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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
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http://ngircd.barton.de/
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(c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
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ngIRCd is free software and published under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License.
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-- NEWS --
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ngIRCd
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ngIRCd 20~rc1 (2012-11-11)
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- Update doc/Services.txt: describe the upcoming version of Anope 1.9.8,
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then including a protocol module for ngIRCd. And remove our own patches
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in ./contrib/Anope because they aren't supported any more ...
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- Implement new "METADATA" command which can be used by remote servers
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and IRC services to update client metadata like the client info text
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("real name"), user name, and hostname, and use this command to
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configure an cloaked hostname (user mode "+x") on remote servers:
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This prevents "double cloaking" of hostnames and even cloaked
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hostnames are in sync on all servers supporting "METADATA" now.
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- Implement new IRC "SVSNICK" command to allow remote servers (and IRC
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services) to change nicknames of already registered users. The SVSNICK
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command itself doesn't change the nickname, but it becomes forwarded
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to the server to which the user is connected to. And then this server
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initiates the real nickname changing using regular NICK commands.
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This allows to run mixed networks with old servers not supporting the
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SVSNICK command, because SVSNICK commands for nicknames on such servers
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are silently ignored and don't cause a desynchronization of the network.
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- New configuration option "MaxListSize" to configure the maximum number
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of channels returned by a LIST command. The default is 100, as before.
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- Implement user mode "b", "block messages": when a user has set mode "b",
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all private messages and notices to this user are blocked if they don't
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originate from a registered user, an IRC Op, server or service. The
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originator gets an error numeric sent back in this case,
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ERR_NONONREG_MSG (486), which is used by UnrealIRCd, too. (Closes #144)
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- Implement channel mode "V" (invite disallow): If the new channel mode
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"V" is set, the INVITE command becomes invalid and all clients get the
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new ERR_NOINVITE_MSG (518) reply. (Closes #143)
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- Implement channel mode "Q" and user mode "q": Both modes protect users
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from channel kicks: only IRC operators and servers can kick users having
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mode "q" or in channels with mode "Q". (Closes #141)
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- Allow users to "cloak" their hostname only when the configuration
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variable "CloakHostModeX" (introduced in 19.2) is set. Otherwise, only
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IRC operators, other servers, and services are allowed to set the user
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mode "+x": this prevents regular users from changing their hostmask to
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the name of the IRC server itself, which confused quite a few people ;-)
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(Closes #133)
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- New configuration option "OperChanPAutoOp": If disabled, IRC operators
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don't become channel operators in persistent channels when joining.
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Enabled by default, which has been the behavior of ngIRCd up to this
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patch. (Closes #135)
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- Allow IRC operators to see secret (+s) channels in LIST command as long
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as the "MorePrivacy" configuration option isn't enabled in the
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configuration file. (Closes #136)
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- Implement new (optional) IRC+ "CHARCONV" command to set a client
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character set that the server translates all messages to/from UTF-8.
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This feature requires the "libiconv" library and must be enabled using
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the new "--with-iconv" option of the ./configure script. See
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doc/Protocol.txt for details. (Closes #109)
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- Implement user mode "B" ("Bot flag"): it is settable and unsettable by
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every (non-restricted) client. This is how Unreal and InspIRCd do
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behave, and so do we :-)
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- Implement channel mode "M": Only the server, identified users and IRC
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operators are able to talk in such a channel.
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- Block nicknames that are reserved for services and are defined using the
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configuration variable "ServiceMask" in "Server" blocks; And this
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variable now can handle more than one mask separated by commas.
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- Implemented XOP channel user modes: "Half Op" ("+h", prefix "%") can set
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the channel modes +imntvIbek and kick all +v and normal users; "Admin"
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("+a", prefix "&") can set channel modes +imntvIbekoRsz and kick all +o,
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+h, +v and normal users; and "Owner" ("+q", prefix "~") can set channel
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modes +imntvIbekoRsz and kick all +a, +o, +h, +v and normal users.
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- Implement hashed cloaked hostnames for both the "CloakHost" and
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"CloakHostModeX" configuration options: now the admin can use the new
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'%x' placeholder to insert a hashed version of the clients hostname,
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and the new configuration option "CloakHostSalt" defines the salt for
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the hash function. When "CloakHostSalt" is not set (the default), a
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random salt will be generated after each server restart.
