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@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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ngIRCd 18~rc1 (2011-06-27)
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- PAM warning message: make clear which "Password" config option is ignored.
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- New configuration opion "MorePrivacy" to "censor" some user information.
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When enabled, signon time and idle time is censored. Part and quit
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- New configuration option "MorePrivacy" to "censor" some user information.
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When enabled, signon time and idle time is left out. Part and quit
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messages are made to look the same. WHOWAS requests are silently dropped.
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All of this is useful if one wish to conceal users that access the ngircd
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servers from TOR or I2P.
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- New configuration option "ScrubCTCP" to scrub incoming CTCP commands. If
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activated, the server silently drops incomming CTCP requests from both
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activated, the server silently drops incoming CTCP requests from both
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other servers and from users. The server that scrubs CTCP will not forward
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the CTCP requests to other servers in the network either, which can spell
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trouble if not every oper knows about the CTCP-scrubbing. Scrubbing CTCP
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@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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would be best to just use 4096 bits, but that takes minutes, even on
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current hardware ...
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- contrib/platformtest.sh: fix gcc version detection.
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- Avoid needlesly scary 'buffer overflow' messages: When the write buffer
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- Avoid needlessly scary 'buffer overflow' messages: When the write buffer
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space grows too large, ngIRCd has to disconnect the client to avoid
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wasting too much memory, which is logged with a scary 'write buffer
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overflow' message. Change this to a more descriptive wording.
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@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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like e.g. snircd (QuakeNet) does.
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- Generate WALLOPS message on SQUIT from IRC operators; so SQUIT now behaves
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like CONNECT and DISCONNECT commands, when called by an IRC operator.
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- Allow servers to send more commands in the first 10 secods ("burst"). This
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helps to speed up server login and network synchronisation.
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- Allow servers to send more commands in the first 10 seconds ("burst"). This
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helps to speed up server login and network synchronization.
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- Add support for up to 3 targets in WHOIS queries, also allow up to one
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wildcard query from local hosts. Follows ircd 2.10 implementation rather
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than RFC 2812. At most 10 entries are returned per wildcard expansion.
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@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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- Don't access possibly free'd CLIENT structure. Ooops.
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- Allow "Port = 0" in [Server] blocks. Port number 0 marks remote servers
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that try to connect to this daemon, but where this daemon never tries to
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establis a connection on its own: only incoming connections are allowed.
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establish a connection on its own: only incoming connections are allowed.
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- Configuration: fix 'Value of "..." is not a number!' for negative values.
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- Enable WHOIS command to return information about services.
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- Implement channel mode 'O': "IRC operators only". This channel mode is
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@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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in [Global] are still accepted, so there is no functional change.
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- Fix confusing "adding to invite list" debug messages: adding entries to
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ban list produced 'invite list' debug output ...
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- Don't throttle services and servers beeing registered.
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- Don't throttle services and servers being registered.
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- Xcode: correctly sort files :-)
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- Don't assert() when serching a client for an invalid server token (this is
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- Don't assert() when searching a client for an invalid server token (this is
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only relevant when a trusted server on a server-server link sends invalid
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commands).
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@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 17.1 (2010-12-19)
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- Reset ID of outgoing server link on DNS error correctly
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- Don't log critical (or worse) messages to stderr
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- Manual page ngircd(8): add SIGNALS section
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- Manual pages: update and simplyfy AUTHORS section
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- Manual pages: update and simplify AUTHORS section
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- Remove "error file" when compiled with debug code enabled
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- README: Updated list of implemented commands
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- add doc/README-Interix.txt and doc/Bopm.txt to distribution tarball
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2
INSTALL
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INSTALL
@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Again: "end users" do not need this step!
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The configure-script is used to detect local system dependencies.
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In the perfect case, configure should recognise all needed libraries, header
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In the perfect case, configure should recognize all needed libraries, header
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files and so on. If this shouldn't work, "./configure --help" shows all
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possible options.
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NEWS
10
NEWS
@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
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ngIRCd Release 18
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ngIRCd 18~rc1 (2011-06-27)
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- New configuration opion "MorePrivacy" to "censor" some user information.
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When enabled, signon time and idle time is censored. Part and quit
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- New configuration option "MorePrivacy" to "censor" some user information.
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When enabled, signon time and idle time is left out. Part and quit
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messages are made to look the same. WHOWAS requests are silently dropped.
