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- <H1>[IRCServices] Services 4.5pre0 released</H1>
- <B>Andrew Church</B>
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- <I>Mon Jan 29 08:57:09 PST 2001</I>
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-<PRE> Services 4.5pre0 has been released, and can be downloaded from:
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-<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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-ftp.ircservices.za.net and the mirror sites should have it soon.
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- Please note that this is a BETA VERSION and as such may have numerous
-bugs in it. (It's been running without incident on EsperNet for close to
-2 days now, however.) Networks which require stable versions of Services
-should stay with the current stable version until 4.5.0 is released.
-However, testing would be appreciated on those networks which can afford
-to. In particular, experimental support has been added for the Unreal IRC
-server, version 3.1.1; if you are using this server, please try out the
-new support (option 31 in the configure script) and let me know of any
-bugs or problems.
-
- As usual, Services 4.5 uses a data file format incompatible with
-previous releases of Services, so be sure to keep backups of your earlier
-databases in case something goes wrong. I am looking at another format
-which would allow for backwards compatibility for the 5.0 release, which I
-am planning to follow 4.5.
-
- Also, a note to users of languages other than English: The language
-files in Services are currently very outdated, and many messages,
-including most of the "main" help messages, are commented out in the
-language files and available in English only. Any assistance in updating
-the language files would be appreciated; please send updates to me at
-<<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>>.
-
- Following is an extract from the Services 4.5pre0 WhatsNew file:
-
- ! NOTICE to those using encryption: Services 4.4.x and earlier had a bug
- in the encryption routine causing passwords to be incorrectly
- encrypted. This bug is fixed in 4.5.0, but as a consequence, all
- passwords set in earlier versions are not directly readable by
- Services. A workaround is available in the "configure" script, but
- enabling this workaround may decrease the security of some
- passwords. I recommend enabling the workaround for the first 30
- days (or whatever you have your nickname expiration period set to),
- adding a logon news item asking users to set their password again
- (this can be the same as the old password, as long as they run the
- SET PASSWORD command again), and disabling the workaround after
- that time has passed.
- + Services now supports the "Services stamp" feature in DAL 4.4.15+
- compatible servers (including Dreamforge and Bahamut). This feature
- allows Services to attach an ID value to each user which will be
- retained even when the network splits, for increased security when
- re-granting privileges after a split.
- + Added SOP, AOP, and VOP commands as an alternate method of managing
- channel access lists. (ACCESS can still be used as before.)
- + Added support for suspending channels. Like suspended nicknames, all
- settings will be retained during the suspension period.
- + Services can now be configured to require an E-mail address at nickname
- registration time.
- + Added UNSET command to NickServ and ChanServ for clearing URLs and
- E-mail addresses.
- + Added OperServ CLEARCHAN command to remove all users from a channel.
- + Added OperServ SU command to allow any Services admin to gain super-user
- privileges (with the appropriate password).
- + Time specifications (in services.conf, for autokills, etc.) can now
- include multiple units, for example "1h30m".
- + Sending a SIGUSR2 signal to Services will cause the log file to be
- closed and reopened. Use in combination with "mv" to rotate the
- log file.
- + Added experimental support for the Unreal server (version 3.1.1).
- * Support for the DALnet Bahamut server has been improved. Note that
- only versions 1.4.1 and later are supported (support for earlier
- versions has been dropped).
-
- --Andrew Church
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