes'. Operators can now set +n at will
203 o) Fixed shared{} blocks not working as expected
204 o) Fixed spoofs not working as expected
205
206
207 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.0beta1 (2013-04-25)
208 ########################################################################
209 o) IMPORTANT: name/channel entries can't be stacked any longer within
210 a single resv{} block. Each entry now requires its own resv{} block.
211 Read doc/reference.conf for more details
212 #######################################################################
213 o) Added resv::exempt configuration option. Exempt can be either a
214 ISO 3166 alpha-2 two letter country code, or a nick!user@host mask.
215 CIDR is supported
216 o) Removed channel::restrict_channels configuration option
217 o) Preliminary libGeoIP support. Currently only used for exempt entries
218 in resv{} blocks
219 o) Improved WEBIRC authentication; added 'webirc' to auth::flags.
220 A "webirc." spoof is now no longer required
221 o) Implemented new memory pool allocator which basically is based upon Tor's
222 mempool allocator for Tor cells
223 o) Major code cleanups
224 o) Implemented new binary database storage for X-,D-,K-,G-Lines and RESVs.
225 Temporary bans are now stored as well and will persist after a reboot
226 o) Channel based resv{} blocks may now contain wildcards
227 o) NICK/JOIN now shows the actual reason of reserved nick-/channelnames
228 o) contrib/ and its content has been removed from the tree
229 o) Added serverhide::hide_services configuration option
230 o) Added 'nononreg' (+R) to oper::umodes and general::oper_only_modes
231 o) Added support for "away-notify" client capability
232
233
234 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.9 (2013-05-16)
235 o) Fixed bug where ircd would sometimes drop a services link because
236 of a missing argument to the SVSMODE command
237 o) Fixed weird idletimes shown in /trace
238
239
240 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.8 (2013-04-28)
241 o) "STATS s" now shows configured services{} blocks as well
242 o) Fixed compile warnings, minor code cleanups and optimizations
243 o) Increased nickname history length to 32768
244 o) Unidentified/unregistered nicks may not speak in +R channels
245
246
247 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.7 (2013-04-12)
248 o) Services may now set a channel topic without joining the channel first
249 o) Fixed bug where /whois would send empty sockhost information on TS5
250 servers
251 o) Remote server connection and split notices now go to new usermode +e.
252 These previously used usermode +x.
253 o) Services may now change the host of a specific user
254 via "SVSMODE <timestamp> <target> +x <hostname>"
255
256
257 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.6 (2013-01-28)
258 o) Fix bug where idle time sometimes is 0 even if the client didn't
259 send any private message
260 o) Fixed possible core in try_parse_v4_netmask()
261
262
263 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.5 (2013-01-24)
264 ########################################################################
265 o) IMPORTANT: nick and topic lengths are now configurable via ircd.conf.
266 A max_nick_length, as well as a max_topic_length configuration option
267 can now be found in the serverinfo{} block
268 ########################################################################
269 o) Fixed build on GNU/Hurd as reported by Dominic Hargreaves
270 o) Fixed log files not getting reopened after /rehash
271 o) Improved logging of configuration file issues
272 o) ircd.pid has been accidentally saved in /var instead of /var/run
273 o) Linux RT signal support for notification of socket events has been dropped
274 o) Fixed "STATS Y|y" sometimes sending weird sendq/recvq values
275 o) INFO now also shows configured values of 'disable_fake_channels',
276 and 'stats_e_disabled'
277 o) m_webirc.c is now officially supported, and has been moved from contrib/
278 to modules/
279 o) /whois, /stats p, and /trace may now show fake idle times depending on
280 how the new class::min_idle and class::max_idle configuration directives
281 have been configured. This feature basically works in the same
282 way as it does in csircd
283 o) The configuration parser now does support 'year' and 'month' units
284
285
286 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.4 (2013-01-02)
287 o) Fixed possible core on USERHOST/ISON with optimization enabled
288 o) Fixed bug where can_flood sometimes didn't work as expected
289
290
291 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.3 (2012-12-24)
292 o) Fixed core on UNDLINE
293 o) XLINE/KLINE/RESV/DLINE/SQUIT and KILL now have the same default reason
294 if a reason hasn't been specified
295
296
297 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.2 (2012-12-20)
298 o) Minor updates to the build system
299 o) Fixed broken --enable-assert configure switch
300 o) Fixed bug where timed events stopped from working if the system's
301 clock is running backwards
302 o) STATS q|Q now shows how many times a resv{} block has been matched
303 o) Fixed contributed WEBIRC module
304 o) IRC operators may now again see server generated nick rejection notices
305
306
307 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.1 (2012-11-04)
308 o) Fixed broken CIDR support for CHALLENGE based irc operator logins
309 o) Fixed class limits not properly applying to oper{} blocks
310 o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
