wraith-ircbot/doc/UPDATES.md

1.4.9

• Fix various compile warnings and spam
• Fix ptrace detection on OpenBSD (after 1.4.6 regression for the Linux fix)
• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• Fix command executions.
• Fix OpenSSL 1.1 build (API) and forward-runtime (ABI) compatibility. (#116)
• Properly honor exemptions when kicking matched RBL clients
• Fix LASTON not being shared
• Fix OpenBSD eg++ detection
• Add LibreSSL support

1.4.8

• Support Debian/Ubuntu's libssl1.0.0[:i386] package.
• Improve hints about OpenSSL library packages to install.
• Fix AddressSanitizer [1] being enabled by default causing 16TB+ of VM to be used. On most systems this was harmless since the memory was not actually used. This feature is still enabled by default for debug binaries. [1] http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AddressSanitizer.html
• Fix './wraith -C' file being immediately modified when saving on FreeBSD (#94)
• Support FreeBSD closefrom(2)
• Use vfork(2) in some places

1.4.7

• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• Fix Linux binary compat on FreeBSD due to lack of ptrace(2).
• Avoid warnings from Debian's FORTIFY_SOURCE
• Remove an old +take limiter that was forgotten.
• Use Linux's prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE) to disable core dumps and ptrace(2).
• Use FreeBSD 10's procctl(PROC_TRACE_CTL) to disable core dumps and tracing.
• Fix binary compat issue causing ptrace permission errors on Linux 3.4+
• Fix ban/exempt/invite masking not working with 10-char idents.
• Fallback to ISON if the server falsely claims to support MONITOR.
• Fix bot not auto-opping after just connecting.
• Fix invites not being applied in -dynamicinvites channels when +i is set.
• Fix not handling auto-op in minutely channel rechecks.
• Fix auto-voice and auto-op not applying after a nick change.
• Don't truncate bot's join time on .reset.
• Fix various small memory leaks.
• Fix case where .[bot]set would not share to new bots until their localhub was relinked.
• Raise netsplit timeout to 1000 seconds and allow it to be configured with 'set wait-split' (#60).
• Indent BOTNET entries some in .whois.
• Disallow negative 'chanset limit' (#96).
• Raise server cycle time from 15 to 30 seconds and add 'set server-cycle-wait for configuring it. (#81)
• Show reason when initiating FiSH Key exchange
• Auto initiate FiSH key exchange (with fish-auto=1) when invalid message received. (Invalid or unknown key) (#74)
• Show more clear error on Centos 7 that static-libstdc++ is required, rather than an obscure Libcrypto error.
• Restrict 'chanset groups' to owners.
• Stop building the binary as i486. Let it use modern x86/x86_64.
• Stop trying to regain jupenick when it is unavailable and main nick is temporarily juped (#101).
• Fix bots not tracking groups for other bots. This also fixes slowjoin with groups.
• Fix bot forgetting its nick/jupenick during restart and reverting to botnick if restarting in the middle of a server connect or attempted NICK change that fails.
• Fix some various internal caching issues.

1.4.6

• Disable demo TCL support by default to prevent confusion during build.
• Avoid apparmor ptrace(2) warnings on Ubuntu
• Allow 'set trace ignore' again. Undoes a change from 2005.
• Fix ptrace detection on Linux
• Fix broken startup with GCC from ports on FreeBSD.
• Fix simulated terminal mode (-nt) defaulting to all console flags.
• Fix simulated terminal mode (-nt) not having color supported.
• Fix race between DCC and terminal output which could result in bolds being backwards (#86).
• Fix TCL warnings during build if TCL is not being used.
• Rework the build to parallelize better and rebuild some things less often.
• GCC: Always link libstdc++ statically. This avoids distributing a binary that would rely on having a specific compiler version installed and avoids issues when updating the local compiler. This also fixes building a binary with GCC on FreeBSD and using it on a clang-only system.
• Fix conversion of command passes from ancient 1.3 format.

