1 This is ircd-seven 1.1, Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Stephen Bennett and the
3 See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2).
8 - User mode +O, as well as +o, is now exempted from the effects of +g/+R.
10 - Flood control is now configurable.
12 - The burst_klines extension has been removed; charybdis-3.3's propagating bans
14 - All changes and new functionality from charybdis 3.2, 3.3 and early 3.4
15 development have been brought in. Relative to ircd-seven-1.0, this means
16 CERTFP, bandb, and everything changed in charybdis-3.3.0.
21 - SSL client certificates can now be used as linking credentials
23 - ERR_TOOMANYCHANNELS is now sent for every channel join that failed, instead of
25 - Two new client capabilities are available: ACCOUNT-NOTIFY and EXTENDED-JOIN.
26 These allow clients to track account names of other clients which share
29 - The disable_local_channels configuration option has been ported from
31 - SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashes may now be used for passwords. DES is no longer
37 - Add new BAN command, for propagated network-wide bans (K/X:lines and RESVs).
38 These will burst to new servers as they are introduced, and will stay in sync
39 across the whole network (new BAN capab).
40 - Add new MLOCK command, to implement ircd-side channel mode locks. This allows
41 services to send out a list of mode letters for a given channel which may not
42 be changed, preventing mode fights between services and client bots (new MLOCK
45 - New RPL_QUIETLIST(728) and RPL_ENDOFQUIETLIST(729) numerics are used for the
46 quiet (+q) list, instead of overloading the ban list numerics.
47 - Users may no longer change the topic of a -t channel if they cannot send to
49 - Add help for EXTBAN, describing the syntax of extended bans in general, as
50 well as the most common types.
51 - Changed AWAY messages are now propagated to other servers. Previously, AWAY
52 was only propagated when the user was not already away.
53 - Channel mode +c (and other places that disallow colour codes) now also strip
54 ASCII 29 (mIRC 7 italics).
55 - Add auto-accept for user mode +g (callerid): Messaging a user while set +g
56 will automatically add them to your accept list.
57 - Add target change for channels. It applies to unopped, unvoiced and unopered
58 users. This has the effect of stopping spambots which join, message and part
59 many channels at a time.
60 - Show RPL_WHOISLOGGEDIN in /whowas as well as in /whois entries. This adds at
61 most an additional 0.5MB of memory usage.
64 - Add general::use_propagated_bans to switch the new BAN system on or off.
65 - Add general::default_ident_timeout, to control the timeout for identd (auth)
67 - Add channel::channel_target_change to switch the new channel target change limits
69 - Fix class::number_per_ident so that it also applies to connections without
71 - Change the example sslport option to 6697, which is more standard than 9999.
73 - The custom channel mode API has been rewritten, allowing these modules to work
74 correctly when reloaded, or loaded from the config file.
75 - The EFNet RBL is now recommended, instead of DroneBL.
76 - Remove the unsupported modules directory.
77 - Numerous bug fixes and code cleanups.
78 - In mkpasswd, default to MD5 crypt instead of insecure DES.
82 ircd-seven-1.0.0 is based on the charybdis-3.2 development tree. It contains
83 many, but not all, of the changes mentioned for 3.2.0. Notable omissions are
87 - New REMOVE command and capability (see below, in 'user').
88 - TOPIC is always accepted from remote users. Previously +o/+t checks were done
89 on all users, local or remote.
91 - User mode +i (invisible) also now hides the user's channel list from WHOIS, in
92 line with traditional freenode/hyperion behaviour.
93 - Add REMOVE command. The semantics of this are exactly as for KICK, but it will
94 be sent to clients as ':victim PART #channel :requested by op: "reason"'.
95 - User-provided PART messages are quoted, to prevent spoofing REMOVEs.
96 - Add forwarding bans. Appending '$#channel' to any ban mask will cause matching
97 users to be forwarded (in the same manner as channel mode +f) to #channel when
98 they attempt to join. Conditions for setting these are the same as for mode
100 - $ is no longer allowed in channel names, to remove ambiguities when forwarding
101 bans and extended bans are combined.