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ngIRCd Release 19.2 (2012-06-19)
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ngIRCd 19.2~rc1 (2012-06-13)
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- New configuration option "CloakHostModeX" to configure the hostname
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that gets used for IRC clients which have user mode "+x" enabled.
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Up to now, the name of the IRC server itself has been used for this,
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which still is the default when "CloakHostModeX" isn't set.
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- Add instructions for setting up Atheme IRC services.
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- Implement support for IRC capability handling, the new "CAP" command,
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and capablity "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and WHO command
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handlers to return more than one "class prefix" to the client.
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ngIRCd Release 19.1 (2012-03-19)
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- Really include _all_ patches to build the Anope module into the
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distribution archive ... ooops!
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ngIRCd Release 19 (2012-02-29)
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ngIRCd 19~rc1 (2012-02-12)
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- Update preliminary ngIRCd protocol module for Anope 1.9.6, which now
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is the only supported version.
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- New numeric RPL_WHOISHOST_MSG(378), which returns the DNS host name
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(if available) and the IP address of a client in the WHOIS reply.
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Only the user itself and local IRC operators get this numeric.
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- Implement channel exception list (mode 'e'). This allows a channel
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operator to define exception masks that allow users to join the
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channel even when a "ban" would match and prevent them from joining:
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the exception list (e) overrides the ban list (b).
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- Implement user mode 'C': If the target user of a PRIVMSG or NOTICE
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command has the user mode 'C' set, it is required that both sender
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and receiver are on the same channel. This prevents private flooding
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by completely unknown clients.
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- New RPL_WHOISREGNICK_MSG(307) numeric in WHOIS command replies: it
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indicates if a nickname is registered (if user mode 'R' set).
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- Limit channel invite, ban, and exception lists to 50 entries and fix
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duplicate check and error messages when adding already listed entries
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or deleting no (longer) existing ones.
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- Limit the number of list items in the reply of LIST (100), WHO (25),
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WHOIS (10), and WHOWAS (25) commands.
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- Limit the MODE command to handle a maximum number of 5 channel modes
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that require an argument (+Ibkl) per call and report this number
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in the ISUPPORT(005) numeric: "MODES=5".
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- LINKS command: support <mask> parameter to limit the reply.
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- Add 1 second penalty for every further target on PRIVMSG/NOTICE
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commands: this reduces the possibility of flooding channels with
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commands like "PRIVMSG/NOTICE #a,#n,#c,... :message" a little bit.
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Problem noticed by Cahata, thanks!
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- New configuration option "PAMIsOptional": when set, clients not
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sending a password are still allowed to connect: they won't become
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"identified" and keep the "~" character prepended to their supplied
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user name. See "man 5 ngircd.conf" for details.
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- Fixed handling of WHO commands. This fixes two bugs: "WHO <nick>"
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returned nothing at all if the user was "+i" (reported by Cahata,
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thanks) and "WHO <nick|nickmask>" returned channel names instead
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of "*" when the user was member of a (visible) channel.
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- LUSERS reply: only count channels that are visible to the requesting
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client, so the existence of secret channels is no longer revealed by
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using LUSERS. Reported by Cahata, thanks!
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- Unknown user and channel modes no longer stop the mode parser, but
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are simply ignored. Therefore modes after the unknown one are now
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handled. This is how ircd2.10/ircd2.11/ircd-seven behave, at least.
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Reported by Cahata, thanks!
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- Implement IRC commands "GLINE" and "KLINE" to ban users. G-Lines are
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synchronized between server on peering, K-Lines are local only.
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If you use "*!<user>@<host>" or "*!*@<host>" masks, these connections
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are blocked even before the user is fully logged in (before PASS,
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NICK, and USER commands have been processed) and before the child
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processes for authentication are forked, so resource usage is smaller.
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- Added doc/Modes.txt: document modes supported by ngIRCd.
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- Implement user mode "R": indicates that the nickname of this user
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is "registered". This mode isn't handled by ngIRCd itself, but must
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be set and unset by IRC services like Anope.
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- Implement channel mode "R": only registered users (having the user
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mode "R" set) are allowed to join this channel.
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- Test suite: bind to loopback (127.0.0.1) interface only.
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- Handle unknown user and channel modes: these modes are saved and
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forwarded to other servers, but ignored otherwise.
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- Handle channel user modes 'a', 'h', and 'q' from remote servers.