1.4.5

• Remove ahbl as it now positively identifies all hosts as abusive http://www.ahbl.org/content/last-notice-wildcarding-services-jan-1st

1.4.4

• Read in /etc/hosts on startup
• Fix 'bl %group cmd' giving incorrect message when group/bots not found.
• Fix cmd_slowjoin eating the first channel option (This fixes groups support)
• Fix help for 'topic' to show optional channel argument
• Fix cmd_hublevel not properly requiring a hublevel argument
• Fix build with clang (FreeBSD 10)
• Fix startup crash when some shared library symbols were missing
• Fix build on systems without working libssp
• Fix build detecting invalid openssl installations (ones with only static libs)
• Give hint on bot when disconnected from hub for reason
• Fix cmd_netnick formatting issue with offline bots
• Fix crash when built with clang (FreeBSD)
• Binary now uses libelf internally for handling conf data.
• Bot responses are now clear and nice. Recompile with your own list if you want in doc/responses.txt
• Remove channel limit when limitraise is disabled (#77)
• 'fork-interval' removed.
• Build with -fstack-protector by default
• Remove 60 process limit

1.4.3

• Default 'set promisc' to ignore since it's usually a false positive and doesn't matter much.
• Bots linking in must now have a matching host on their user to succeed linking. This was always requiring a valid host, but was not restricted to that bot.
• Fix leaf bots being able to initiate userfile transfer to hubs
• Protect binary updates so that only hubs can offer/send them
• Fix backwards compatibility with older 1.2/1.3 bots
• Fix vulnerability in linking

1.4.2

• Prevent crashing on startup if openssl can not be loaded
• Rename option -c to -m for 'manual' edit, and redirect -c to -C
• Show a nicer compile error when BUILDTS unable to be determined / gmake is not used.
• Show 'Do!' in 'chaninfo' for 'Voice-moderate' to be consistent with other flags.
• Fix CALLERID not respecting ignores (#63)
• When using msg OP, check for and allow '#chan PASS' as well as 'PASS #chan'
• Warn when using 'chattr +a' as some users may expect it to be auto-op (#58)
• Really fix CAPS/COLOR flood detection not obeying x|x flags
• Support TCL 8.6 in the beta libtcl support (no scripting support yet)
• Fix hub startup not respecting changed HUB lines in config
• Fix './wraith -V' not showing the updated HUB info

1.4.1

• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• Remove 'chanset +meankicks'. You can customize your kicks in doc/responses.txt and recompile.
• Don't allow running as root
• Don't allow more than 5 bots per binary.
• Fix CAPS/COLOR flood detection not obeying x|x flags
• Fix OPs engaging the mass flood protection
• Fix +bitch not working under some conditions
• Fix "+d virus" causing bots to enforce deop anyone who ops someone who opped a +d user
• Fix compiling without TCL support (#50)
• Reading in pack.cfg will now do some sanity checks
• Add better explanation when rejecting botlink due to not being +o (#51)