102 - Add IDENTIFY-MSG client capability. This will prepend all PRIVMSG and NOTICE
103 text with + or -, depending upon whether the source user is logged in to an
104 account which owns the nickname they are currently using.
105 - New channel mode +C will block channel-wide CTCP requests, other than ACTION.
106 - KILLs by services clients are no longer displayed as such to users; the client
107 will appear to quit with the message 'Disconnected by services'. The KILL
108 source and message will still be displayed to the user exiting, and to opers
111 - The operator privilege flags have been completely rearranged relative to
113 - New umode +O, or 'helper'. This denotes an IRC Operator with none of the
114 privilege usually granted by user mode +o. Oper-only commands except for
115 OPERWALL will not be available even if the appropriate privilege flags are
116 granted. This is intended to work with the operwall and helpop privileges
118 - New umode +h, to appear in /stats p. This now only shows users with the +h
119 umode set who are not AWAY.
120 - Opername and privilege information is displayed in WHOIS output to those with
121 appropriate privileges.
122 - New umode +p, for oper-override. This allows the operator to join any channel,
123 send to any channel they are in, and perform operator actions on any channel,
124 regardless of channel modes and operator status. Any use of oper-override will
125 cause network-wide server notices to be sent. This user mode will expire after
126 a configurable time period.
127 - New GRANT command, to grant or revoke operator privileges to a given user,
128 without requiring O:line changes.
129 - DIE, RESTART, and the MOD* commands may be used remotely, with the appropriate
131 - New DEHELPER command, to unset user mode +h on an idle operator.
132 - New channel mode +M prevents IRC Operators from being kicked from the channel
133 in question. This is completely invisible to non-opers.
134 - Lots of server notices that were previously local are now global.
135 - Real hostnames and IP addresses are shown to opers in WHOIS for all users, not
136 only those with dynamic (services) spoofs.
137 - New sno_channelcreate extension (snomask +l), to notify on new channel
139 - New sno_globalnickchange extension module, to make snomask +n include nick
140 changes on all servers.
142 - Add general::hide_opers, to control whether IRC Operator status is visible to
144 - Add general::expire_override_time, to control the maximum duration that user
145 mode +p may be active.
146 - Remove channel::use_forward. It is unconditionally enabled.
147 - Add channel::disable_local_channels, to do as its name suggests.
148 - Bring in general::post_registration_delay from ratbox. This introduces a
149 configurable delay between a client completing registration, and the server
150 starting to parse commands from it.
151 - New sasl_usercloak extension module. This allows including the user's SASL
152 account name in an on-connect auth{} spoof.
154 - Numerous extension modules have been removed, either because they no longer
155 work or because they do not fit with the intended use of ircd-seven.
156 - Add new burst_klines extension, to send all active K/D/X:lines and RESVs to a
157 new server when linking.
158 - The default mode for new channels is +ns, changed from +nt.
163 - Apply +z to messages blocked by +b and +q as well. (new EOPMOD capab)
164 - Add new topic command ETB, allowing services to set topic+setter+ts always.
166 - The slash ('/') character is now allowed in spoofs.
168 - Add can_kick hook, based on the ircd-seven one.
169 - Add cmode +C (no CTCP) from ircd-seven.
170 - Flood checking has been reworked.
171 - Fix op-moderate (cmode +z) for channel names with '@'.
172 - Add CERTFP support, allowing users to connect with an SSL client
173 certificate and propagating the certificate fingerprint to other servers.
174 Services packages can use this to identify users based on client
176 - Maintain the list of recently used targets (for the target change
177 anti-spam system) in most-recently-used order, overwriting the least
178 recently used target with a new one. This should be friendlier to users
179 without giving spambots anything.
180 - Do not require target change slots for replying to the last five users to
181 send a private message, notice or invite.
182 - Apply target change restrictions to /invite.
183 - Apply umode +g/+R restrictions to /invite, with the difference that
184 instead of sending "<user> is messaging you" the invite is let through
185 since that is just as noisy.
187 - Add /rehash throttles to clear throttling.
