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ngIRCd 0.7.0-pre1
by Alexander Barton 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

Hello! I just prepared ngIRCd 0.7.0-pre1. If this version appoves as stable and no more bugs are found it'll become ngIRCd 0.7.0 very soon :-) ngIRCd 0.7.0-pre1 contains all enhancements and fixes from CVS-HEAD. The new CVS branch has the tag "branch-0.7.x". Use "cvs up -d -P -r branch-0-7-x" to switch an existing CVS tree from HEAD to this branch. Changes since 0.6.1: - New signal handler (more secure, actions are executed outside). - GCC: the compiler is now called with more warning options enabled. - Replaced a lot of str[n]cpy(), str[n]cat() and sprintf() calls with the more secure functions strlcpy(), strlcat() and snprintf(). On systems that don't support strlcpy() and strlcat(), these functions are included in the libngportab now (with prototypes in portab.h). - If the server can't close a socket, it panics now. This is an error that can't occur during normal operation so there is something broken. - The order of log messages during disconnects is more "natural" now ;-) - Cleaned up handling of server configuration structures: modifying and removing servers during runtime works more reliable now. - Compression code from "conn.[ch]" is now found in new "conn-zip.[ch]" - Moved some connection functions from "conn.[ch]" to "conn-func.[ch]". - New command CONNECT to enable and add server links. The syntax is not RFC-compatible: use "CONNECT <name> <port>" to enable and connect an configured server and "CONNECT <name> <port> <host> <mypwd> <peerpwd>" to add a new server (ngIRCd tries to connect new servers only once!). - Added DISCONNECT command ("DISCONNECT <name>") to disable servers. - Restructured the documentation: Now the main language is English. The german documentation has been removed (until there is a maintainer). - Enhanced killing of users caused by a nickname collision. - Better error detection for status code ("numerics") forwarding. - Moved tool functions to own library: "libngtool". - New command TRACE (you can trace only servers at the moment). - New command HELP that lists all understood commands. - There should no longer remain "unknown connections" (see e.g. LUSERS) if an outgoing server link can't be established. - Added AC_PREREQ(2.50) to configure.in for better autoconf compatibility. - Conn_Close() now handles recursive calls for the same link correctly. - 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 configure to enable it. - Changed some configure options to use "--with"/"--without" as prefix instead of "--enable"/"--disable": "--without-syslog", "--without-zlib", "--with-tcp-wrappers", and "--with-rendezvous". - Better error reporting to clients on connect. - Enhanced manual pages ngircd(8) and ngircd.conf(5). - Documentation is now installed in $(datadir)/doc/ngircd. - Enhanced hanling of NJOIN in case of nick collisions. Download (~248 KB): - <ftp://Arthur.Ath.CX/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/ngircd-0.7.0-pre1.tar.gz> Patch from 0.6.1 to 0.7.0-pre1 (~70 KB): - <ftp://Arthur.Ath.CX/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/ngircd-0.6.1-0.7.0-pre1.patch.gz> Read the INSTALL file for upgrading information! Please test and report bugs to this mailing list. Thanks! Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany alex(a)barton.de, http://www.barton.de/

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CVS-HEAD: Enhanced/fixed TRACE, removed german Documentation
by Alexander Barton 20 Mär '03

20 Mär '03

Changes to CVS-HEAD: - I removed the german documentation from /doc/de. Reason: no maintainer - The TRACE command has been fixed and enhanced: now it shows other servers and connected IRC operators, too. - Better error reporting to clients when the server can't accept the connection. Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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ngircd 0.6.1 core
by Joshua Coombs 11 Mär '03

11 Mär '03

Haven't had a chance to really dig yet, but had ngIRCd sig 11 and core seemingly at random this afternoon. Syslog: Feb 10 02:38:23 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: User "Java873!~Java873(a)210.105.36.60" unregistered (connection 4): Got QUIT command. Feb 10 12:50:47 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: Got ERROR from "delft.nl.eu.x386.net": Ping timeout! Feb 10 12:50:47 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: Server "delft.nl.eu.x386.net" unregistered (connection 0): Socket closed! Feb 10 12:52:07 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: Can't connect socket to "130.161.219.160:6667" (connection 0): Operation timed out! Feb 10 12:53:22 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: Can't connect socket to "130.161.219.160:6667" (connection 0): Operation timed out! Feb 10 12:54:37 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: Can't connect socket to "130.161.219.160:6667" (connection 0): Operation timed out! Feb 10 13:21:05 cyrix-dlc ngircd[27448]: Write error on connection 0 (socket 5): Broken pipe! Feb 10 13:46:10 cyrix-dlc /kernel: pid 27448 (ngircd), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) I have the 5.5MB gzip'd core available if there is any interest in looking at it, otherwise I'm open to suggestions on how to proceed with debugging. Joshua Coombs

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Roadmap?
by Alexander Barton 09 Mär '03