1.4.0

• Updated server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• Change +bitch reaction to use normal queue for deopping opper/opped clients
• Fix +take clearing -fastop (fixes #371)
• Added botbitch to mmode (fixes #139)
• Added SSL support This includes new set options: 'servers-ssl', 'servers6-ssl', 'server-port-ssl', 'server-use-ssl'
• libcrypto (openssl) is now loaded at startup and is required.
• Added TCL support. This is only a .tcl command currently, no scripts are loadable yet.
• Fix blowfish not working correctly on 64bit
• Suicide will now remove all bots related to the binary being removed (fixes #435)
• FiSH message support added.
  • FiSH support for DH1080 key-exchange. 'keyx' command added to start from bot, and responds to key-exchanges.
  • Auto FiSH key-exchange when accepting users via callerid (controllable with set 'fish-auto-keyx')
  • Automatic re-key exchange after every message to avoid replay attacks (controllable with set 'fish-paranoid')
  • Set FiSH key via cmd_setkey and 'chanset fish-key'
  • Bot expires key exchange if there's no response in 7 seconds.
  • Bot expires key-exchanged keys after 60 minutes.
• When 'mdop' protection is on, re-op all previously opped clients automatically.
• When 'mop' protection is on, deop all previously regular clients automatically.
• Add './wraith -V' which will display the packconfig that the bot is using.
• Add cmd_newhub for adding a new hub. All bots will add this to their config.
• Hubs can now be overridden inside the botconfig (-C)
• Optimize userfile writing by doing it asynchronously
• Groups support added. See: http://wraith.botpack.net/wiki/Groups
  • Add [bot]set var 'groups' to configure what groups bots are in
  • Add chanset 'groups' to take a list of groups that should join. 'chanset #chan groups { main backup }'
  • Added group support to 'botcmd': 'botcmd [*|&|?] %group cmd'
  • 'botjoin' and 'botpart' have been removed. Just use .+chan, .chanset, .botset to control groups.
  • Add command 'groups' to list all groups and which bots are in them.
  • Command 'channels' now accepts a '%group' param to show which channels a group are in.
  • Add '%group' support to 'bots' command.
• Improve output of 'bots' command by displaying and sorting nodename
• Minus chrec if .chattr set no flags
• Added 'chanset +floodban' to ban clients that violate 'flood-chan' and 'flood-ctcp'
• Bots now auto-reop other bots that get deopped
• Bots now ask for ops quicker if another bot is opped
• Bots now request/join +ilk channels much quicker
• Add 'chanset revenge' which will react/kick/ban/remove users who kick/ban/deop bots.
• Fix flood kicking not properly tracking multiple clients at once (#43)
• Add chanset 'flood-bytes' to count how many bytes:second a user sends before getting kicked for flood. (#42)
• Bot will now lockdown channel (+im) if banlist becomes full (#37)
• Bot will now lockdown channel (+im) if a drone flood is detected (#37)
  • Add chansets 'flood-mchan', 'flood-mbytes', 'flood-mctcp' to control reactions to mass floods (#37)
• Remove unneeded chanset 'nomassjoin'
• Add chanset 'caps-limit' to handle % of message that can be in caps before kick (#8)
• Add chanset 'color-limit' to handle how many color codes are allowed in a message before kick (#8)
• Add chanset 'closed-exempt' which will allow exempting non-users (who are opped or voice) from being kicked. (fixes #171)
• Tweak limit range checking such that bot will set limit less often
• Bots now again respect devoices made by other bots and will not revoice those users.
• Add chanset 'voice-moderate' which will auto set +m in '+voice' channel and devoice flooding clients instead of kick. (#48)
• Bots now will enforce devoices made by ops (user +o) and allow any op (user +o) to revoice to disable that enforcement. This used to use +m to enforce/allowed revoicing.
• Bots will now remember a client's flood/devoice settings if they cycle (#49)

1.3.4

• Fix various compile warnings with newer GCC
• Fix bot getting confused when changing to long nicks
• Fix case where nick would rotate to NICK1 when already on NICK2 and NICK was unavailable
• Documentation cleanups
• Fixed 'request' kick msg with cmd_kick
• Enforce cmd_invite syntax
• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.

1.3.3

• Fix --disable-ipv6 compiling
• Update cmd_mop to support console channel (so it works via Auth commands better)
• Add an extra 2 second delay before releasing nick to aide in syncing and time to type /nick
• When a nick is released, start regaining as soon as it is witnessed to have been taken again
• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• cmd_mns_user now accepts multiple users (fixes #77)
• Permanent owners can no longer be removed via cmd_mns_user
• Fix various places incorrectly truncating passwords at 15 characters
• Fix BSDmakefile not being included in distribution package

1.3.2

• Misc bug fixes
• 'make' on BSD will now redirect to gmake.
• Fix partyline cmds for |m and |o users who do not have console set correctly. (.adduser)
• Allow simulated terminal (HQ) user to access owners (ie, .chpass owner)
• Fix 'mop' causing a mass deop when -bitch
• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• Don't kick friendly bots that are desynced: op them.
• Wraith is now linked dynamically. This should improve binary compat. Compile on the oldest OS you want to support, and ensure newer ones have all necessary compat libraries.

1.3.1

• Fix crash related to slowpart
• Fixed parsing errors in .chanset
• Only global +n can use .chanset * now
• cmd_die no longer puts user's nick into the quit msg.
• Update rbl list, 'set -yes rbl-servers -' to get new list.
• Update server list, 'set -yes servers -' and 'set -yes servers6 -' to get new list.
• Fix default compile so it doesn't use a ton of processes.
• Fix bot getting killed on OpenBSD 4.7 on startup
• Ignore 'pflog' interfaces in promisc
• Fix buffer overflow in DCC
• Fix problems with changing IP
• Fix bot going zombie if it jumps during a restart
• Fix auth IRC lookups getting the wrong cached idx
• Fix cmd_relay so it does not use IPv6 if not supported.
• Fix bot linking so it does not use IPv6 if not supported.

