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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.3 (2015-02-10) |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.9 (2015-09-13) |
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o) IMPORTANT: database files and links.txt are now stored in /var/lib |
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instead of /etc, so make sure to move your k/d/x-line database files |
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to the new path before (re)starting the ircd |
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o) IMPORTANT: the splitmode logic has been removed along with the |
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following channel {} block configuration directives: |
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'default_split_user_count', 'default_split_server_count', |
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'no_create_on_split', 'no_join_on_split' |
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o) Added 'xline_exempt' to auth {} block flags |
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o) serverinfo::sid is now optional. A unique SID is now automatically |
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generated based on the server's name and description |
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o) Various fixes to the mkpasswd tool |
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o) If supported by the compiler, ircd-hybrid now compiles with |
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'-fstack-protector-strong' instead of '-fstack-protector' |
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o) Services can now add RESVs (SQLINEs) that have wildcards in it |
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o) Channel name RESVs are now sanity checked for too broad masks |
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o) class::connectfreq now works properly with values lower than 300 seconds |
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o) Implemented IRCv3.1 account-notify extension |
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o) The general::oper_pass_resv configuration directive has been deprecated |
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in favor of the new 'join:resv', and 'nick:resv' irc-operator flags. |
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See doc/reference.conf for more information. |
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o) Added 'resv', and 'unresv' irc-operator flags. Previously, all |
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irc-operators were allowed to RESV and UNRESV, regardless of configured |
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privileges. |
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o) Added 'close' to irc-operator flags |
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o) ircd is using ISO 8601 date and time notation in most places now |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.8 (2015-05-10) |
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o) ircd now rejects remote k-line requests for user@host mask that don't |
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have at least general::min_nonwildcard non-wildcard characters in it |
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o) Configuration related server notices are now sent to admins only as |
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they potentially could leak passwords and other sensitive data to irc |
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operators that don't have administrator privileges |
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o) The GLINE/GUNGLINE commands have been removed. KLINE in conjunction |
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with cluster {} and/or shared {} blocks is now the recommended |
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way to add global user@host mask based server bans |
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o) Added dline_min_cidr, dline_min_cidr6, kline_min_cidr, and kline_min_cidr6 |
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configuration options to the general {} block |
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o) Fixed bug where a REHASH would clear all X-Lines and RESVs that have |
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been set with the XLINE/RESV commands |
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o) Fixed broken temporary remote XLINEs |
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o) The general::havent_read_conf configuration directive has been removed |
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o) Various code cleanups |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.7 (2015-04-05) |
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o) Fixed a potential buffer overflow with the BMASK inter-server command |
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o) Fixed undefined behavior in the HELP command module which could |
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lead to stack corruption |
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o) Removed useless help files for inter-server commands |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.6 (2015-03-29) |
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o) INFO now shows configured values of 'max_watch' and 'stats_m_oper_only' |
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o) WHOWAS now shows IP addresses to irc operators |
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o) Fixed bug that would allow remote clients to bypass the hard |
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limit of max WHOWAS entries to be returned |
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o) Code cleanups and performance improvements |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.5 (2015-02-24) |
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o) Fixed core on Mac OSX 10.10 and possibly some other systems when parsing |
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the ircd.conf with configured pseudo {} blocks |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.4 (2015-02-17) |
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o) Added SVSTAG command which services may use to add tags to users which can |
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be seen in /whois |
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o) Added oper::whois configuration option which allows to override the default |
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RPL_WHOISOPERATOR numeric string shown in /whois. |
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o) IRC operators may now use +O on a channel even if they are only a half-op |
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o) Fixed bug where TOPIC messages were not n!u@h prefixed in case of TBURST |
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issued by services clients |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.3 (2015-02-11) |
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o) IMPORTANT: the following ircd.conf configuration directives have been renamed: |
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general::default_floodcount configuration option to 0 |
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o) Updated some help files |
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o) Minor code cleanups and improvements |
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o) Operators may now see certificate fingerprints, user modes and hidden |
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channels via WHOIS as well. This used to be admin only. |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.2 (2015-01-20) |
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o) Added support for the "extended-join" client capability |
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o) Channel half-ops can now use /INVITE as well |
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o) Implemented IRCv3.1 extended-join extension |
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o) Channel half-ops can now use INVITE as well |
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o) Fixed broken 'make install -jX' |
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o) m_opme.c has been added to modules/extra. Can be used on opless channels only. |
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o) Added 'opme' to irc-operator flags |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.1 (2014-10-21) |
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o) Fixed bug where "/undline remote.server IP" did not work as expected |
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o) Fixed bug where "UNDLINE remote.server IP" did not work as expected |
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o) Servers are now allowed to add/remove K-/D-/X-lines and RESVs |
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o) Usermode +G now no longer allows to override +g |
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o) Due to potential weakness, TLS session caching and session tickets |
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have been disabled |