311 o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
312
313
314 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.0 (2012-10-18)
315 o) Fixed an off-by-one with spoofs. Spoofs are now also checked for
316 invalid characters
317 o) Removed general::use_whois_actually configuration directive. This is
318 now enabled by default
319 o) Minor SQUIT handling fixes
320 o) Fixed bancache not being updated on CHGHOST/CHGIDENT
321
322
323 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.0rc1 (2012-09-28)
324 o) Removed general::client_flood configuration option and added the
325 new 'recvq' configuration directive to class{} blocks.
326 The max size of a receive queue can be seen in "STATS Y"
327 for each class
328 o) Allow the '[' and ']' characters in server description
329
330
331 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.0beta3 (2012-08-24)
332 o) Fixed wrong syntax in several language files
333 o) Removed &localchannels
334 o) PRIVMSG to opers@some.server is no longer supported
335 o) Fixed bug that could lead to topic desynchronization
336 o) Removed serverhide::disable_hidden configuration option
337 o) Dropped ircd-hybrid-6 GLINE compatibility mode
338 o) Removed use_invex, use_except and use_knock configuration options.
339 These features are now enabled by default
340
341
342 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.0beta2 (2012-07-21)
343 o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic)
344 when set to yes
345 o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way
346 was to let operators join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user
347 o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands
348 with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD
349 and LIST parameters.
350 MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload
351 all modules
352 o) Added back server notice when a client tries to obtain a reserved nick name
353 o) Removed OMOTD module
354 o) Added 'set' to operator privilege flags. Gives access to the "SET" command
355 o) Improved TS6 support
356 o) Channel keys/passwords are now case sensitive
357
358
359 -- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.0beta1 (2012-05-28)
360 o) Implemented full services support, including but not limited to the
361 following changes:
362 - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
363 - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
364 - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can
365 deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps.
366 - Changed rejected client notices to go to new usermode +j. These
367 previously used usermode +r.
368 - Added usermode +r (registered nick) and channelmode +r (registered channel)
369 - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
370 - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
371 - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
372 - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
373 - Added services_name directive to general{} block
374 - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too
375 o) Removed RKLINE and RXLINE commands. Regular expression based bans should
376 only be added via ircd.conf
377 o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator
378 privilege flags. Read doc/reference.conf for further explanation of what
379 these flags control
380 o) Removed Idle-time klines
381 o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
382 o) Removed general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
383 controlled via connect::flags explicitly
384 o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
385 file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
386 o) Added support for remote D-lines
387 o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
388 hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
389 be hidden even on remote servers
390 o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks
391 o) Removed the servlink program. ircd-hybrid can now make use of
392 SSL/TLS for inter-server communication.
393 NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
394 connection is required, as compression is now handled via OpenSSL
395 o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and
396 added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead.
397 Both of these options can now be changed at runtime
398 o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2
399 o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are
400 now sent by default
401 o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well
402 o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/
403 o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements
404
405 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
406
407 BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
408 the bug by EMAIL to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
409 Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your config.h and
410 ircd.conf with any report (with passwords and other sensitive
411 information masked).
412
413 DISCUSSION: There is a mailing list for discussion of hybrid issues,
414 including betas. To subscribe, use this link:
415 https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
416 This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc.
417
418 Questions/comments directed to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
419
420 Other files recommended for reading: README, INSTALL
421
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