1.3

• Binary / shell / startup changes
  • Binary error messages are no longer obscure numbers or fake segfaults. (Compile with OBSCURE_ERRORS to re-enable)
  • Binary pass prompt has been changed to not be an obscure 'bash$' prompt anymore.
  • Removed pscloak feature, it was too malicious, pointless and stupid.
  • Fix problem of upgrading with uninitialized binaries causing corruption (will kick in on future upgrades)
  • Optimized how some shell operations are executed.
  • Uname checking (and associated emails) have been removed.
  • Email functionality has been removed.
  • Fix crash on OpenBSD due to mmap(2) bug.
  • Removed gethostbyname() dependency. This fixes Linux binary compatibility issues / crashes on startup.
• Cookie op changes
  • Cookie op algorithm changed again, they can no longer be easily reused (fixes #402) Thank you mulder.
  • Cookies no longer fail if the opping bot changes nick after queueing the mode.
  • Cookie time window increased, false-positives from lag/netsplits should be completely eliminated now.
  • Auto disable cookies on ircu(undernet) and Unreal servers as they do not support unbanning nonexistant bans.
• DNS changes
  • More DNS errors are now handled which fixes some misc DNS issues.
  • DNS now works on servers which tend to only return partial results (fixes #424)
  • Lower DNS lookup timeout from 40 seconds to 10 seconds.
  • Use random query ids for DNS lookups.
  • Remove cox.net nameservers from backup list.
  • Add Google DNS servers as backups: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 (http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/)
  • If a .resolv.conf exists, only use the nameservers listed in it.
  • Fix problem of bots never reconnecting to hub after being up for long periods. (Was a DNS issue)
  • Bot no longer connects to IRC over IPv6 if it was specifically given an IPv4 IP.
• Botlink
  • Bots now link to the first bot in their binary (the localhub) over a UNIX domain socket. Only the localhub connects to the main hubs.
  • Bots must have a matching host to be able to link now.
  • Telnet/DCC now checks both forward/reverse to ensure they match. (fixes #19)
  • Fix botlink problems when hub and leaf nicks are long.
  • Only use oident for server connects, not for bot linking.
• Compiling changes
  • Prefer g++ 4.4.1 when compiling.
  • No longer bundling Openssl code; It is now required to be installed to compile.
  • build.sh cleanups.
  • Now including bdlib.
  • Enable SSP for debug binary/testing.
• PackConfig changes
  • PackConfig can now be securely read over STDIN. Use ./wraith -Q, then paste it in.
  • Binary will no longer generate SALTS if missing from the PackConfig. This was causing too much confusion.
  • SHELLHASH renamed to BINARYPASS (SHELLHASH is still supported)
  • BINARYPASS and Owner passwords in the PackConfig can now be salted-sha1. '+' + RAND(5) + '$' + SHA1(RAND(5) + 'password')
  • BINARYPASS may no longer be an MD5 Hash.
• Userfile / sharing changes
  • Userfile transfer is now made over botlink (no extra ports needed) (works behind NAT/firewall)
  • New userfile pass algorithm (salted-sha1)
  • New userfile cmdpass algorithm (salted-sha1)
  • New userfile storage format.
  • Raise Handle length up to 32 characters.
• cmd_set fixes
  • Sanitize cmd_set input locally as well as remotely (fixes #273)
  • Ensure that some set variables are only 1 word long.
  • Fix cmd_botset not setting default/global value on leaf bots when clearing a var (fixes #389)
• Misc fixes
  • All existing compile errors fixed.
  • Cleanup +r implementation a bit to lookup users more often than only on join. (fixes #127)
  • Bot now properly reacts to IP bans if it is +r.
  • If a user does not have a console setting, they will be given default settings on login.
  • Fix a case where the temporary file was not cleaned up when exiting config editor (-C) (fixes #428)
  • Fix cmd_slowpart issues.
  • Fix cmd_pls_chan causing bots to reset a channels settings when it already existed.
  • Fix password length discrepencies / off-by-1 problems in cmd_chpass and cmd_nopass (fixes #436)
  • Fix botcmd to make sure that results are delivered only to the requester (fixes #208)
  • Fix issues with server-port not being updated to the current server list (fixes #176)
  • Fix aliases not properly indicating bad command on leaf bots (fixes #297)
  • Fix (+|-)(ban|exempt|invite) commands to properly handle if the channel is given first so that a #chan!@ ban is not created.
  • Fix chanint 'flood-exempt' not exempting ops when set to 'voice'.
  • Fix segfault with /KNOCK on csircd.
  • Fix restart causing bot to change nick (this was a regression in jupenick)
  • Fix cmd_slowjoin not working on backup bots correctly.
  • Fix a crash from long hubnicks.
  • Fix +botbitch being very slow and inefficient
  • Better +bitch/+botbitch/+closed handling when in floodless mode.