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These channel user modes aren't used for anything at the moment,
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but ngIRCd knows that these three modes are "channel user modes"
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and not "channel modes", that is that these modes take an "nickname"
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argument. Like unknown user and channel modes, these modes are saved
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and forwarded to other servers, but ignored otherwise.
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ngIRCd Release 18 (2011-07-10)
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- Add preliminary ngIRCd protocol module for Anope 1.9 to contrib/Anope/.
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ngIRCd 18~rc2 (2011-06-29)
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- GnuTLS: use 1024 bits as minimum size of the DH prime. This enables
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ngIRCd to accept incoming connections from other servers and clients
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that "only" use at least 1024 bits again, like ngIRCd 17 did (and no
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longer requires 2048 bits for incoming connections).
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ngIRCd 18~rc1 (2011-06-27)
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- New configuration option "MorePrivacy" to "censor" some user information.
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When enabled, signon time and idle time is left out. Part and quit
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messages are made to look the same. WHOWAS requests are silently dropped.
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All of this is useful if one wish to conceal users that access the ngircd
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servers from TOR or I2P.
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- New configuration option "ScrubCTCP" to scrub incoming CTCP commands. If
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activated, the server silently drops incoming CTCP requests from both
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other servers and from users. The server that scrubs CTCP will not forward
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the CTCP requests to other servers in the network either, which can spell
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trouble if not every oper knows about the CTCP-scrubbing. Scrubbing CTCP
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commands also means that it is not possible to send files between users.
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There is one exception to the CTCP scrubbing performed: ACTION ("/me
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commands") requests are not scrubbed.
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- Restructure ngIRCd configuration file: introduce new [Limits], [Options],
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and [SSL] sections. The intention of this restructuring is to make the
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[Global] section much cleaner, so that it only contains variables that
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most installations must adjust to the local requirements. All the optional
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variables are moved to [Limits], for configurable limits and timers of
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ngIRCd, and [Options], for optional features. All SSL-related variables
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are moved to [SSL] and the "SSL"-prefix is stripped. The old variables in
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the [Global] section are deprecated now, but are still recognized.
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=> Don't forget to check your configuration, use "ngircd --configtest"!
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- New documentation "how to contribute": doc/Contributing.txt.
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- Avoid needlessly scary 'buffer overflow' messages: When the write buffer
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space grows too large, ngIRCd has to disconnect the client to avoid
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wasting too much memory, which is logged with a scary 'write buffer
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overflow' message. Change this to a more descriptive wording.
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- New configuration option "RequireAuthPing": PING-PONG on login. When
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enabled, this configuration option lets ngIRCd send a PING with an numeric
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"token" to clients logging in; and it will not become registered in the
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network until the client responds with the correct PONG.
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- New configuration option "NoticeAuth": send NOTICE AUTH on connect. When
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active, ngircd will send "NOTICE AUTH" messages on client connect time
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like e.g. snircd (QuakeNet) does.
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- Add support for up to 3 targets in WHOIS queries, also allow up to one
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wildcard query from local hosts. Follows ircd 2.10 implementation rather
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than RFC 2812. At most 10 entries are returned per wildcard expansion.
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- ngircd.conf(5) manual page: describe types of configuration variables
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(booleans, text strings, integer numbers) and add type information to each
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variable description.
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- Terminate incoming connections on HTTP commands "GET" and "POST".
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- New configuration option "CloakHost": when set, this host name is used for
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every client instead of the real DNS host name (or IP address).
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- New configuration option "CloakUserToNick": when enabled, ngIRCd sets
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every clients' user name to their nickname and hides the user name
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supplied by the IRC client.
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- Make write buffers bigger, but flush early. Before this change, a client
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got disconnected if the buffer flushing at 4k failed, now regular clients
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can store up to 32k and servers up 64k even if flushing is not possible at
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the moment. This enhances reliability on slow links.
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- Allow "Port = 0" in [Server] blocks. Port number 0 marks remote servers
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that try to connect to this daemon, but where this daemon never tries to
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establish a connection on its own: only incoming connections are allowed.
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- Enable WHOIS command to return information about services.
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- Implement channel mode 'O': "IRC operators only". This channel mode is
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used on DALnet (bahamut), for example.
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- Remove support for ZeroConf/Bonjour/Rendezvous service registration
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including the "[No]ZeroConf" configuration option.
