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  15     <B>Andrew Church</B>
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  17        TITLE="[IRCServices] Services 4.5pre0 released">achurch at achurch.org
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  19     <I>Mon Jan 29 08:57:09 PST 2001</I>
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  34 <PRE>     Services 4.5pre0 has been released, and can be downloaded from:
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  36 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/ircservices-4.5pre0.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/ircservices-4.5pre0.tar.gz</A>
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  38 ftp.ircservices.za.net and the mirror sites should have it soon.
  39
  40      Please note that this is a BETA VERSION and as such may have numerous
  41 bugs in it.  (It's been running without incident on EsperNet for close to
  42 2 days now, however.)  Networks which require stable versions of Services
  43 should stay with the current stable version until 4.5.0 is released.
  44 However, testing would be appreciated on those networks which can afford
  45 to.  In particular, experimental support has been added for the Unreal IRC
  46 server, version 3.1.1; if you are using this server, please try out the
  47 new support (option 31 in the configure script) and let me know of any
  48 bugs or problems.
  49
  50      As usual, Services 4.5 uses a data file format incompatible with
  51 previous releases of Services, so be sure to keep backups of your earlier
  52 databases in case something goes wrong.  I am looking at another format
  53 which would allow for backwards compatibility for the 5.0 release, which I
  54 am planning to follow 4.5.
  55
  56      Also, a note to users of languages other than English:  The language
  57 files in Services are currently very outdated, and many messages,
  58 including most of the &quot;main&quot; help messages, are commented out in the
  59 language files and available in English only.  Any assistance in updating
  60 the language files would be appreciated; please send updates to me at
  61 &lt;<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>&gt;.
  62
  63      Following is an extract from the Services 4.5pre0 WhatsNew file:
  64
  65   ! NOTICE to those using encryption:  Services 4.4.x and earlier had a bug
  66         in the encryption routine causing passwords to be incorrectly
  67         encrypted.  This bug is fixed in 4.5.0, but as a consequence, all
  68         passwords set in earlier versions are not directly readable by
  69         Services.  A workaround is available in the &quot;configure&quot; script, but
  70         enabling this workaround may decrease the security of some
  71         passwords.  I recommend enabling the workaround for the first 30
  72         days (or whatever you have your nickname expiration period set to),
  73         adding a logon news item asking users to set their password again
  74         (this can be the same as the old password, as long as they run the
  75         SET PASSWORD command again), and disabling the workaround after
  76         that time has passed.
  77   + Services now supports the &quot;Services stamp&quot; feature in DAL 4.4.15+
  78         compatible servers (including Dreamforge and Bahamut).  This feature
  79         allows Services to attach an ID value to each user which will be
  80         retained even when the network splits, for increased security when
  81         re-granting privileges after a split.
  82   + Added SOP, AOP, and VOP commands as an alternate method of managing
  83         channel access lists.  (ACCESS can still be used as before.)
  84   + Added support for suspending channels.  Like suspended nicknames, all
  85         settings will be retained during the suspension period.
  86   + Services can now be configured to require an E-mail address at nickname
  87         registration time.
  88   + Added UNSET command to NickServ and ChanServ for clearing URLs and
  89         E-mail addresses.
  90   + Added OperServ CLEARCHAN command to remove all users from a channel.
  91   + Added OperServ SU command to allow any Services admin to gain super-user
  92         privileges (with the appropriate password).
  93   + Time specifications (in services.conf, for autokills, etc.) can now
  94         include multiple units, for example &quot;1h30m&quot;.
  95   + Sending a SIGUSR2 signal to Services will cause the log file to be
  96         closed and reopened.  Use in combination with &quot;mv&quot; to rotate the
  97         log file.
  98   + Added experimental support for the Unreal server (version 3.1.1).
  99   * Support for the DALnet Bahamut server has been improved.  Note that
 100         only versions 1.4.1 and later are supported (support for earlier
 101         versions has been dropped).
 102
 103   --Andrew Church
 104     <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A> | New address - please note.
 105     <A HREF="http://achurch.org/">http://achurch.org/</A> | \e$B%a!&lt;%k%&quot;%I%l%9$,JQ$o$j$^$7$?!#\e(B
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