  • Bot now attempts to join a channel immediately on invite.
  • Fix bot not setting 'chanmode' channel modes when getting opped.
  • Fix bot forgetting server uptime on restart
  • Fix '+user user' with no hostmask adding the hostmask '!@' to the user.
  • Fix case where bot would not get the +e and +I lists when getting opped.
  • If a bot devoices a user in a +voice channel, the +y bot will no longer enforce this.
  • Fix cmd_botjoin not properly setting up addedby/addedts for the channel.
  • Fix bots never timing out when connecting to servers sometimes.
  • Bot no longer tries opening an identd socket unless it's root or running on cygwin.
  • Fix crash when setting a bot +B
  • Fix crash and lockup in cmd_bottree
• Misc changes
  • Cleanup DCC/Telnet listening so bot only listens on IPV6 if it was specifically given an IPV6 IP.
  • CTCP bot CHAT will no longer work if the bot does not have an IPV4 IP set.
  • Add cmd 'release', 'netrelease' and msg-release for releasing a bot's jupenick on a 7 second timer.
  • Add MONITOR support. This speeds up NICK grabbing. (fixes #320)
  • Add set 'deaf' to run bot in DEAF mode on supporting IRCDs. This prevents channel conversations coming to the bot. On by default.
  • Add set 'callerid' to run bot in CALLERID mode (+g). +c bots will automatically accept messages from known users. (fixes #45)
  • Rename set 'flood-g' to 'flood-callerid', which only takes effect if the server supports CALLERID.
  • Relays are now encrypted between bots. Username is sent automatically. Just enter in pass now.
  • Added pseudo-channel 'default' which can be modified with 'chanset' and 'chaninfo'. This is used to modify what the default channel options will be for new channels.
  • Removed 'set chanset' as it has been replaced by 'chanset default'
  • Add new channel setting 'ban-type' which support mIRC style ban types (adapted from recent eggdrop patch)
  • EFnet server list updates (To update yours: .set -YES servers - | .set -YES servers6 -)
  • Default alias updates (To update yours: .set -YES alias - ) 'cq' added as an alias to 'clearqueue play' to stop .play
  • EFnet's CSIRCD servers have been removed as they have proven to be highly incompatible with Ratbox features. (irc.nac.net/irc.efnet.no)
  • Give localhubs credit for adding their child bots in 'whois'.
  • Ident lookup timeout is now 5 seconds (will speed up linking / partyline connecting)
  • Cleanup all string parsing to trim excess whitespaces (fixes #268)
  • Cleanup cmd_botcmd restrictions/sanity checks.
  • RBL Checking: Add 'chanset +rbl' which uses list of servers from 'set rbl-servers'. Only +r bots will enforce this.
  • Removed 'chanset +knock' and replaced with 'chanset knock (Op|Voice|User)', see 'help chaninfo'.
  • Default log timestamp now includes seconds.
  • Hubs no longer include their own timestamp over botnet.
  • Floodbots (+f) and Resolvbots (+r) are now listed in cmd_userlist
  • Floodbots (+f) will automatically unDEAF themselves to they can monitor the channel for floods (namely flood-chan). Note that this is done about 10 seconds after adding +f to a bot. Removing +f will set DEAF again.
  • This auto DEAF/UNDEAF works if you auth with the bot and it supports channel cmds
  • Added SHA256 support (cmd_sha256, Auth cmd: sha256)
  • Add cmd_encrypt_fish and cmd_decrypt_fish which uses eggdrop's blowfish (same as FiSH)
  • Add cmd_hash which returns the MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 of the given string.
  • Credits/cmd_about updates.
  • Add chanset '+/-voicebitch' for a +bitch style enforcement over voices. (fixes #381)
  • Add chanset '+/-protect' which will set +botbitch and mass deop if any takeover is detected.
  • Add chanset 'protect-backup' which will optionally set +backup in the event of a takeover with +protect.
  • Channel settings 'mop' and 'mdop' now react to non-users.
  • set 'fight-threshold' now requires +protect and is a trigger for +protect. See 'help chanset' for +protect info.
  • Bots no longer cycle channels when restarting/upgrading. (This will take effect AFTER upgrading to 1.3) (fixes #187)
  • Speedup irc server queue by bursting more often and fully. Thanks VXP.
  • Add set 'msgrate' to define how often to dequeue to the server, if non-ratbox.
  • Add set 'msgburst' to define how many commands to burst to server per msgrate.
  • On hybrid/ratbox servers, burst some commands on connect
  • On ratbox type servers, use an optimized queue for better throughput on the queue.
  • Add cmd_play for playing files to irc. (ASCII art gallery exhibition)
  • Utilize CPRIVMSG/CNOTICE if available.
  • Chain WHO requests to try avoiding Max SendQ
  • More Auth channel commands are now available. Auth up and run +help to see them all. (fixes #2)
  • Add debug buffer output on crash - please give to bryan if it ever comes up.
  • Remove hardcoded -bot alias and move to 'set alias'. Also add a '+bot' alias to 'newleaf'