188 - Send all server notices resulting from a remote /rehash to the oper.
189 - '\s' for space is now part of the matching, not a substitution at xline
190 time, fixing various issues with it.
191 - Display o:line "nickname" in oper-up server notices.
192 - Fix sendq exceeded snotes for servers.
193 - SCAN UMODES: default list-max to 500, like a global WHO.
194 - Ignore directory names in MODRELOAD to avoid crashing if it is a core
195 module and the path is incorrect.
196 - Tweaks to spambot checks.
198 - Add channel::only_ascii_channels config option to restrict channel names
199 to printable ascii only.
200 - Add channel::resv_forcepart, forcibly parts local users on channel RESV,
203 - New mkpasswd from ircd-ratbox.
204 - Check more system calls for errors and handle the errors.
205 - Various ssld/libratbox bugfixes from ircd-ratbox. [some MERGED]
206 - Fix fd passing on FreeBSD/amd64 and possibly Solaris/sparc. [MERGED]
207 - Various documentation improvements. [some MERGED]
208 - Fix some crash issues. [MERGED]
209 - Add bandb from ircd-ratbox, which stores permanent dlines/klines/xlines/resvs
210 in an sqlite database instead of a flatfile and does the storage in a
211 helper process. Use bin/bantool -i to import your old bans into the
216 - Remove TS5 support. No TS5 servers are permitted in a network with
217 charybdis 3.1.0 or newer, except jupes.
218 - Replace oper flags by privilege sets (privsets). This adds an extra
219 level of indirection between oper flags and operator blocks. /stats O
220 (capital O) shows the configured privsets.
221 - Update libratbox and ssld from upstream and use it better.
222 - Add auth_user to auth{}. This allows specifying a username:password instead
223 of just a password in PASS, so that a fixed user@host is not necessary
224 for a specific auth{} block.
225 - Add need_ssl to auth{} and operator{}. This makes these blocks reject
226 the user if not connected via SSL.
227 - Allow modules to provide simple channel modes without parameter.
228 - Remove restrictions on CNAME in the resolver.
229 - Make the resolver remember nonresponsive nameservers.
230 - Move nick collision notices from +s to +k.
231 - Add additional information to various server notices about server
233 - Show throttle information in /stats t.
234 - Show rejectcache and throttle information in /testline.
235 - Show oper reason in /testline.
236 - Allow opers to see other users' umodes with /mode <nick>.
237 - SCAN UMODES GLOBAL NO-LIST MASK <mask> is no longer an operspy command.
238 - Also apply floodcount to messages to remote clients (except services).
239 - Remove user@server messages to local users. Sending such messages to
240 remote servers is still possible, for securely messaging pseudoservers
241 whether service{}'ed or not. The special oper-only syntax opers@server
243 - Allow /list on a named +p channel. A full /list already included +p channels.
244 - Add operspy /topic.
245 - For remote rehashes, send error messages to the requesting oper as well.
246 - Disable autoconnect for a server with excessive TS delta.
247 - Disallow invites to juped channels.
248 - Warn about certain duplicate and redundant auth blocks.
249 - Make PRIVMSG/NOTICE behave as CPRIVMSG/CNOTICE automatically if possible.
250 - Allow +z messages from outside if a channel is -n.
251 - Allow coloured part reasons in -c channels.
252 - Add ircu-like WHOX support. This allows requesting specific information
253 in /who and allows obtaining services login name for all users in a
254 channel. XChat/Conspire use WHOX to update away status more efficiently.
255 - Allow opers and shide_exempt users to see hopcounts even if flatten_links
257 - Rework ip_cloaking.
258 - Add the IP address to userlog, as in ircd-ratbox 3.0.
259 - Split cidr_bitlen into cidr_ipv4_bitlen and cidr_ipv6_bitlen.
260 - Allow using ziplinks with SSL connections. This is not as efficient as
261 using OpenSSL's built in compression, but also works with older versions
263 - Fix an off by one error with zipstats processing, which could overwrite
264 a variable with NULL causing a crash on some systems.
