ngIRCd GIT Updates Dezember 2008

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Alexander Barton : Update the date ("Dec 2008") of the manual pages.
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 06 Dez '08

06 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: e5fea5380d29f02027b41d55bddf89cccd44d0b7 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=e5fea538… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Sat Dec 6 00:20:59 2008 +0100 Update the date ("Dec 2008") of the manual pages. --- man/ngircd.8.tmpl | 4 ++-- man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl index 692c188..2fc7a9b 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl +++ b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: ngircd.8.tmpl,v 1.2 2007/11/15 01:03:29 fw Exp $ +.\" ngircd(8) manual page template .\" -.TH ngircd 8 "May 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" +.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" .SH NAME ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon .SH SYNOPSIS diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl b/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl index e4a5d4a..3c6c278 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl +++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5.tmpl,v 1.7 2007/11/23 16:26:03 fw Exp $ +.\" ngircd.conf(5) manual page template .\" -.TH ngircd.conf 5 "May 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" +.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Dec 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" .SH NAME ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd .SH SYNOPSIS

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Alexander Barton : doc/Platforms.txt: added x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 05 Dez '08

05 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 9a82ca0d6b3309636da38129285971d8080cd6f6 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=9a82ca0d… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Fri Dec 5 22:35:23 2008 +0100 doc/Platforms.txt: added x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu --- doc/Platforms.txt | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Platforms.txt b/doc/Platforms.txt index d95ab9b..a77cc88 100644 --- a/doc/Platforms.txt +++ b/doc/Platforms.txt @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ powerpc/unknown/openbsd3.6 gcc 2.95.3 0.10.0 06-10-08 alex Y Y n Y sparc/sun/solaris2.6 gcc 2.95.3 0.7.x-CVS 03-04-22 alex Y Y Y Y sparc/sun/solaris2.7 gcc 3.3 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y Y Y sparc/unkn./netbsdelf1.6.1 gcc 2.95.3 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y Y Y +x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu 4.3.2 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y (5) Notes @@ -82,3 +83,4 @@ Notes (4) Using the /dev/poll IO interface. +(5) Using the epoll() IO interface.

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Alexander Barton : doc/Platforms.txt: update list of tested platforms.
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 05 Dez '08