09 Mär '03

Hi all! I want to release ngIRCd 0.7.0 really soon, because there are lots of enhancements and fixes in CVS-HEAD which are too "complex" to backport to the 0.6.x branch. Only exception: the connection closing bug (see my other mail to this list). If it fixes the problem, I probably should release version 0.6.2 as new "stable" release before 0.7.0. So whats left for 0.7.0? At least the documentation should be complete and completely in english. Some files in doc/ still need to be translated. And I'm unsure about the "old" german documentation in doc/de/: it's too much work for me to maintain _both_ the english and the german files, therefore there are two possibilities: a) someone out there wants to maintain the german documentation (then mail me or the list, please!) or b) I'll kick it. And what about the stability of recent CVS-HEAD versions (nightly builds)? My test servers here run stable, but they don't have heavy load ... There is (at least) one feature left I want to add before 0.7.0: "server redirects". This means that a ngircd can notify the client that it can't accept its connection and redirect the client to another server using the 005 numeric (RPL_BOUNCE) as defined in RFC 2812. Okay, so what did I forget? Comments? Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany alex(a)barton.de, http://www.barton.de/

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CVS-HEAD: TCP Wrappers, Changed configure options
by Alexander Barton 07 Mär '03

07 Mär '03

Hi! Changes to CVS-HEAD: - Added support for TCP Wrappers library: pass "--with-tcp-wrappers" to configure to enable it. - Changed some configure options to use "--with"/"--without" as prefix insetead of "--enable"/"--disable": "--without-syslog", "--without-zlib", "--with-tcp-wrappers", and "--with-rendezvous". Please use "./configure --help" to review the full list of possible configure options. And don't forget to add something like "ngircd : 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0" to your /etc/hosts.allow file when using "--with-tcp-wrappers"! ;-)) Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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CVS-HEAD: Support for Rendezvous
by Alexander Barton 23 Feb '03

23 Feb '03

Hi all! New in CVS-HEAD: - ngIRCd can register itself with Rendezvous: to enable support pass the new switch "--enable-rendezvous" to configure. The actual code only works with Mac OS X 10.2 and above (probably actual Darwin distributions work as well). It registers all ports ngIRCd is listening on as "_ircu._tcp." in the default domain using Apples multicast DNS API. See <http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/rendezvous/> for further details about Apples implementation. At the moment this functionality is quite useless, but perhaps sometimes in the future IRC clients will support Rendezvous as well!? Would be handy in LANs, I think. So we are prepared ;-)) If somebody is aware of multicast DNS daemons on other platforms, please let me know! Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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ngIRCd 0.6.1
by Alexander Barton 21 Jan '03

21 Jan '03

Hi all! I released ngIRCd 0.6.1 a few minutes ago: - Fixed KILL: you can't crash the server by killing yourself any more, ngIRCd no longer sends a QUIT to other servers after the KILL, and you can kill only valid users now. - The server no longer forwards commands to ordinary users, instead it answers with the correct error message ("no such server") now. - WHOIS commands weren't always forwarded as requested. - The server sets a correct default AWAY message now when propagating between servers (bug introduced in 0.6.0). - Fixed up and enhanced CHANINFO command: channel keys and user limits are syncronized between servers now, too. - MODE returns the key and user limit for channel members correctly now. - Non-members of a channel could crash the server when trying to change its modes or modes of its members. - The server didn't validate weather a target user is a valid channel member when changing his channel user modes which could crash ngIRCd. You can download it as usual from: - <http://download.berlios.de/ngircd/ngircd-0.6.1.tar.gz> - <ftp://arthur.ath.cx/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/ngircd-0.6.1.tar.gz> Enjoy! Regards Alex PS.: all these changes are backports from CVS-HEAD. -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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branch-0-6-0: Backports from HEAD
by Alexander Barton 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

Hi! I applied the following patches friom HEAD to CVS branch-0-6-0: - The server sets a correct default AWAY message now when propagating between servers (bug introduced in 0.6.0). - Fixed up propagation of modes with arguments between servers and enhanced the CHANINFO command. - MODE returns the key and user limit for channel members correctly now. Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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CVS-HEAD: Fixed AWAY, Enhanced CHANINFO and MODE
by Alexander Barton 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

Hi! Fixes to CVS-HEAD: - The server sets a correct default AWAY message now when propagating between servers (bug introduced in 0.6.0). - Restructured the documentation: Now the main language is english. - Fixed up and enhanced CHANINFO command: channel keys and user limits are syncronized between servers now, too. - Enhanced killing of users caused by a nickname collision. - MODE returns the key and user limit for channel members correctly now. Regards Alex -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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CVS-HEAD: Fixed command forwarding
by Alexander Barton 01 Jan '03

01 Jan '03

Hi all! Fixes in CVS-HEAD: - The server no longer forwards commands to ordinary users, instead it answers with the correct error message ("no such server") now. - WHOIS commands weren't always forwarded as requested. Regards Alex PS.: Welcome to 2003! :-) -- Alexander Barton, Freiburg, Germany http://www.barton.de/, alex(a)barton.de

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