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o) Minor improvements to TS6 implementation |
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o) /WHOWAS now shows the name of the services account a user was logged in |
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o) WHOWAS now shows the name of the services account a user was logged in |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.0 (2014-08-24) |
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o) Successful operator logins are now announced globally via GLOBOPS |
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o) Cleanups and improvements to the resolver code |
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o) Cleanups and improvements to the poll() I/O event notification support |
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o) A topic mask can now be specified within the /list options |
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o) A topic mask can now be specified within the LIST options |
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o) All users may now see channel modes in the /list reply |
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o) Fixed bug where "NOTICE +#somechan" did allow bypassing resv {} channels, |
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or channels that are set +c (no control codes) |
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o) IMPORTANT: renamed general::warn_no_nline configuration directive to |
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general::warn_no_connect_block |
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o) Fixed bug with /whois not showing a list of channel names as expected |
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o) Fixed bug with WHOIS not showing a list of channel names as expected |
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o) Added usermode +q which hides idle and signon time in WHOIS |
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o) Added usermode +p which hides channel list in WHOIS |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.0beta1 (2014-04-29) |
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o) TS6 is now mandatory. ircd is no longer backwards compatible with TS5 |
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and below. |
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o) SVSJOIN and SVSPART has been added |
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o) SVSJOIN and SVSPART commands have been added |
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o) Major code cleanups and refactoring. Improved overall performance |
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o) /INFO now also reports MPATH (path to main motd (Message of the Day) file) |
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o) INFO now also reports MPATH (path to main motd (Message of the Day) file) |
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and SPATH (Path to server executable) |
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o) Updated several help files |
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o) irc-operators may now no longer set a channel +O if they are only halfops (%) |
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o) Channel halfops (%) may now no longer (de)halfop other channel members |
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o) Channel halfops (%) may now no longer KICK other channel halfops |
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o) Make sure general::stats_e_disabled gets reset via /rehash |
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o) Fixed compile warnings; code cleanups |
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o) Fixed bug where the configuration parser wouldn't truncate the network name |
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if general::network_name contains spaces |
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o) Fixed bug where the configuration parser wouldn't take time units |
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into consideration for the join_flood_time and throttle_time |
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configuration options |
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o) Minor /list optimization |
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o) Minor LIST optimization |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.16 (2014-04-20) |
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o) IMPORTANT: ircd binary is now again placed into bin/ instead of sbin/ |
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o) mkpasswd in tools/ now defaults to MD5 instead of DES |
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o) USERS command has been removed |
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o) The USERS command has been removed |
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o) Fixed issue with SVSNICK where clients self-collided when changing |
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just the case of the nick name, i.e. somenick -> SomeNicK |
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o) Minor code cleanups and cosmetical fixes |
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o) Improved TS6 inter-server communication |
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o) Minor code cleanups and speed enhancements |
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o) Added 'unxline' oper flag |
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o) Added support for "userhost-in-names" client capability |
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o) ircd now allows private rsa keys larger than 2048 bits |
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o) Implemented IRCv3.2 userhost-in-names extension |
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o) ircd now allows private RSA keys larger than 2048 bits |
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o) Fixed bug where signals stopped from working after restarting |
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the ircd via SIGINT |
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o) Fixed bug where certain irc clients could not reconnect via TLS/SSL |
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o) Fixed long-standing bug where +p channels have been shown |
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in the /whois reply |
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in the WHOIS reply |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.13 (2014-01-07) |
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o) Fixed EOB not working for remote servers (resulted in fake |
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direction notices) |
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o) Fixed EOB not working for remote servers (resulted in fake direction notices) |
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o) Fixed remote client connection notices for servers that are |
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more than one hop away |
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o) Fixed bug where ircd didn't timeout SSL connections that |
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o) Fixed bug where the ircd didn't timeout SSL connections that |
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haven't finished the SSL handshake |
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o) Fixed several bugs with server hiding |
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o) Updated/fixed help files |
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o) Fixed TS6 support with LOCOPS |
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o) Minor code cleanups |
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o) Fixed file descriptor leak with empty help files |
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o) Fixed issue with WEBIRC where hostnames were |
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not validated |
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o) Fixed issue with WEBIRC where hostnames were not validated |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.11 (2013-12-06) |
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o) Administrators may now see channel modes in /LIST |
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o) Administrators may now see channel modes in LIST |
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o) Fixed compile error on BSD systems when building with kqueue() |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.10 (2013-11-25) |
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o) Fixed bug with kqueue() where it occasionally dropped updates |
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o) Changed WHOIS to show a client's certificate fingerprint |
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to administrators only |
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o) The WHO reply now shows whether or not a nickname has |
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been registered with NickServ. ('r' status flag) |
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o) Changed WHOIS to show certificate fingerprint to administrators only |