05 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: e573f54b0cb9fd182cfcdbbb70e4e01936d33c0a URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=e573f54b… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Fri Dec 5 18:11:50 2008 +0100 doc/Platforms.txt: update list of tested platforms. --- doc/Platforms.txt | 23 +++++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Platforms.txt b/doc/Platforms.txt index cd4ba7c..d95ab9b 100644 --- a/doc/Platforms.txt +++ b/doc/Platforms.txt @@ -29,28 +29,27 @@ Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R See alpha/unknown/netbsd3.0 gcc 3.3.3 CVSHEAD 06-05-07 fw Y Y Y Y (3) hppa/unknown/openbsd3.5 gcc 2.95.3 CVSHEAD 04-05-25 alex Y Y Y Y hppa1.1/unknown/linux-gnu gcc 3.3.3 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y Y Y -hppa2.0/unknown/linux-gnu gcc 3.3.5 0.9.x-CVS 05-06-27 alex Y Y Y Y -i386/apple/darwin9.4.0 gcc 4.0.1 0.12.1 08-07-21 alex Y Y Y Y (3) +hppa2.0/unknown/linux-gnu gcc 3.3.5 13~rc1 08-12-02 alex Y Y Y Y +i386/apple/darwin9.5.1 gcc 4.0.1 13~rc1 08-12-02 alex Y Y Y Y (3) i386/pc/solaris2.9 gcc 3.2.2 CVSHEAD 04-02-24 alex Y Y Y Y -i386/pc/solaris2.11 gcc 3.4.3 CVSHEAD 06-08-04 alex Y Y Y Y -i386/pc/solaris2.11 gcc 3.4.3 0.12.1 08-07-21 alex Y Y Y Y (4) +i386/pc/solaris2.11 gcc 3.4.3 13~rc1 08-12-03 alex Y Y Y Y (4) i386/unknown/freebsd5.2.1 gcc 3.3.3 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y Y Y i386/unknown/freebsd6.0 gcc 3.4.4 0.10.0-p1 06-08-04 alex Y Y Y Y (3) i386/unknown/freebsd6.1 gcc 3.4.4 CVSHEAD 06-05-07 fw Y Y Y Y (3) -i386/unknown/freebsd7.0 gcc 4.2.1 0.12.1 08-07-21 alex Y Y Y Y (3) +i386/unknown/freebsd6.2 gcc 3.4.6 13~rc1 08-12-04 alex Y Y Y Y (3) +i386/unknown/freebsd7.0 gcc 4.2.1 13~rc1 08-12-04 alex Y Y Y Y (3) i386/unknown/gnu0.3 gcc 3.3.3 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y n Y -i686/unknown/gnu0.3 gcc 4.3.1 0.12.1 08-08-10 alex Y Y Y Y +i686/unknown/gnu0.3 gcc 4.3.1 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y i386/unknown/netbsdelf1.6.1 gcc 2.95.3 CVSHEAD 04-02-24 alex Y Y Y Y i386/unknown/netbsdelf3.0.1 gcc 3.3.3 0.10.0-p1 06-08-30 alex Y Y Y Y (3) -i386/unknown/netbsdelf4.0 gcc 4.1.2 0.12.1 08-07-21 alex Y Y Y Y (3) +i386/unknown/netbsdelf4.0 gcc 4.1.2 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y (3) i386/unknown/openbsd3.9 gcc 3.3.5 0.10.0-p1 06-08-30 alex Y Y Y Y (3) -i386/unknown/openbsd4.1 gcc 3.3.5 0.12.1 08-07-21 alex Y Y n Y (3) -i386/unknown/openbsd4.1 gcc 3.3.5 master 08-07-21 alex Y Y Y Y (3) +i386/unknown/openbsd4.1 gcc 3.3.5 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y (3) i686/pc/cygwin gcc 3.3.1 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y n Y i686/pc/linux-gnu gcc 2.95.4 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y Y Y (1) -i686/pc/linux-gnu gcc 3.3.3 0.8.0 04-05-30 alex Y Y Y Y (1) -i386/pc/linux-gnu gcc 4.1.2 0.10.0-p1 06-08-30 alex Y Y Y Y (1) -i386/pc/linux-gnu gcc 4.3.1 0.12.1 08-07-21 alex Y Y Y Y (1) +i686/pc/linux-gnu gcc 3.3.5 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y (1) +i386/pc/linux-gnu gcc 4.1.2 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y (1) +i386/pc/linux-gnu gcc 4.3.2 13~rc1 08-12-05 alex Y Y Y Y (1) m68k/apple/aux3.1.1 Orig. A/UX 0.7.x-CVS 03-04-22 alex Y Y Y Y (2) m68k/hp/hp-ux9.10 Orig. HPUX 0.7.x-CVS 03-04-30 goetz Y Y Y Y m88k/dg/dgux5.4R3.10 gcc 2.5.8 CVSHEAD 04-03-15 alex Y Y ? ?

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Alexander Barton : doc/SSL.txt: enhance documentation.
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 04 Dez '08

04 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: e070d93f649f76a57ce4c01782887e375f3cfba3 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=e070d93f… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Thu Dec 4 13:20:38 2008 +0100 doc/SSL.txt: enhance documentation. --- doc/SSL.txt | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/SSL.txt b/doc/SSL.txt index 6ea207e..6b590b8 100644 --- a/doc/SSL.txt +++ b/doc/SSL.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server - (c)2001-2004 by Alexander Barton, + (c)2001-2008 Alexander Barton, alex(a)barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ ngIRCd is free software and published under the @@ -10,39 +10,70 @@ -- SSL.txt -- -ngIRCd supports SSL/TLSv1 encrypted connections using the -OpenSSL or gnutls library. -Both encryped server <-> client and server <-> server links should work. +ngIRCd supports SSL/TLSv1 encrypted connections using the OpenSSL or GnuTLS +libraries. Both encrypted server-server links as well as client-server links +are supported. -BEWARE! The Code is mostly untested, use at your own risk! +SSL is a compile-time option which is disabled by default. Use one of these +options of the ./configure script to enable it: -Example that creates a self-signed certificate and key (using OpenSSL): -openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -x509 -keyout server-key.pem \ - -out server-cert.pem -days 1461 + --with-openssl enable SSL support using OpenSSL + --with-gnutls enable SSL support using GnuTLS -Example that creates DH parameters (optional): -openssl dhparam -2 -out dhparams.pem 2048 +You need a SSL certificate, see below for how to create a self-signed one. -Example that creates a self-signed certificate -and key (using gnutls): -certtool --generate-privkey --bits 2048 --outfile server-key.pem -certtool --generate-self-signed --load-privkey server-key.pem \ - --outfile server-cert.pem +Configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Example that creates DH parameters (optional): -certtool --generate-dh-params --bits 2048 --outfile dhparams.pem +To enable SSL connections a separate port must be configured: it is NOT +possible to handle unencrypted and encrypted connections on the same port! +This is a limitation of the IRC protocol ... -Alternatively, you may use external programs/tools like stunnel to -make it work: +You have to set (at least) the following configuration variables in the +[GLOBAL] section of ngircd.conf(5): SSLPorts, SSLKeyFile, and SSLCertFile. + +Now IRC clients are able to connect using SSL on the configured port(s). +(Using port 6697 for encrypted connections is common.) + +To enable encrypted server-server links, you have to additionally set +SSLConnect to "yes" in the corresponding [SERVER] section. + + +Creating a self-signed certificate +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +OpenSSL: + +Creating a self-signed certificate and key: + $ openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -x509 -keyout server-key.pem \ + -out server-cert.pem -days 1461 +Create DH parameters (optional): + $ openssl dhparam -2 -out dhparams.pem 2048 + +GnuTLS: + +Creating a self-signed certificate and key: + $ certtool --generate-privkey --bits 2048 --outfile server-key.pem + $ certtool --generate-self-signed --load-privkey server-key.pem \ + --outfile server-cert.pem +Create DH parameters (optional): + $ certtool --generate-dh-params --bits 2048 --outfile dhparams.pem + + +Alternate approach using stunnel(1) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Alternatively (or if you are using ngIRCd without compiled without support +for GnuTLS/OpenSSL), you can use external programs/tools like stunnel(1) to +get SSL encrypted connections: <http://stunnel.mirt.net/> <http://www.stunnel.org/> -Stefan Sperling (stefan at binarchy dot net) mailed me the following text as a +Stefan Sperling (stefan at binarchy dot net) mailed the following text as a short "how-to", thanks Stefan! - === snip === ! This guide applies to stunnel 4.x ! @@ -71,9 +102,3 @@ short "how-to", thanks Stefan! That's it. Don't forget to activate ssl support in your irc client ;) === snip === - - - - --- -$Id: SSL.txt,v 1.2 2004/12/27 01:11:40 alex Exp $