265 - Document some extensions in charybdis-oper-guide.
266 - Add more server protocol documentation.
267 - Add m_sendbans extension, SENDBANS command to propagate xlines and resvs
269 - Add chm_sslonly extension, cmode +S for SSL/TLS only channels.
270 - Add chm_operonly extension, cmode +O for IRCop only channels.
271 - Add chm_adminonly extension, cmode +A for server admin only channels.
272 - Various code cleanups.
276 - Fix a crash on certain recent versions of Ubuntu.
277 - Allow 127.x.y.z for DNSBL replies instead of just 127.0.0.x.
278 - Various documentation improvements.
283 - Fix rejectcache and unknown_count.
285 - Fix ident for SSL/TLS connections.
286 - Fix SSL/TLS bugs for servers with more than about 100 connections.
291 - Improve OLIST extension error messages.
292 - Improve some kline error checking.
293 - Avoid timing out clients if we are still waiting for a DNSBL lookup.
294 - Fix resolver hangs with epoll.
295 - Fix compilation without zlib.
299 - Fix occasional hung clients with kqueue.
300 - Fix a rare ssld crash.
301 - Fix a bug that could cause incorrect connect failure reasons to be
303 - Make the IRCd work on MacOS X again.
307 - Port the IRCd to libratbox, which has improved our portability and allows
308 us to reuse low-level code instead of maintaining our own.
309 - Change configuration of maximum number of clients to ircd-ratbox 3 way.
310 - Add adminwall from ircd-ratbox, as an extension.
311 - Add client and server-to-server SSL, read example.conf for setup.
312 - Replace servlink with ssld (also for ziplinks).
313 - A new extban, $z, has been added for ssl users (extensions/extb_ssl.so).
314 - A new compatibility channel mode, +R, has been added, it sets
315 +q/-q $~a (extensions/chm_operonly_compat.so). This is similar to
316 the +R seen in ircd-seven.
317 - A new compatibility channel mode, +S, has been added, it sets
318 +b/-b $~z (extensions/chm_sslonly_compat.so).
319 - A new compatibility channel mode, +O, has been added, it sets
320 +iI/-iI $o (extensions/chm_operonly_compat.so).
321 - Add remote D:lines. Note that these are not enabled by default.
322 - Remove EFnet-style G:lines. Noone appears to use these.
323 - Remove idle time checking (auto disconnecting users idle too long).
324 - Display a notice to clients when the IRCd is shut down using SIGTERM.
325 - Some error messages have been clarified to enhance usability.
326 - Close the link to servers that send invalid nicks (e.g. nicklen mismatches).
327 Formerly the users were killed from the network.
328 - Enable topicburst by default in connect{}.
329 - Fix a potential desync which can happen with oper override.
330 - Remove "deopped" flag (TS5 legacy).
331 - Use 127.0.0.1 as nameserver if none can be found in /etc/resolv.conf.
332 - Only accept 127.0.0.x as a dnsbl listing.
333 - Change cloaking module (same as 2.2.1, different from 2.2.0).
334 - Make some more server notices about failed remote connect attempts
336 - Make some server notices about flooders and TS delta network wide.
337 - Remove redundant "<server> had been connected for <time>" server notice.
338 - Add resv oper privilege to control /resv, /unresv and cmode +L and +P,
340 - Add mass_notice oper privilege to control global notices and /wallops,
342 - Rework unkline/undline/unxline/unresv so they show the exact item removed
343 and do not rehash bans.
344 - Show opers a list of recently (<24hrs) split servers in /map.
345 - Add /privs command, shows effective privileges of a client.
349 - The I/O code has been reworked, file descriptor metadata is stored in a
350 hashtable and the maximum number of clients can now be set in ircd.conf.
351 - Improve error checking and error messages for kline/dline/xline/resv files.
352 - Allow kline ipv6:address, unkline some.host and unkline ipv6:address
354 - Add accountability (wallops, log) to OKICK extension.
355 - Add opernick to OPME/OMODE/OJOIN log messages.
356 - Add use_forward option, allows disabling cmode +fFQ and umode +Q.