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- Deprecate NoXX-Options in ngircd.conf and move new variants into our new
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[Options] section: 'NoDNS=no' => 'DNS=yes', 'NoIdent=no' => 'Ident=yes',
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'NoPAM=no' => 'PAM=yes', and 'NoZeroConf=no' => 'ZeroConf=yes' (and
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vice-versa). The defaults are adjusted accordingly and the old variables
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in [Global] are still accepted, so there is no functional change.
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ngIRCd Release 17.1 (2010-12-19)
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- Don't log critical (or worse) messages to stderr
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- Remove "error file" when compiled with debug code enabled
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- New numeric 329: get channel creation time on "MODE #chan" commands
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ngIRCd Release 17 (2010-11-07)
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- doc: change path names in sample-ngircd.conf depending on sysconfdir
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ngIRCd 17~rc2 (2010-10-25)
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- Generate ngIRCd version number from GIT tag.
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- Make sourcecode compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile
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ngIRCd using a pre-ANSI K&R C compiler again.
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ngIRCd 17~rc1 (2010-10-11)
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- New configuration option "NoZeroConf" to disable service registration at
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runtime even if ngIRCd is compiled with support for ZeroConf (e.g. using
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Howl, Avahi or on Mac OS X).
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- New configuration option "SyslogFacility" to define the syslog "facility"
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(the "target"), to which ngIRCd should send its log messages.
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Possible values are system dependant, but most probably "auth", "daemon",
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"user" and "local1" through "local7" are possible values; see syslog(3).
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Default is "local5" for historical reasons.
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- Dump the "internal server state" (configured servers, established
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connections and known clients) to the console or syslog when receiving
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the SIGUSR2 signal and debug mode is enabled.
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- Enable the daemon to disable and enable "debug mode" on runtime using
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signal SIGUSR1, when debug code is compiled in, not only on startup
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using the command line parameters.
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- Implement user mode "x": host name cloaking (closes: #102).
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- Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contens of the MOTD
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file, so the daemon now requires a HUP signal or REHASH command to
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re-read the MOTD file when its content changed.
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- Allow IRC ops to change channel modes even without OperServerMode set.
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- Allow IRC operators to use MODE command on any channel (closes: #100).
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- New configuration option "NoPAM" to disable PAM.
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- Implement asynchronous user authentication using PAM, please see the
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file doc/PAM.txt for details.
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- Add some documentation for using BOPM with ngIRCd, see doc/Bopm.txt.
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- Implement user mode "c": receive connect/disconnect NOTICEs. Note that
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this new mode requires the user to be an IRC operator.
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- Show SSL status in WHOIS output, numeric 275.
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ngIRCd Release 16 (2010-05-02)
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ngIRCd 16~rc2 (2010-04-25)
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- Enhace connection statistics counters: display total number of served
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connections on daemon shutdown and when a new client connects using
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the new numeric RPL_STATSCONN (250).
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ngIRCd 16~rc1 (2010-03-25)
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- Implement WEBIRC command used by some Web-IRC frontends. The password
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required to secure this command must be configured using the new
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"WebircPassword" variable in the ngircd.conf file.
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- Remove limit on max number of configured irc operators.
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- A new channel mode "secure connections only" (+z) has been implemented:
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Only clients using a SSL encrypted connection to the server are allowed
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to join such a channel.
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But please note three things: a) already joined clients are not checked
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when setting this mode, b) IRC operators are always allowed to join
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every channel, and c) remote clients using a server not supporting this
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mode are not checked either and therefore always allowed to join.
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ngIRCd Release 15 (2009-11-07)
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ngIRCd 15~rc1 (2009-10-15)
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- Do not add default listening port (6667) if SSL ports were specified, so
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ngIRCd can be configured to only accept SSL-encrypted connections now.
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- Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (insted of the already
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implemented but non-standard DISCONNECT command).
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- New configuration option "AllowRemoteOper" (disabled by default) that
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enables remote IRC operators to use the IRC commands SQUIT and CONNECT
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on the local server.
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- Enforce upper limit on maximum number of handled commands. This implements
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a throttling scheme: an IRC client can send up to 3 commands or 256 bytes
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per second before a one second pause is enforced.
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ngIRCd Release 14.1 (2009-05-05)
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- Security: fix remotely triggerable crash in SSL/TLS code.
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- Debian: build ngircd-full-dbg package.
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- Allow ping timeout quit messages to show the timeout value.
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ngIRCd Release 14 (2009-04-20)
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ngIRCd 14~rc1 (2009-03-29)
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- Allow creation of persistent modeless channels.
