1 This is charybdis 2.2.0, Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Charybdis team.
2 See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2).
6 - The I/O code has been reworked, file descriptor metadata is stored in a
7 hashtable and the maximum number of clients can now be set in ircd.conf.
8 - Improve error checking and error messages for kline/dline/xline/resv files.
9 - Allow kline ipv6:address, unkline some.host and unkline ipv6:address
11 - Add accountability (wallops, log) to OKICK extension.
12 - Add opernick to OPME/OMODE/OJOIN log messages.
13 - Add use_forward option, allows disabling cmode +fFQ and umode +Q.
14 - Add keyword substitution to DNSBL reasons, making it possible to show
15 things like the user's IP address in the reason.
16 - Use sendto_one_notice() more.
17 - Server notices about kills now include the victim's nick!user@host instead
19 - Include real hostname in Closing Link message for unknown connections
20 that have sent USER, in particular banned users.
21 - Add some documentation about the SASL client protocol.
22 - Change spambot, flooder and jupe joiner notices from host to orighost.
23 - Remove the last remains of server hostmasking (this made it possible to
24 have multiple servers with similar names appear as a single server).
25 - Keep bitmasks of modularized umodes reserved forever to the letter,
26 avoiding problems when reloading umode modules in a different order.
28 - Update to the new revision (v8) of the TS6 spec, this fixes problems with
29 joins reversing certain mode changes crossing them. This interoperates
31 - Put "End of Channel Quiet List" at the end of +q lists.
32 - Fix invisible count getting desynched from reality if the act of opering
34 - Don't leak auth{} spoofed IP addresses in +f notices.
35 - Shorten quit/part/kick reasons to avoid quit reasons overflowing the
36 client exiting server notice (from TOPICLEN to 260).
37 - Fix some cases where 10 char usernames lose their final character.
38 - Move username check after xline and dnsbl checks, so it will not complain
39 to opers about clients who are xlined or blacklisted anyway (both of
40 which silently reject).
41 - Remove invite_ops_only config option, forcing it to YES.
42 - Allow /invite (but not invex) to override +r, +l, +j in addition to +i.
43 - Add several new extensions, such as createoperonly.
44 - Merge whois notice extensions into one and move it from snomask +y to +W.
48 - Fix bug that could cause all hostmangled users to be exempted when a
49 single ban exception existed on a channel.
50 - Tweak \s code a little.
51 - Add a minor clarification to the SGML docs.
52 - Avoid truncation in ip_cloaking (by removing components on the other side).
53 Note that this may cause channel +bqeI modes set on such very long hosts
58 - Search the shortest list (user's/channel's) when looking up channel
60 - Make the SID-collision notice look right under all conditions.
61 - Move kills from services from +s to +k snomask.
62 - When no_tilde is present on an auth{} block, check the non-tilde version
63 of the user@host against k:lines as well.
64 - Put full reason in the SQUIT reason when a server is rejected for
65 insufficient parameters being passed to a command.
66 - Don't redirect users to an existing domain, irc.fi.
67 - Improve communication of servlink-related error messages.
71 - Our official website is now http;//www.ircd-charybdis.org/.
72 - Make RPL_ISUPPORT (005 numeric) modularizable.
73 - Also do forwarding if the channel limit (+l) is exceeded.
74 - Don't count opers on service{} servers in /lusers.
75 - Allow servers to send to @#chan and +#chan.
76 - Allow +S clients (services) to send to channels and @/+ channels always.
77 - Allow normal match() on IP address also in /masktrace.
78 - Add new testmask from ratbox 2.2. Allows matches on nick, ip and gecos
79 in addition to user and host, and is fully analogous to masktrace.
80 The numeric has changed from 724 to 727 and fields in it have changed.
81 - Show IP addresses to opers in /whowas.
82 - Add extb_extgecos extban option ($x:nick!user@host#gecos), from sorcery
84 - Add extb_canjoin extban option ($j:#channel), matches if the user is banned
85 from the other channel.
86 - Allow opers to /who based on realhost.
87 - Allow opers to /masktrace, /testmask based on realhost.
88 - Add general::operspy_dont_care_user_info, limits operspy accountability to
89 channel-related information.