1.2.16.1

• Fix linux compile errors

1.2.16

• Add 'set altchars' so that alternative characters used for nicks can be changed. (fixes #418)
• Fix channels added by cmd_slowjoin not having the user who added them associated with the channel.
• Removed BDHASH as it wasn't even used.
• SHELLHASH now supports SHA1 hashes.
• Fix segfault from receiving truncated DNS replies.
• Remove 'set mean-kicks' and change to 'chanset +meankicks' (default on, does not upgrade from old .set, must unset after upgrade if wanted)
• Don't check last/promisc unless linked.
• Speed up botnet parsing / set lookups /cmd_help a bit
• Fix some various issues with initial setups and new PackConfig format
• Greatly sped up binary startup - lower resource usage for cron checks, etc.
• checkchannels now displays server. (fixes #420)
• Added 'jupenick'. Jupenick is preferred over 'nick' but only 'nick' will be rotated with altchars. Ie, nick_, nick-, etc. (fixes #421)
• Added 'link_cleartext' which allows disabling of cleartext bot linking (needed for upgrades)
• Fixed bug where salts were not written to binary when first generating them
• Fixed countless buffer overflows. (fixes #226)
• Fixed a rare segfault on userfile transfer timeouts
• Fixed bots getting confused about their hub/uplink after userfile transfer fails (fixes #61)
• Fixed cmd_handle not properly bounds checking max handlen. (fixes #305)
• Bans are now only retrieved from server after being opped. (addresses #406)
• Update efnet server list and add new alias 'bs' for botset. (To get new defaults: 'set -YES servers -' and 'set -YES alias -')
• Fix /ctcp FINGER leaking shell username when using oidentd
• Fix ISON not working on some ircds.
• Fix a socket leak from timed out userfile transfers.
• Fixed bot dying off when it can't create a temporary file. (fixes #412)
• Show connection time in cmd_(net|bot)server now.
• Fix a segfault in the settings handling code. (Could create very random looking segfaults)
• Disable bot +f as all it did was cause a segfault. The flood code is unfinished. (fixes #429)
• Fix cmd_slowjoin not counting bots correctly. (fixes #431)
• Added telnet 'tcl expect' script in scripts/telnet.exp. Can be used for easier hub management over telnet from shell.
• Fix 'cmd_rehash' problems on hubs.
• Fix 'HQ' user getting wiped in -t mode resulting in a crash. (fixes #298)
• Fix bots linking to the wrong hub not giving a good reason why they failed in the log. (fixes #369)
• Fix segfault on some ircds after restart due to them not giving 005 information on VERSION. (fixes #378)