357 - Add keyword substitution to DNSBL reasons, making it possible to show
358 things like the user's IP address in the reason.
359 - Use sendto_one_notice() more.
360 - Server notices about kills now include the victim's nick!user@host instead
362 - Include real hostname in Closing Link message for unknown connections
363 that have sent USER, in particular banned users.
364 - Add some documentation about the SASL client protocol.
365 - Change spambot, flooder and jupe joiner notices from host to orighost.
366 - Remove the last remains of server hostmasking (this made it possible to
367 have multiple servers with similar names appear as a single server).
368 - Keep bitmasks of modularized umodes reserved forever to the letter,
369 avoiding problems when reloading umode modules in a different order.
371 - Update to the new revision (v8) of the TS6 spec, this fixes problems with
372 joins reversing certain mode changes crossing them. This interoperates
374 - Put "End of Channel Quiet List" at the end of +q lists.
375 - Fix invisible count getting desynched from reality if the act of opering
377 - Don't leak auth{} spoofed IP addresses in +f notices.
378 - Shorten quit/part/kick reasons to avoid quit reasons overflowing the
379 client exiting server notice (from TOPICLEN to 260).
380 - Fix some cases where 10 char usernames lose their final character.
381 - Move username check after xline and dnsbl checks, so it will not complain
382 to opers about clients who are xlined or blacklisted anyway (both of
383 which silently reject).
384 - Remove invite_ops_only config option, forcing it to YES.
385 - Allow /invite (but not invex) to override +r, +l, +j in addition to +i.
386 - Add several new extensions, such as createoperonly.
387 - Merge whois notice extensions into one and move it from snomask +y to +W.
391 - Fix bug that could cause all hostmangled users to be exempted when a
392 single ban exception existed on a channel.
393 - Tweak \s code a little.
394 - Add a minor clarification to the SGML docs.
395 - Avoid truncation in ip_cloaking (by removing components on the other side).
396 Note that this may cause channel +bqeI modes set on such very long hosts
401 - Search the shortest list (user's/channel's) when looking up channel
403 - Make the SID-collision notice look right under all conditions.
404 - Move kills from services from +s to +k snomask.
405 - When no_tilde is present on an auth{} block, check the non-tilde version
406 of the user@host against k:lines as well.
407 - Put full reason in the SQUIT reason when a server is rejected for
408 insufficient parameters being passed to a command.
409 - Don't redirect users to an existing domain, irc.fi.
410 - Improve communication of servlink-related error messages.
414 - Our official website is now http://www.ircd-charybdis.org/.
415 - Make RPL_ISUPPORT (005 numeric) modularizable.
416 - Also do forwarding if the channel limit (+l) is exceeded.
417 - Don't count opers on service{} servers in /lusers.
418 - Allow servers to send to @#chan and +#chan.
419 - Allow +S clients (services) to send to channels and @/+ channels always.
420 - Allow normal match() on IP address also in /masktrace.
421 - Add new testmask from ratbox 2.2. Allows matches on nick, ip and gecos
422 in addition to user and host, and is fully analogous to masktrace.
423 The numeric has changed from 724 to 727 and fields in it have changed.
424 - Show IP addresses to opers in /whowas.
425 - Add extb_extgecos extban option ($x:nick!user@host#gecos), from sorcery
427 - Add extb_canjoin extban option ($j:#channel), matches if the user is banned
428 from the other channel.
429 - Allow opers to /who based on realhost.
430 - Allow opers to /masktrace, /testmask based on realhost.
431 - Add general::operspy_dont_care_user_info, limits operspy accountability to
432 channel-related information.
433 - Make host mangling more reliable.
434 - Prevent ban evasion by enabling/disabling host mangling.
435 - Add EUID, sends real host and services account in the same command as other
437 - Make it possible to send CHGHOST without ENCAP (fixes problems with old
439 - Allow service{} servers to manipulate the nick delay table (for "nickserv
440 enforcement", aka SVSHOLD).
441 - Send server notices about connections initiated by remote opers network wide.