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- The INFO command reports the compile time now (if available).
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- Support individual channel keys for pre-defined channels: introduce
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new configuration variable "KeyFile" in [Channel] sections in ngircd.conf,
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here a file can be configured for each pre-defined channel which contains
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individual channel keys for different users.
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- Remove limit on maximum number of predefined channels in ngircd.conf.
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ngIRCd Release 13 (2008-12-25)
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ngIRCd 13~rc1 (2008-11-21):
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- New version number scheme :-)
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- Initial support for IRC services, using a RFC1459 style interface,
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tested with IRCServices (http://www.ircservices.za.net/) version 5.1.13.
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For this to work, ngIRCd now supports server-server links conforming
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to RFC 1459. New ngircd.conf(5) option: ServiceMask.
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- Support for SSL-encrypted server-server and client-server links using
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OpenSSL (configure: --with-openssl) or GNUTLS (configure: --with-gnutls).
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New ngircd.conf(5) options: SSLPorts, SSLKeyFile, SSLKeyFilePassword,
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SSLCertFile, SSLDHFile, and SSLConnect.
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- Server local channels have been implemented, prefix "&", that are only
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visible to users of the same server and are not visible in the network.
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In addition ngIRCd creates a "special" channel &SERVER on startup and logs
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all the messages to it that a user with mode +s receives.
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- New make target "osxpkg" to build a Mac OS X installer package.
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- New configuration option "NoIdent" to disable IDENT lookups even if the
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daemon is compiled with IDENT support.
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ngIRCd 0.12.1 (2008-07-09)
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- Add option aliases -V (for --version) and -h (for --help).
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- Make Listen parameter a comma-separated list of addresses. This also
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obsoletes ListenIPv4 and ListenIPv6 options. If Listen is unset, it
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is treated as Listen="::,0.0.0.0".
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Note: ListenIPv4 and ListenIPv6 options are still recognized,
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but ngircd will print a warning if they are used in the config file.
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ngIRCd 0.12.0 (2008-05-13)
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ngIRCd 0.12.0-pre2 (2008-04-29)
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- IPv6: Add config options to disable ipv4/ipv6 support.
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ngIRCd 0.12.0-pre1 (2008-04-20)
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- Add IPv6 support.
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- Install a LaunchDaemon script to start/stop ngIRCd on Mac OS X.
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- Implemented IRC commands INFO, SUMMON (dummy), and USERS (dummy) and
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enhanced test suite to check these commands. (Dana Dahlstrom)
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- IRC_WHO now supports search patterns and will test this against user
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nickname/server name/host name, etc. as required by RFC 2812, Section 3.6.1.
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(reported by Dana Dahlstrom)
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- Implement RFC 2812 handling of "0" argument to 'JOIN': must be treated
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as if the user had sent PART commands for all channels the user is a
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member of. (Dana Dahlstrom)
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- Allow NOTICEs to be sent to a channel. (Fabian Schlager)
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ngIRCd 0.11.0 (2008-01-15)
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- Add support for /STAT u (server uptime) command.
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- New [Server] configuration Option "Bind" allows to specify
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the source IP address to use when connecting to remote server.
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- New configuration option "MaxNickLength" to specify the allowed maximum
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length of user nicknames. Note: must be unique in an IRC network!
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- Numeric 317: implemented "signon time" (displayed in WHOIS result).
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- Added new server configuration option "Passive" for "Server" blocks to
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disable automatic outgoing connections (similar to -p option to ngircd,
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but only for the specified server). (Tassilo Schweyer)
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- Added support for the WALLOPS command. Usage is restricted to IRC
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operators.
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ngIRCd 0.10.2 (2007-06-08)
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- Predefined channel configuration now allows specification of channel key
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(mode k) and maximum user count (mode l): variables "Key" and "MaxUsers".
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- When using the epoll() IO interface, compile in the select() interface as
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well and fall back to it when epoll() isn't available on runtime.
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- Added support for IO APIs "poll()" and "/dev/poll".
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ngIRCd 0.10.1 (2006-12-17)
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- Allow PASS syntax defined in RFC 1459 for server links, too.
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- New configuration option "PredefChannelsOnly": if set, clients can only
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join predefined channels.
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ngIRCd 0.10.0 (2006-10-01)
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ngIRCd 0.10.0-pre1 (2006-08-02)
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- Enhanced DIE to accept a single parameter ("comment text") which is sent
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to all locally connected clients before the server goes down.