90 - Make host mangling more reliable.
91 - Prevent ban evasion by enabling/disabling host mangling.
92 - Add EUID, sends real host and services account in the same command as other
94 - Make it possible to send CHGHOST without ENCAP (fixes problems with old
96 - Allow service{} servers to manipulate the nick delay table (for "nickserv
97 enforcement", aka SVSHOLD).
98 - Send server notices about connections initiated by remote opers network wide.
99 - Fix too early truncation of JOIN channel list.
100 - Make the newconf system available to modules.
101 - Add /stats s to the hurt module to list active hurts.
102 - Add general::servicestring, shown in /whois for opered services (+oS).
103 - Show real host/IP behind dynamic spoof in /whois to the user themselves
105 - Document option to disable nick delay.
106 - Improve logging of server connections.
107 - Clean up handling of hostnames in connect blocks.
108 - Remove support for resolving ip6.int, people should be using ip6.arpa.
109 - Unbreak --disable-balloc (useful for debugging with tools like valgrind).
110 - Make Solaris 10 I/O ports code compile.
111 - Add WEBIRC module to allow showing the real host/IP of CGI:IRC users.
112 - Comment out blacklist{} block in example confs, as AHBL requires
113 notification before use.
114 - Fix some bugs relating to the resolver.
118 - Replace ADNS with a new smaller resolver from ircu and hybrid.
119 - Make services shortcuts (/chanserv etc) configurable in ircd.conf.
120 - Add extban: extensible +bqeI matching via modules. Syntax is
121 $<type>[:<data>]. By default no modules are loaded.
122 - Add DNS blacklist checking.
123 - Change operator{} block user@host from host to orighost. This means that
124 services/+h spoofs do not work in operator{} blocks; auth{} spoofs still
125 work. Check your operator{} blocks!
126 - Split contrib/ into extensions/ and unsupported/.
127 - Change CHGHOST do show the change to all other clients on common channels
129 - Add /rehash nickdelay to clear out the nickdelay tables.
130 - Glines are now disabled in the example confs.
131 - Show more error messages on stderr.
132 - Add OMODE command to extensions/ for easier oper mode hacking.
133 - Add HURT system to extensions/; this shuns clients matching certain host/ip
134 unless and until they identify to services. Mainly intended for SorceryNet.
135 - Show SASL success and failure counts in /stats t.
136 - Allow more frequent autoconnects to servers.
137 - Messaging services by nickname no longer uses target change slots.
138 - Only accept SASL from servers in a service{} block.
139 - New auth{} flag need_sasl to reject users who haven't done SASL
141 - Expand blah.blah and blah:blah to *!*@... instead of ...!*@* for bans
142 - Don't allow opers to fake locops/operwall to +w.
143 - Documentation updates.
148 - Implement SAFELIST.
149 - Incorporate ircu's match() algorithm.
150 - Improve usermode modularization.
151 - Seperate server notices into a seperate snomask, freeing up many
152 usermodes to be used.
153 - Add support for SIGNON originating from Hyperion2.
154 - Modularize many server notices into seperate modules.
155 - Add hooks for can_join and can_create_channel.
156 - Add support for SASL authentication.
157 - Add introduce_user hook for adding new messages when a user is bursted.
158 - Move a large part of the ircd into libcharybdis.
159 - Don't complain "unknown user mode" if a user tries to unset
160 a mode they do not have access to.
161 - Update our challenge specification to the challenge implementation in
162 ratbox 2.2 for interoperability.
163 - Make +f notices network-wide (local host, global host,
164 global user@host, local class), other notices tied to +f remain local.
165 - Allow ENCAP REALHOST outside of netburst.
166 - Add general::global_snotices option to make server notices be
168 - Add sno_farconnect.c to contrib, provides farconnect support.
169 Could be useful for BOPM.
170 - Add sno_routing.c which displays information about netsplits, netjoins
171 and the clients affected by them.
172 - Add CHANTRACE and TRACEMASK commands from ratbox 3.0
173 - Use IsOperAdmin() instead of IsAdmin() when sending admin-only messages,
174 that way hidden admins get them too.
175 - Add m_error to core_module_table, somehow it was missing.