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Alexander Barton : doc/Services.txt: explain which IRC Services versions are compatible
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 04 Dez '08

04 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 1519afa391d7cb33957892fded23e1b1e178f1f3 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=1519afa3… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Thu Dec 4 11:14:26 2008 +0100 doc/Services.txt: explain which IRC Services versions are compatible --- doc/Services.txt | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Services.txt b/doc/Services.txt index a16cfc8..67053b1 100644 --- a/doc/Services.txt +++ b/doc/Services.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ At the moment, ngIRCd doesn't implement a "special IRC services interface". But services acting as a "regular server" are supported, either using the IRC protocol defined in RFC 1459 or RFC 2812. -Services have been tested using "IRC Services" version 5.x of Andrew Church, +Services have been tested using "IRC Services" version 5.x by Andrew Church, homepage: <http://www.ircservices.za.net/>. This document describes setting up ngIRCd and these services. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Setting up ngIRCd The "pseudo server" handling the IRC services is configured as a regular remote server in the ngircd.conf(5). In addition the variable "ServiceMask" should be set, enabling this ngIRCd to recognize the "pseudo users" as IRC -services insted of regular IRC users. +services instead of regular IRC users. Example: @@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ Example: Setting up IRC Services 5.1.x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -IRC Services 5.1.x can be used with ngIRCd using the "rfc1459" protocol -module. At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all -the settings marked as required by IRC Services: +IRC Services 5.1.3 and above can be used with ngIRCd using the "rfc1459" +protocol module. + +Please note that versions up to and including 5.1.3 contain a bug that +sometimes causes IRC Services to hang on startup. There are two workarounds: + a) send the services process a HUP signal ("killall -HUP ircservices") + b) apply this patch to the IRC Services source tree: + <ftp://ngircd.barton.de/ngircd/contrib/IRCServices513-FlushBuffer.patch> + +At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all the +settings marked as required by IRC Services: In ircservices.conf: @@ -57,3 +65,6 @@ In modules.conf: The documentation of IRC Services can be found here: <http://www.ircservices.za.net/docs/> + +Please let us know if you are successfully using other IRC service packages or +which problems you encounter, thanks!

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Alexander Barton : Testsuite start-server.sh: return correct exit code.
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 03 Dez '08

03 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 85ce82e504d4cd7d505d215c973e55cf14101cd8 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=85ce82e5… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Wed Dec 3 16:49:55 2008 +0100 Testsuite start-server.sh: return correct exit code. src/testsuite/start-server.sh returns 0 when no errors occurred and the daemon has been startet and 1 on errors. Always returning 0 is wrong ... --- src/testsuite/start-server.sh | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/testsuite/start-server.sh b/src/testsuite/start-server.sh index 15fa3f0..90832a3 100755 --- a/src/testsuite/start-server.sh +++ b/src/testsuite/start-server.sh @@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ pid=`./getpid.sh T-ngircd${id}` [ -n "$pid" ] && kill -0 $pid > /dev/null 2>&1; r=$? [ $r -eq 0 ] && echo " ok." || echo " failure!" -exit +exit $r # -eof-