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- JOIN now supports more than one channel key at a time.
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- Implemented numeric "333": Time and user name who set a channel topic.
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- Channel topics are no longer limited to 127 characters: now the only limit
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is the maximum length of an IRC command, i. e. 512 bytes (in practice, this
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limits the topic to about 490 characters due to protocol overhead).
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- Reverse DNS lookup code now checks the result by doing an additional
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lookup to prevent spoofing.
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- Added new IO layer which (optionally) supports epoll() and kqueue() in
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addition to the select() interface.
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ngIRCd 0.9.0 (2005-07-24)
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- Never run with root privileges but always switch the user ID.
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- Make "netsplit" messages RFC compliant.
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- Implemented the IRC function "WHOWAS".
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- New configuration option "OperServerMode" to enable a workaround needed
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when running an network with ircd2 servers and "OperCanUseMode" enabled
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to prevent the ircd2 daemon to drop mode changes of IRC operators.
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Patch by Florian Westphal, <westphal@foo.fh-furtwangen.de>.
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- Implemented support for "secret channels" (channel mode "s").
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- New configuration option "Mask" for [Operator] sections to limit OPER
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commands to users with a specific IRC mask. Patch from Florian Westphal.
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- New configuration variable "PidFile", section "[Global]": if defined,
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the server writes its process ID (PID) to this file. Default: off.
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Idea of Florian Westphal, <westphal@foo.fh-furtwangen.de>.
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- Added support for the Howl (http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/)
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Rendezvous API, in addition to the API of Apple (Mac OS X). The available
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API will be autodetected when you call "./configure --with-rendezvous".
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ngIRCd 0.8.0 (2004-06-26)
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- Two new configuration options: "ChrootDir" and "MotdPhrase", thanks to
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Benjamin Pineau <ben@zouh.org>. Now you can force the daemon to change
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its root and working directory to something "safe". MotdPhrase is used
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to define an "MOTD string" instead of a whole file, useful if the
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"real" MOTD file would be outside the "jail".
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- INVITE- and BAN-lists become synchronized between IRC+ servers when
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establishing new connections, if the peer supports this as well.
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- The type of service (TOS) of all sockets is set to "interactive" now.
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- Added short command line option "-t" as alternative to "--configtest".
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- Added optional support for "IDENT" lookups on incoming connections. You
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have to enable this function with the ./configure switch "--with-ident".
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The default is not to do IDENT lookups.
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ngIRCd 0.7.5 (2003-07-11)
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- New configuration variable "MaxConnectionsIP" to limit the number of
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simultaneous connections from a single IP that the server will accept.
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This configuration options lowers the risk of denial of service attacks
|
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(DoS), the default is 5 connections per client IP.
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- Added new configuration variable "Listen" to bind all listening
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sockets of the server to a single IP address.
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ngIRCd 0.7.1 (2003-07-18)
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- Added support for GNU/Hurd.
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ngIRCd 0.7.0 (2003-05-01)
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- New command CONNECT to enable and add server links. The syntax is not
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RFC-compatible: use "CONNECT <name> <port>" to enable and connect an
|
|
configured server and "CONNECT <name> <port> <host> <mypwd> <peerpwd>"
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to add a new server (ngIRCd tries to connect new servers only once!).
|
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- Added DISCONNECT command ("DISCONNECT <name>") to disable servers.
|
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- New command TRACE (you can trace only servers at the moment).
|
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- New command HELP that lists all understood commands.
|
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- ngIRCd can register itself with Rendezvous: to enable support pass the
|
|
new switch "--with-rendezvous" to configure.
|
|
- Added support for TCP Wrappers library: pass "--with-tcp-wrappers" to
|
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configure to enable it.
|
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- Changed some configure options to use "--with"/"--without" as prefix
|
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instead of "--enable"/"--disable": "--without-syslog", "--without-zlib",
|
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"--with-tcp-wrappers", and "--with-rendezvous".
|
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- Enhanced manual pages ngircd(8) and ngircd.conf(5).
|
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- Documentation is now installed in $(datadir)/doc/ngircd.