1.2.15.1

• Fix leaf bots not updating behind other hubs (fixes #419)

1.2.15

• Fix a possible segfault when binaries compiled wrong
• Fix a segfault in op cookies during a desync
• Remove cmd_netmsg and restrict cmd_msg so it cannot be used from botcmd.
• Fixed '+user' so that hostmasks are sanity checked. Ie, (test@test.com is added as *!test@test.com)
• Add links to FAQ/new site in cmd_help/cmd_about
• Cleanup some ctcp responses
• Add more ctcp version responses (mirc scripts), and some others, such as irssi/xchat/snak/cgi::irc
• Add more 'responses' (ie, kicks reasons)
• Added new chanset flag '+knock' which will make +y bots auto invite USERS. (No flag restrictions currently)
• Bots now check their own hostmask before opping or requesting assistance to join a channel
• Fix bans not being removed from channels when removed from bot. (fixes #352)
• Dont show portmin/portmax/pscloak/autouname/datadir/autocron in binary config unless they are not set to the default
• Fix possible situation where an error while saving userfile is not reported (fixes #287)
• Fix a bug where some nets did not save userfile correctly
• Fix a case where 'botcmd ?' would loop forever when a hub had a 1 character handle
• Change default realname to mimic bitchx
• Make the 'detect login' use less shell resources
• Fix bot hosts/users being cached internally as wrong, even when a new host is added
• Fix segfault in cmd_mmode (fixes #399)
• Fix segfault from receiving from non-recursive dns servers. (fixes #401)
• Fix some cases where the bot would pointlessly do WHO on users instead of on the channel to resolve a desync.
• Fix the bot not starting up when it is not allowed to run ptrace() (FreeBSD: security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug=0)
• Misc help cleanups
• Show kline reasons on connect to servers. (fixes #400)
• Fix case where binpath/datadir were not updated correctly when homedir changed. (fixes #169)
• For security purposes the following commands are now hub-only: botnick, botserver, botversion, botmsg, netnick, netserver, netversion
• Added cmd_nick to display leaf's current nick
• Change default ip/host/ip6 to a * in the binary config
• Silently fix user mistake of giving hostname in ip field in binary config
• Fix datadir being expanded to full path (fixes #405)
• Bots can now be started as ./binary bot.conf instead of ./binary bot. (Disable autocron and manually crontab it to start like this)
• Fix a very rare segfault when closing the identd socket (fixes #410)