442 - Fix too early truncation of JOIN channel list.
443 - Make the newconf system available to modules.
444 - Add /stats s to the hurt module to list active hurts.
445 - Add general::servicestring, shown in /whois for opered services (+oS).
446 - Show real host/IP behind dynamic spoof in /whois to the user themselves
448 - Document option to disable nick delay.
449 - Improve logging of server connections.
450 - Clean up handling of hostnames in connect blocks.
451 - Remove support for resolving ip6.int, people should be using ip6.arpa.
452 - Unbreak --disable-balloc (useful for debugging with tools like valgrind).
453 - Make Solaris 10 I/O ports code compile.
454 - Add WEBIRC module to allow showing the real host/IP of CGI:IRC users.
455 - Comment out blacklist{} block in example confs, as AHBL requires
456 notification before use.
457 - Fix some bugs relating to the resolver.
461 - Replace ADNS with a new smaller resolver from ircu and hybrid.
462 - Make services shortcuts (/chanserv etc) configurable in ircd.conf.
463 - Add extban: extensible +bqeI matching via modules. Syntax is
464 $<type>[:<data>]. By default no modules are loaded.
465 - Add DNS blacklist checking.
466 - Change operator{} block user@host from host to orighost. This means that
467 services/+h spoofs do not work in operator{} blocks; auth{} spoofs still
468 work. Check your operator{} blocks!
469 - Split contrib/ into extensions/ and unsupported/.
470 - Change CHGHOST do show the change to all other clients on common channels
472 - Add /rehash nickdelay to clear out the nickdelay tables.
473 - Glines are now disabled in the example confs.
474 - Show more error messages on stderr.
475 - Add OMODE command to extensions/ for easier oper mode hacking.
476 - Add HURT system to extensions/; this shuns clients matching certain host/ip
477 unless and until they identify to services. Mainly intended for SorceryNet.
478 - Show SASL success and failure counts in /stats t.
479 - Allow more frequent autoconnects to servers.
480 - Messaging services by nickname no longer uses target change slots.
481 - Only accept SASL from servers in a service{} block.
482 - New auth{} flag need_sasl to reject users who haven't done SASL
484 - Expand blah.blah and blah:blah to *!*@... instead of ...!*@* for bans
485 - Don't allow opers to fake locops/operwall to +w.
486 - Documentation updates.
491 - Implement SAFELIST.
492 - Incorporate ircu's match() algorithm.
493 - Improve usermode modularization.
494 - Seperate server notices into a seperate snomask, freeing up many
495 usermodes to be used.
496 - Add support for SIGNON originating from Hyperion2.
497 - Modularize many server notices into seperate modules.
498 - Add hooks for can_join and can_create_channel.
499 - Add support for SASL authentication.
500 - Add introduce_user hook for adding new messages when a user is bursted.
501 - Move a large part of the ircd into libcharybdis.
502 - Don't complain "unknown user mode" if a user tries to unset
503 a mode they do not have access to.
504 - Update our challenge specification to the challenge implementation in
505 ratbox 2.2 for interoperability.
506 - Make +f notices network-wide (local host, global host,
507 global user@host, local class), other notices tied to +f remain local.
508 - Allow ENCAP REALHOST outside of netburst.
509 - Add general::global_snotices option to make server notices be
511 - Add sno_farconnect.c to contrib, provides farconnect support.
512 Could be useful for BOPM.
513 - Add sno_routing.c which displays information about netsplits, netjoins
514 and the clients affected by them.
515 - Add CHANTRACE and TRACEMASK commands from ratbox 3.0
516 - Use IsOperAdmin() instead of IsAdmin() when sending admin-only messages,
517 that way hidden admins get them too.
518 - Add m_error to core_module_table, somehow it was missing.
519 - Correct a format string bug that occurs when a read error is
521 - Add some logging in places where we drop servers and only notify
523 - Track hostmask limits based on a client's original host, if
525 - Move HIDE_SPOOF_IPS into the general {} block in ircd.conf
529 - Fix /invite UID leak. (Found by logiclrd@EFnet.)