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Older news (sorry, only available in german language):
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ngIRCd 0.6.0, 2002-12-24
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- beim Schliessen einer Verbindung zeigt der Server nun vor dem ERROR
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|
noch eine Statistik ueber die empfangene und gesendete Datenmenge an.
|
|
- Connection-Strukturen werden nun "pool-weise" verwaltet; der Pool wird
|
|
bei Bedarf bis zu einem konfigurierten Limit vergroessert.
|
|
- Mit der neuen Konfigurationsvariable "MaxConnections" (Sekion "Global")
|
|
kann die maximale Anzahl gleichzeitiger Verbindungen begrenzt werden.
|
|
Der Default ist -1, "unlimitiert".
|
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- der Server erkennt nun, ob bereits eine eingehende Verbindung von einem
|
|
Peer-Server besteht und versucht dann nicht mehr, selber eine eigene
|
|
ausgehende Verbindung zu diesem auufzubauen. Dadurch kann nun auf beiden
|
|
Servern in der Konfiguration ein Port fuer den Connect konfiguriert
|
|
werden (beide Server versuchen sich dann gegenseitig zu connectieren).
|
|
- Server identifizieren sich nun mit asynchronen Passwoertern, d.h. das
|
|
Passwort, welches A an B schickt, kann ein anderes sein als das, welches
|
|
B als Antwort an A sendet. In der Konfig.-Datei, Abschnitt "Server",
|
|
wurde "Password" dazu durch "MyPassword" und "PeerPassword" ersetzt.
|
|
- Der Server kann nun zur Laufzeit die Konfiguration neu einlesen: dies
|
|
macht er nach dem Befehl REHASH oder wenn ein HUP-Signal empfangen wird.
|
|
- Server-Server-Links koennen nun komprimiert werden, dazu wird die zlib
|
|
(www.zlib.org) benoetigt. Unterstuetzt die Gegenseite die Komprimierung
|
|
nicht, wird automatisch unkomprimiert kommuniziert. Das Verfahren ist
|
|
kompatibel mit dem Original-ircd 2.10.3, d.h. beide Server koennen
|
|
miteinander ueber komprimiert Links kommunizieren.
|
|
- neue Konfigurations-Variable "MaxJoins": Hiermit kann die maximale Zahl
|
|
der Channels, in denen ein User Mitglied sein kann, begrent werden.
|
|
- neue Channel-Modes l (User-Limit) und k (Channel-Key) implementiert.
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|
ngIRCd 0.5.0, 20.09.2002
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|
- AIX (3.2.5), HP-UX (10.20), IRIX (6.5), NetBSD (1.5.3/m68k) und Solaris
|
|
(2.5.1, 2.6) gehoeren nun auch zu den unterstuetzten Platformen.
|
|
- Unter A/UX (und evtl. weiteren Systemen) kompiliert der ngIRCd nun mit
|
|
dem "nativen" (ggf. pre-ANSI) Compiler.
|
|
- "persistente Channels" (Mode 'P') implementiert: diese koennen in der
|
|
Konfigurationsdatei definiert werden (Sektion "Channel", vgl. Beispiel-
|
|
Konfiguration "sample-ngircd.conf") und bleiben auch dann bestehen,
|
|
wenn kein User mehr im Channel ist.
|
|
- neue IRC-Befehle: KICK, INVITE, ADMIN, CHANINFO; LIST wurde erweitert.
|
|
Mit dem neuen Befehl CHANINFO synchronisieren Server, die das IRC+-
|
|
Protokoll unterstuetzen, Channel-Modes und Topics. Fuer den ADMIN-Befehl
|
|
gibt es neue Konfigurationsoptionen (Sektion "Global"): "AdminInfo1",
|
|
"AdminInfo2" und "AdminEMail".
|
|
- Invite- und Ban-Lists implementiert.
|
|
- neue Konfigurationsoption "OperCanUseMode" (Sektion "Global"):
|
|
ist sie aktiv, koennen IRC-Operatoren immer Channel-Modes setzen.
|
|
- "Test-Suite" begonnen: mit "make check" wird sie durchlaufen.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.4.2, 29.04.2002
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|
|
|
- IRC-Funktion LIST implementiert; bisher werden allerdings noch keine
|
|
Regular Expressions (bis auf "*") unterstuetzt.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.4.0, 01.04.2002
|
|
|
|
- WHO implementiert (bisher ohne komplette Unterstuetzung von Masks).
|
|
- stderr wird nun in eine Datei umgelenkt (/ngircd-<PID>.err).