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All of this is useful if one wish to conceal users that access the ngircd
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servers from TOR or I2P.
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- New configuration option "ScrubCTCP" to scrub incoming CTCP commands. If
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activated, the server silently drops incomming CTCP requests from both
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activated, the server silently drops incoming CTCP requests from both
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other servers and from users. The server that scrubs CTCP will not forward
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the CTCP requests to other servers in the network either, which can spell
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trouble if not every oper knows about the CTCP-scrubbing. Scrubbing CTCP
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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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the [Global] section are deprecated now, but are still recognized.
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=> Don't forget to check your configuration, use "ngircd --configtest"!
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- New documentation "how to contribute": doc/Contributing.txt.
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- Avoid needlesly scary 'buffer overflow' messages: When the write buffer
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- Avoid needlessly scary 'buffer overflow' messages: When the write buffer
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space grows too large, ngIRCd has to disconnect the client to avoid
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wasting too much memory, which is logged with a scary 'write buffer
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overflow' message. Change this to a more descriptive wording.
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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ngIRCd Release 18
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the moment. This enhances reliability on slow links.
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- Allow "Port = 0" in [Server] blocks. Port number 0 marks remote servers
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that try to connect to this daemon, but where this daemon never tries to
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establis a connection on its own: only incoming connections are allowed.
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establish a connection on its own: only incoming connections are allowed.
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- Enable WHOIS command to return information about services.
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- Implement channel mode 'O': "IRC operators only". This channel mode is
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used on DALnet (bahamut), for example.
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# This tells ngIRCd to write its current process ID to a file.
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# Note that the pidfile is written AFTER chroot and switching the
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# user ID, e.g. the directory the pidfile resides in must be
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# writeable by the ngIRCd user and exist in the chroot directory.
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# writable by the ngIRCd user and exist in the chroot directory.
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;PidFile = /var/run/ngircd/ngircd.pid
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# Ports on which the server should listen. There may be more than
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[Options]
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# Optional features and configuration options to further tweak the
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# behavior of ngIRCd. If you wan't to get started quickly, you most
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# behavior of ngIRCd. If you want to get started quickly, you most
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# probably don't have to make changes here -- they are all optional.
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# Are remote IRC operators allowed to control this server, e.g.
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# "PONG" reply.
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;RequireAuthPing = no
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# Silently drop all incomming CTCP requests.
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# Silently drop all incoming CTCP requests.
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;ScrubCTCP = no
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# Syslog "facility" to which ngIRCd should send log messages.
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systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
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the syslog mechanism.
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.SH OPTIONS
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The default behaviour of
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The default behavior of
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.BR ngircd
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is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
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controlling terminal and to wait for clients.
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The daemon understands the following signals:
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.TP
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\fBTERM\fR
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Shut down all conections and terminate the daemon.
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Shut down all connections and terminate the daemon.
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.TP
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\fBHUP\fR
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Shut down all listening sockets, re-read the configuration file and
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\fBPidFile\fR (string)
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This tells ngIRCd to write its current process ID to a file. Note that the
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pidfile is written AFTER chroot and switching the user ID, e.g. the directory
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the pidfile resides in must be writeable by the ngIRCd user and exist in the
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the pidfile resides in must be writable by the ngIRCd user and exist in the
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chroot directory (if configured, see above).
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.TP
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\fBPorts\fR (list of numbers)
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@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ If a client fails to answer a PING with a PONG within <PongTimeout>
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seconds, it will be disconnected by the server. Default: 20.
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.SH [OPTIONS]
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Optional features and configuration options to further tweak the behavior of
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ngIRCd. If you wan't to get started quickly, you most probably don't have to
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ngIRCd. If you want to get started quickly, you most probably don't have to
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make changes here -- they are all optional.
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.TP
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\fBAllowRemoteOper\fR (boolean)
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If set to true, ngIRCd will silently drop all CTCP requests sent to it from
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both clients and servers. It will also not forward CTCP requests to any
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other servers. CTCP requests can be used to query user clients about which
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software they are using and which versions said softare is. CTCP can also be
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software they are using and which versions said software is. CTCP can also be
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used to reveal clients IP numbers. ACTION CTCP requests are not blocked,
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this means that /me commands will not be dropped, but please note that
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blocking CTCP will disable file sharing between users!
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