176 - Correct a format string bug that occurs when a read error is
178 - Add some logging in places where we drop servers and only notify
180 - Track hostmask limits based on a client's original host, if
182 - Move HIDE_SPOOF_IPS into the general {} block in ircd.conf
186 - Fix /invite UID leak. (Found by logiclrd@EFnet.)
187 - Incorporate ratbox bugfixes for the MONITOR system.
188 - Made show_ip() less braindead.
189 - Show real errno if we fail to connect to a server.
190 - Don't disclose server IP's when a connection fails.
191 - Do not show the channels a service is sitting in.
192 - Reverted the aline code from hybrid-7.2
193 - Make sure TS6 services are recognized properly if connected remotely.
194 - Tweak something in services support for cyrix boxes.
198 - Fix propagation of an empty SJOIN (permanant channels).
199 - Fix an exploit involving a malformed /trace request.
200 - Don't display a blank RPL_WHOISCHANNELS in a remote whois request.
201 - Allow modules to provide new usermodes.
202 - On a nickname collision, change the collided nick to their unique ID,
203 if general::collision_fnc is enabled in the config.
204 - Don't allow UID lookups in /monitor + and /monitor s
205 - Fix a garbage issue with channel mode +j.
206 - Apply proper capability flags to the proper server in me_gcap().
207 - Use find_named_person() instead of find_person() in a nick collision.
208 - Prevent UID disclosure in cmode setting.
209 - Prevent UID disclosure to remote clients in /kick.
210 - Do not allow users to query via /whois <server> <UID>.
211 - Don't allow local users to use UID's in local usermode changes.
212 - Propagate +q lists on netjunction.
213 - Clear +q lists on a lowerTS SJOIN.
214 - Ported a generic k/d/x-line parser from hybrid-7.2 which resulted in
215 duplicate code reduction.
216 - Fix linebuf raw code to not truncate lines longer than 512 bytes;
217 improves ziplink reliability on net junction.
218 - Use find_named_person() vs find_person() in services alias code.
219 - Fix issue where channel forwarding token can be lost on net junction.
220 - Fix empty channel desync issues involving +P.
221 - Remove unused non-ENCAP CHGHOST support.
222 - Use TS6 form for SQUIT wallops.
223 - Propagate nickname changes for remote clients in TS6 form if possible,
224 even if sent in TS5 format.
225 - Only clear oper_only_umodes for local clients on deoper.
229 - Display logged in status on non-local clients too.
230 - Documentation updates
231 - Fix a bug with forward target authorization.
232 - Fix a bug with mode propagation (+Q/+F).
233 - Change ERR_NOSUCHNICK to ERR_SERVICESOFFLINE in services aliases.
234 - Add remote rehashing.
235 - Document service { } blocks (u:lines on ircu).
236 - Document identify_service and identify_command in reference.conf.
239 - Implement channel mode +L for channel list limit exemptions.
240 - Implement channel mode +P primarily as a status mode, permanant
241 channel -- this is usually enforced via services registrations.
242 - Change behaviour of /stats p: now displays all staff members instead
244 - Make oper_list global, add local_oper_list for local traffic.
245 - Strip control codes from parts and quits.
246 - Add channel mode +c which strips control codes from messages sent to
248 - Add channel mode +g which enables free use of the /invite command.
249 - Add channel mode +z which sends rejected messages to channel ops.
250 Could be useful for Q&A sessions or other similar events.
251 - Add channel quietmasks. These are recommended over the use of channel
252 bans used to remove a user's ability to participate in the channel.
253 - Add channel join throttling mode, +j. Used to throttle channel join
254 traffic, i.e. join/part flood attacks. Syntax: +j <joins>:<timeslice>
255 - Improvements to channel_modes(), from shadowircd -- allows for
256 better construction of the mode string.
257 - Use the undernet throttle notice instead of bancache message when
258 dealing with rejected clients. (stolen from ircu2.10.12)
259 - Add channel forwarding, via channel mode +f, behaves similarly to
261 - Update example.conf to reflect AthemeNET changes. Original ratbox
262 config is now reference.conf.
263 - Services account names are now tracked globally.
264 - Add channel mode +Q which disables the effects of channel forwarding
265 on a temporary basis.