530 - Incorporate ratbox bugfixes for the MONITOR system.
531 - Made show_ip() less braindead.
532 - Show real errno if we fail to connect to a server.
533 - Don't disclose server IP's when a connection fails.
534 - Do not show the channels a service is sitting in.
535 - Reverted the aline code from hybrid-7.2
536 - Make sure TS6 services are recognized properly if connected remotely.
537 - Tweak something in services support for cyrix boxes.
541 - Fix propagation of an empty SJOIN (permanant channels).
542 - Fix an exploit involving a malformed /trace request.
543 - Don't display a blank RPL_WHOISCHANNELS in a remote whois request.
544 - Allow modules to provide new usermodes.
545 - On a nickname collision, change the collided nick to their unique ID,
546 if general::collision_fnc is enabled in the config.
547 - Don't allow UID lookups in /monitor + and /monitor s
548 - Fix a garbage issue with channel mode +j.
549 - Apply proper capability flags to the proper server in me_gcap().
550 - Use find_named_person() instead of find_person() in a nick collision.
551 - Prevent UID disclosure in cmode setting.
552 - Prevent UID disclosure to remote clients in /kick.
553 - Do not allow users to query via /whois <server> <UID>.
554 - Don't allow local users to use UID's in local usermode changes.
555 - Propagate +q lists on netjunction.
556 - Clear +q lists on a lowerTS SJOIN.
557 - Ported a generic k/d/x-line parser from hybrid-7.2 which resulted in
558 duplicate code reduction.
559 - Fix linebuf raw code to not truncate lines longer than 512 bytes;
560 improves ziplink reliability on net junction.
561 - Use find_named_person() vs find_person() in services alias code.
562 - Fix issue where channel forwarding token can be lost on net junction.
563 - Fix empty channel desync issues involving +P.
564 - Remove unused non-ENCAP CHGHOST support.
565 - Use TS6 form for SQUIT wallops.
566 - Propagate nickname changes for remote clients in TS6 form if possible,
567 even if sent in TS5 format.
568 - Only clear oper_only_umodes for local clients on deoper.
572 - Display logged in status on non-local clients too.
573 - Documentation updates
574 - Fix a bug with forward target authorization.
575 - Fix a bug with mode propagation (+Q/+F).
576 - Change ERR_NOSUCHNICK to ERR_SERVICESOFFLINE in services aliases.
577 - Add remote rehashing.
578 - Document service { } blocks (u:lines on ircu).
579 - Document identify_service and identify_command in reference.conf.
582 - Implement channel mode +L for channel list limit exemptions.
583 - Implement channel mode +P primarily as a status mode, permanant
584 channel -- this is usually enforced via services registrations.
585 - Change behaviour of /stats p: now displays all staff members instead
587 - Make oper_list global, add local_oper_list for local traffic.
588 - Strip control codes from parts and quits.
589 - Add channel mode +c which strips control codes from messages sent to
591 - Add channel mode +g which enables free use of the /invite command.
592 - Add channel mode +z which sends rejected messages to channel ops.
593 Could be useful for Q&A sessions or other similar events.
594 - Add channel quietmasks. These are recommended over the use of channel
595 bans used to remove a user's ability to participate in the channel.
596 - Add channel join throttling mode, +j. Used to throttle channel join
597 traffic, i.e. join/part flood attacks. Syntax: +j <joins>:<timeslice>
598 - Improvements to channel_modes(), from shadowircd -- allows for
599 better construction of the mode string.
600 - Use the undernet throttle notice instead of bancache message when
601 dealing with rejected clients. (stolen from ircu2.10.12)
602 - Add channel forwarding, via channel mode +f, behaves similarly to
604 - Update example.conf to reflect AthemeNET changes. Original ratbox
605 config is now reference.conf.
606 - Services account names are now tracked globally.
607 - Add channel mode +Q which disables the effects of channel forwarding
608 on a temporary basis.
609 - Add channel mode +F which allows anybody to disable forwarding target
610 authorisation, voluntarily on their channels.
611 - Make wallops behave like normal wallops.