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o) The WHO reply now shows if a nickname has been registered |
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with NickServ. ('r' status flag) |
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o) Fixed some flaws with server hiding |
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o) Fixed bug where "STATS P" would leak ip addresses to remotely connected |
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administrators, even if serverhide::hide_server_ips was set to 'yes' |
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o) Services coders: added SVSKILL |
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o) Added SVSKILL command |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.9 (2013-11-08) |
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o) Added usermode +W. Users connected via a webirc gateway get this |
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mode set by servers. |
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o) /WHOIS now shows if a client is connected via a webirc |
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gateway |
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o) Administrators may now see +s channels a user is in with /WHOIS. |
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Secret channels are prepended with a tilde in the /WHOIS |
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reply. |
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o) WHOIS now shows if a client is connected via a webirc gateway |
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o) Administrators may now see +s channels a user is in with WHOIS. |
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Secret channels are prepended with a tilde in the WHOIS reply. |
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o) Administrators are now able to see all the user modes a user has |
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set via /whois |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.8 (2013-10-25) |
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o) Fixed bug that would lead to a desynchronized nick database |
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o) Fixed bug that could lead to a desynchronized nick database |
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throughout the entire network if using services enforced |
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nick names (SVSNICK) |
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o) Cleaned up/modernized build system |
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o) Add -fstack-protector to CFLAGS if available. Basically checks for |
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buffer overflows/stack-smashing attacks |
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o) When using anope 1.9/2.0 services, /WHOIS now shows the account name |
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o) When using anope 1.9/2.0 services, WHOIS now shows the account name |
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of a registered/identified client (numeric 330) |
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o) Administrators can now see +s channels in /LIST |
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o) Administrators can now see +s channels in the LIST reply |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.7 (2013-08-18) |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.4 (2013-07-05) |
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o) Added 'xline' and 'resv' logging types. See doc/reference.conf |
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for more information |
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o) Fixed bug where remote /STATS requests were not rate limited |
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o) Fixed bug where remote STATS requests were not rate limited |
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o) Fixed core with empty auth::spoof entries |
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o) Increased oper/auth/connect password length limit from 20 to 128 |
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o) Minor fixes to nickflood control code |
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o) Added usermode +S (client is connected via SSL/TLS). Allows services |
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to keep track of what users are connected via SSL, and allows to see |
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ssl-status of remote clients in a /whois |
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o) Fixed a server name leak with server hiding enabled. Reported by |
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o) Fixed a server name leak with server hiding enabled |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.1.1 (2013-06-06) |
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o) Implemented new memory pool allocator which basically is based upon Tor's |
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mempool allocator for Tor cells |
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o) Major code cleanups |
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o) Implemented new binary database storage for X-,D-,K-,G-Lines and RESVs. |
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o) Implemented new binary database storage for X-, D-, K-, G-Lines and RESVs. |
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Temporary bans are now stored as well and will persist after a reboot |
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o) Channel based resv {} blocks may now contain wildcards |
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o) NICK/JOIN now shows the actual reason of reserved nick-/channelnames |
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o) contrib/ and its content has been removed from the tree |
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o) contrib/ and its content has been enirely removed from the tree |
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o) Added serverhide::hide_services configuration option |
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o) Added 'nononreg' (+R) to oper::umodes and general::oper_only_modes |
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o) Added support for "away-notify" client capability |
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o) Implemented IRCv3.1 away-notify extension |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.9 (2013-05-16) |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.7 (2013-04-12) |
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o) Services may now set a channel topic without joining the channel first |
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o) Fixed bug where /whois would send empty sockhost information on TS5 |
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servers |
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o) Fixed bug where WHOIS would send empty sockhost information on TS5 servers |
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o) Remote server connection and split notices now go to new usermode +e. |
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These previously used usermode +x. |
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o) Services may now change the host of a specific user |
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A max_nick_length, as well as a max_topic_length configuration option |
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can now be found in the serverinfo {} block |
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o) Fixed build on GNU/Hurd as reported by Dominic Hargreaves |
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o) Fixed build on GNU/Hurd |
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o) Fixed log files not getting reopened after /rehash |
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o) Improved logging of configuration file issues |
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o) ircd.pid has been accidentally saved in /var instead of /var/run |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.4 (2013-01-02) |
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o) Fixed possible core on USERHOST/ISON with optimization enabled |
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o) Fixed bug where 'can_flood' sometimes didn't work as expected |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.3 (2012-12-24) |
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o) Fixed broken CIDR support for CHALLENGE based irc operator logins |
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o) Fixed class limits not properly applying to operator {} blocks |
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o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services |
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o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server |
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o) Fixed TBURST from leaking the server name if it's a hidden server |
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-- Noteworthy changes in version 8.0.0 (2012-10-18) |