|
|
Laeuft der Server nicht im Debug-Modus, so wird diese bei Programm-
|
|
ende geloescht. Sollte der Server abstuerzen, finden sich hier evtl.
|
|
zusaetzliche Informationen.
|
|
- Server-Gruppen implementiert: es wird immer nur zu einem Server in
|
|
einer Gruppe eine Verbindung aufgebaut, klappt es beim ersten Server
|
|
nicht, so wird der naechste probiert.
|
|
- Clients und Channels werden nicht mehr ueber ihren Namen, sondern
|
|
einen Hash-Wert gesucht: sollte deutlich schneller sein.
|
|
- neuer Kommandozeilen-Parameter "--configtest": die Konfiguration wird
|
|
gelesen und die dann verwendeten Werte angezeigt.
|
|
- Client-Mode "s" (Server Notices) implementiert.
|
|
- mit dem neuen Kommandozeilen-Parameter "--config"/"-f" kann eine
|
|
alternative Konfigurationsdatei angegeben werden.
|
|
- nach dem Start kann der ngIRCd, wenn er mit root-Rechten laeuft,
|
|
zu einer anderen User-ID und Group-ID wechseln.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.3.0, 02.03.2002
|
|
|
|
- bekommt der Server ein HUP-Signal, so startet er neu -- genau so, wie
|
|
er auf den IRC-Befehl RESTART reagiert.
|
|
- neuer Kommandozeilen-Schalter "--passive" (-p): wird er angegeben, so
|
|
verbindet sich der ngIRCd nicht mehr automatisch zu anderen Servern.
|
|
Zum Debuggen manchmal ganz praktisch :-)
|
|
- neue Befehle VERSION und KILL implementiert. NAMES korrigiert.
|
|
- Anpassungen an A/UX: gehoert nun auch zu den unterstuetzten Platformen.
|
|
- AWAY (und der User-Mode 'a') ist nun implementiert.
|
|
- der ngIRCd unterstuetzt nun Channel-Topics (TOPIC-Befehl).
|
|
- Channel- und Nicknames werden nun ordentlich validiert.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.2.0, 15.02.2002
|
|
|
|
- Begonnen Channel-Modes und User-Channel-Modes zu implementieren: der
|
|
Server versteht an User-Modes o und v, beachtet letzteres allerdings
|
|
noch nirgends. Bekannte (aber nicht beachtete!) Channel-Modes sind
|
|
bisher a, m, n, p, q, s und t. Diese Modes werden von Usern ange-
|
|
nommen, von anderen Servern werden auch unbekannte Modes uebernommen.
|
|
- Nach dem Connect eines Users werden LUSERS-Informationen angezeigt.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.1.0, 29.01.2002
|
|
|
|
- Channels implementiert, bisher jedoch noch ohne Channel-Modes, d.h.
|
|
es gibt keine Channel-Ops, kein Topic, kein "topic lock" etc. pp.
|
|
Chatten in Channels ist aber natuerlich moeglich ;-)
|
|
Dadurch zum Teil groessere Aenderungen an bisherigen Funktionen.
|
|
- neue Befehle fuer Channles: JOIN, PART und NJOIN.
|
|
- FAQ.txt in doc/ begonnen.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.0.3, 16.01.2002
|
|
|
|
- Server-Links vollstaendig implementiert: der ngIRCd kann nun auch
|
|
"Sub-Server" haben, also sowohl als Leaf-Node als auch Hub in einem
|
|
IRC-Netzwerk arbeiten.
|
|
- WHOIS wird nun immer an den "Original-Server" weitergeleitet.
|
|
- Parser handhabt Leerzeichen zw. Parametern nun etwas "lockerer".
|
|
- Kommandozeilen-Parser: Debug- und No-Daemon-Modus, Hilfe.
|
|
- ngIRCd wandelt sich nun in einen Daemon (Hintergrundprozess) um.
|
|
- neue Befehle: LUSERS, LINKS.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.0.2, 06.01.2002
|
|
|
|
- neuer Aufbau der Konfigurationsdatei,
|
|
- mehrere IRC-Operatoren koennen konfiguriert werden,
|
|
- Server-Links teilweise implementiert. Bisher kann der ngIRCd jedoch
|
|
nur "leafed server" sein, d.h. keine "Client-Server" haben.
|
|
|
|
ngIRCd 0.0.1, 31.12.2001
|
|
|
|
- erste oeffentliche Version von ngIRCd als "public preview" :-)
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