612 - Add services aliases: /ns, /cs, /os, /nickserv, /chanserv, /operserv.
613 - Add simple hack that enables use of server password for automatic
616 -- ircd-ratbox-2.1.5+datadrain
617 - fix a buffer overflow and an unterminated buffer when TS6 forces us
619 - fix potential junk SJOIN generation when splitting it into multiple
621 - make servlink check for an uncompressed ERROR
622 - change NICKLEN to 15.
623 - change TOPICLEN to 390.
624 - force services extensions to be enabled always
625 - change patchlevel.h to get it's information from 'configure'
626 - add m_chghost.c, ghetto rigged hostcloaking module, using elite ENCAP
630 - fix minor time bug which occurs on december 31st
631 - dont drop a servers link when we get a malformed WHOIS
632 - disallow commas in channel keys
633 - fix compile problem with abort_list
634 - fix build on darwin
635 - fix compilation with gcc4
636 - userhost was only allowing 4 targets instead of 5
637 - invalidate channel ban cache on nickchange
638 - add TARGMAX to 005, detailing maximum targets for messages
639 - fix counting of clients on accept list when adding users
640 - use ID instead of name when bursting SJOIN to TS6 servers
641 - lower id in struct User, which was one byte bigger than it needs to be
644 - removed sendq_eob as it just doesnt work on efnet
645 - dont allow MONITOR from an unregistered client
646 - add some uniqueness into the auth process for bopm
647 - fix resvs to check whether target server is us properly
648 - fix a core in cidr channel ban matching
649 - raise max temptime to a year
650 - fix cores when we receive extra params to NICK/UID
651 - remove no_oper_resvs, add resv_exempt auth flag
652 - fix flattened links
653 - clean up the accept code, and dont clear a users own list of accepted
654 clients on nickchange
656 - make services {}; blocks be displayed on stats U
657 - make services {}; blocks apply on rehash, you must now have only ONE
658 service {}; block, but you may have multiple name=""; entries within.
659 - only show services logged in info for local clients
662 - fix missing end comment tag in example confs
663 - fix display problem with unauthorised conn notice
664 - remove some unused defines from INFO
665 - fix tabs for spaces in some helpfiles
666 - add in missing links_delay conf option
667 - fix cores under amd64
668 - disallow bans beginning with ':' over BMASK
669 - disallow bans with a space in chm_ban()
670 - stop counting hidden opers in stats p count output
671 - match() params of remote unresv were inverted, causing it to never match
672 - fix possibility of clients setting blank keys
673 - fix UID problems with trace
674 - raise default topiclen to 160
675 - add in forced nick change for ratbox-services, when compiled with
679 - remove an 005 token to hack around the parser bug
680 - exempt users messaging themselves from target change
681 - disallow messaging towards UIDs
682 - add in doc/tgchange.txt
683 - move stats L back to RPL_STATSLINKINFO
684 - fix some minor auth problems
685 - properly store ipv6 ips when we're compiled for v4 only
686 - fix propagation of xline/resv
687 - sync remote kline reasons with form used for local klines
692 -- ircd-ratbox-2.1.0beta2
693 - fix a few compile warnings
694 - added multi-prefix clicap, for showing "@+" in NAMES/WHO replies
695 - remove split_delay, make split servers now work on how many servers have
696 issued EOB, rather than how many exist.
697 - server-side notify lists. See doc/monitor.txt
699 - remove an unwanted space from beginning of second 005
700 - fix a potential core with the patricia when removing classes
701 - when we're handling global NAMES, dont output channels whose users are all
704 -- ircd-ratbox-2.1.0beta1
705 - No release notes, see doc/whats-new-2.1.txt
707 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
709 BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
711 BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
712 via IRC to irc.atheme.org, #charybdis. For specific bugs you can use
713 http://bugs-meta.atheme.org/ (Charybdis project).
715 Please include a gdb backtrace and keep the core file, binaries and
716 modules in case the developers need them.
718 Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL
720 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
721 $Id: NEWS 3496 2007-05-30 10:22:01Z jilles $