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Alexander Barton : Make testsuite (getpid.sh) work on OpenSolaris (i386/pc/ solaris2.11).
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 03 Dez '08

03 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 83c699d5a559acecc9b62767e4ffcf8fb50dfbb5 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=83c699d5… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Wed Dec 3 16:49:17 2008 +0100 Make testsuite (getpid.sh) work on OpenSolaris (i386/pc/solaris2.11). --- src/testsuite/getpid.sh | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/testsuite/getpid.sh b/src/testsuite/getpid.sh index 0d94519..5e16917 100755 --- a/src/testsuite/getpid.sh +++ b/src/testsuite/getpid.sh @@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ # detect flags for "ps" and "head" UNAME=`uname` -if [ $UNAME = "FreeBSD" -o $UNAME = "SunOS" ]; then +if [ $UNAME = "FreeBSD" ]; then PS_FLAGS="-a"; PS_PIDCOL="1"; HEAD_FLAGS="-n 1" elif [ $UNAME = "A/UX" ]; then PS_FLAGS="-ae"; PS_PIDCOL="1"; HEAD_FLAGS="-1" elif [ $UNAME = "GNU" ]; then PS_FLAGS="-ax"; PS_PIDCOL="2"; HEAD_FLAGS="-n 1" +elif [ $UNAME = "SunOS" ]; then + PS_FLAGS="-af"; PS_PIDCOL=2; HEAD_FLAGS="-n 1" else PS_FLAGS="-f"; PS_PIDCOL="2"; HEAD_FLAGS="-n 1" ps $PS_FLAGS > /dev/null 2>&1

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Alexander Barton : doc/Services.txt: document using ngIRCd with IRC Services.
by alex＠arthur.barton.de 03 Dez '08

03 Dez '08

Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 56cf95278e24fb2df8742bcfddd2d6ea0a61accb URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=56cf9527… Author: Alexander Barton <alex(a)barton.de> Date: Tue Dec 2 15:41:57 2008 +0100 doc/Services.txt: document using ngIRCd with IRC Services. --- doc/Makefile.am | 5 ++- doc/Services.txt | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index 394c89b..eba97d9 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # # ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon -# Copyright (c)2001-2008 by Alexander Barton (alex(a)barton.de) +# Copyright (c)2001-2008 Alexander Barton (alex(a)barton.de) # # Dieses Programm ist freie Software. Sie koennen es unter den Bedingungen # der GNU General Public License (GPL), wie von der Free Software Foundation @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SUBDIRS = src EXTRA_DIST = FAQ.txt GIT.txt Protocol.txt Platforms.txt README-AUX.txt \ - README-BeOS.txt RFC.txt SSL.txt Zeroconf.txt sample-ngircd.conf + README-BeOS.txt RFC.txt Services.txt SSL.txt Zeroconf.txt \ + sample-ngircd.conf maintainer-clean-local: rm -f Makefile Makefile.in diff --git a/doc/Services.txt b/doc/Services.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a16cfc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Services.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + + ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server + + (c)2001-2008 Alexander Barton, + alex(a)barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ + + ngIRCd is free software and published under the + terms of the GNU General Public License. + + -- Services.txt -- + + +At the moment, ngIRCd doesn't implement a "special IRC services interface". +But services acting as a "regular server" are supported, either using the IRC +protocol defined in RFC 1459 or RFC 2812. + +Services have been tested using "IRC Services" version 5.x of Andrew Church, +homepage: <http://www.ircservices.za.net/>. This document describes setting up +ngIRCd and these services. + + +Setting up ngIRCd +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The "pseudo server" handling the IRC services is configured as a regular +remote server in the ngircd.conf(5). In addition the variable "ServiceMask" +should be set, enabling this ngIRCd to recognize the "pseudo users" as IRC +services insted of regular IRC users. + +Example: + + [SERVER] + Name = services.irc.net + MyPassword = 123abc + PeerPassword = 123abc + ServiceMask = *Serv + + +Setting up IRC Services 5.1.x +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +IRC Services 5.1.x can be used with ngIRCd using the "rfc1459" protocol +module. At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all +the settings marked as required by IRC Services: + +In ircservices.conf: + + Variable Example value + + RemoteServer server.irc.net 6667 "123abc" + ServerName "services.irc.net" + LoadModule protocol/rfc1459 + +In modules.conf: + + Module protocol/rfc1459 + +The documentation of IRC Services can be found here: +<http://www.ircservices.za.net/docs/>

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