266 - Add channel mode +F which allows anybody to disable forwarding target
267 authorisation, voluntarily on their channels.
268 - Make wallops behave like normal wallops.
269 - Add services aliases: /ns, /cs, /os, /nickserv, /chanserv, /operserv.
270 - Add simple hack that enables use of server password for automatic
273 -- ircd-ratbox-2.1.5+datadrain
274 - fix a buffer overflow and an unterminated buffer when TS6 forces us
276 - fix potential junk SJOIN generation when splitting it into multiple
278 - make servlink check for an uncompressed ERROR
279 - change NICKLEN to 15.
280 - change TOPICLEN to 390.
281 - force services extensions to be enabled always
282 - change patchlevel.h to get it's information from 'configure'
283 - add m_chghost.c, ghetto rigged hostcloaking module, using elite ENCAP
287 - fix minor time bug which occurs on december 31st
288 - dont drop a servers link when we get a malformed WHOIS
289 - disallow commas in channel keys
290 - fix compile problem with abort_list
291 - fix build on darwin
292 - fix compilation with gcc4
293 - userhost was only allowing 4 targets instead of 5
294 - invalidate channel ban cache on nickchange
295 - add TARGMAX to 005, detailing maximum targets for messages
296 - fix counting of clients on accept list when adding users
297 - use ID instead of name when bursting SJOIN to TS6 servers
298 - lower id in struct User, which was one byte bigger than it needs to be
301 - removed sendq_eob as it just doesnt work on efnet
302 - dont allow MONITOR from an unregistered client
303 - add some uniqueness into the auth process for bopm
304 - fix resvs to check whether target server is us properly
305 - fix a core in cidr channel ban matching
306 - raise max temptime to a year
307 - fix cores when we receive extra params to NICK/UID
308 - remove no_oper_resvs, add resv_exempt auth flag
309 - fix flattened links
310 - clean up the accept code, and dont clear a users own list of accepted
311 clients on nickchange
313 - make services {}; blocks be displayed on stats U
314 - make services {}; blocks apply on rehash, you must now have only ONE
315 service {}; block, but you may have multiple name=""; entries within.
316 - only show services logged in info for local clients
319 - fix missing end comment tag in example confs
320 - fix display problem with unauthorised conn notice
321 - remove some unused defines from INFO
322 - fix tabs for spaces in some helpfiles
323 - add in missing links_delay conf option
324 - fix cores under amd64
325 - disallow bans beginning with ':' over BMASK
326 - disallow bans with a space in chm_ban()
327 - stop counting hidden opers in stats p count output
328 - match() params of remote unresv were inverted, causing it to never match
329 - fix possibility of clients setting blank keys
330 - fix UID problems with trace
331 - raise default topiclen to 160
332 - add in forced nick change for ratbox-services, when compiled with
336 - remove an 005 token to hack around the parser bug
337 - exempt users messaging themselves from target change
338 - disallow messaging towards UIDs
339 - add in doc/tgchange.txt
340 - move stats L back to RPL_STATSLINKINFO
341 - fix some minor auth problems
342 - properly store ipv6 ips when we're compiled for v4 only
343 - fix propagation of xline/resv
344 - sync remote kline reasons with form used for local klines
349 -- ircd-ratbox-2.1.0beta2
350 - fix a few compile warnings
351 - added multi-prefix clicap, for showing "@+" in NAMES/WHO replies
352 - remove split_delay, make split servers now work on how many servers have
353 issued EOB, rather than how many exist.
354 - server-side notify lists. See doc/monitor.txt
356 - remove an unwanted space from beginning of second 005
357 - fix a potential core with the patricia when removing classes
358 - when we're handling global NAMES, dont output channels whose users are all
361 -- ircd-ratbox-2.1.0beta1
362 - No release notes, see doc/whats-new-2.1.txt
364 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
366 BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
368 BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
369 via IRC to irc.atheme.org, #charybdis. For specific bugs you can use
370 http://bugs-meta.atheme.org/ (Charybdis project).
372 Please include a gdb backtrace and keep the core file, binaries and
373 modules in case the developers need them.
375 Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL
377 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
378 $Id: NEWS 3496 2007-05-30 10:22:01Z jilles $