1.2.14

• Fix another bug in shell functions. (fixes #321)
• Fix some bugs with bot flags. (fixes #334 and #337 and #344)
• Remove the notes system and related commands. (fixes #275)
• Fix ./binary -C not signalling the correct process under some situations. (actually fixes #315)
• Fix bots being removed from binary not being killed. (fixes #338)
• Fix typo in help for 'set' (fixes #342)
• Fix typo in help for 'botset' in regards to wildcards. (fixes #365)
• Fix cmd_swhois stripping multiple channel modes. (fixes #348)
• Fix processing/killing/signalling of possible new localhub when editing binary.
• The socket file generated for restarting is now encrypted.
• Delay 'op-requests'.time seconds before re-requesting op on opeless channels.
• Fix some issues with case with pid files, nicks, conf loading. (This will break some bots upgrading to 1.2.14)
• Fix bot not reconnecting with new ip/host when -HUPd. (fixes #340)
• All bots are now rehashed after editing binary - nick casing, ip changes are taken into effect.
• Bots now use the shell username instead of botnick when ident does not work.
• Localhubs now auto add *!~username@... hosts instead of *!~nick@... hosts for their leafs.
• Make bot chmod() itself when accessing its binary.
• Fix bots sharing wrong channel keys over botnet.
• Cmd_swhois now displays a list of only 'public' channels as well.
• Fix cmd_mns_user being ran on self-bot. (fixes #350)
• Fix cmd_checkchannels not taking slowjoin into account.
• Fix cmd_swhois returning results after a server jump.
• Fix bots not connecting to their uplink.
• Add ghost-inspired feature: backup bots. Bots marked +B will only join channels marked +backup.
• Fixed cmd_nohelp (for viewing undocumented cmds - mainly debugging cmds)
• cmd_adduser sends a PRIVMSG now instead of a NOTICE
• Rewrote op-cookies to be fix a security hole. (They also react to '.set hijack' now)
• Fixed +voice flaw where users in channels that were +voice AND +private would only be voiced with |v. (fixes #54)
• Added cmd_clearhosts
• Added 'whois restrictions' to more cmds.
• Add channel flags 'nomassjoin' and 'flood-mjoin' to set +im on a timer during join floods (drones)
• Add BOT flag +f for handling cpu intensive floods (none supported yet)
• Add chanset 'flood-exempt' to exempt ops/voices from flood controls (see 'help chaninfo')
• Add chanset 'flood-lock-time' to control how long to keep the channel locked during drone floods.
• chanset flood-join now also counts PARTs as flooding.
• Fix segfault in cmd_channel during splits.
• Remove chanflag 'protectops' and 'idle-kick'
• Fix bot not checking +e/+I modes when opped sometimes.
• Fix chanset flag 'userbans' not being saved correctly. (may cause warnings on upgrade)
• Fix authing on non-chathubs (fixes #356)
• Fix segfault with cmd_set and adding to empty lists.
• Cleaned up some bugs in the 'getin' system.
• Add '$n' expansion into realname. (fixes #361)
• Reformat CTCP logging. (fixes #358)
• Cleanup cmd_userlist to list hubs/leafs/backups (fixes #363)
• Bots will now cycle nicks on servers which claim their nick is invalid. (fixes #311)
• Limit bots no longer set limit when 'chanmode -l' is set. (fixes #294)
• Fixed +closed from interfering with 'chanmode -pi'. (fixes #294)
• Fix misc bugs with cmd_mop. (fixes #313 and #392)
• Bad uname EMAILS now include the localhub's nick. (fixes #354)
• -host now accepts partial host masks, ie, '-host user@host'.
• Rewrote cmd_mdop into cmd_mmode. See 'help mmode' on a leaf bot.
• Fixed bots having problems with kick/bans on undernet.
• Added oidentd support. set 'oidentd' on makes bot spoof as BOTNICK.
• Made 'ident-botnick' variable to decide to send username vs botnick for non-ident.
• Default servers/servers6/alias list updated ('set -YES var -' to use it)
• Fix MODE parsing bug
• Bot no longer requires (or uses) '-B' to spawn bots. (now: ./binary )
• Fixed +take opping the wrong clients due to desync (+take now sets +bitch)
• Fix cmd/dcc prefix leaking to -p users (when chat is off) (fixes #376)
• Fix checking for flood on hosts which are already ignored. (fixes #343)
• Added OSVER entry for bots in .whois
• Userfile transfers now use a random filename instead of .share.botnick.users.timestamp
• Fix ambiguous warning when a bot tries linking after being added with +user (fixes #383)
• Add set 'irc-autoaway' to be able to disable autoaway feature. (addresses #380)
• Fix an automatic hostmask bug (fixes #339)
• Bots no longer die when receiving a corrupt userfile under some conditions
• Delay for auto-op/voice (+O, +v) and +voice can now be set with 'chanset auto-delay' (default 5 seconds)
• Update system now uses revisions instead of build timestamp
• Linux 2.2, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD 4 are no longer supported.

1.2.13

• Fix cmd_chanset accepting invalid flags
• Fix Auth system not tracking nick changes correctly. (fixes #318)
• Fix set not allowing defaults under the lower limit. (addresses #315)
• For ./binary -C prefer environment variable EDITOR over VISUAL.
• Fix ./binary -C not signalling the correct process under some situations. (fixes #315)
• Fix security hole in all shell cmds. (fixes #321)
• Make ./binary -E default to displaying every error. (fixes #322)
• Fix a possible memory leak with DNS. (fixes #296)
• cmd_[bot]set now accepts wildcards (*) for listing variables. (not for setting)
• Added set var 'usermode' for IRC usermode to set on connect/rehash.
• Added cmd_umode (+m) to manually set bots' usermodes at will.
• Fix botnicks becoming lower case after being opped.
• Minor documentation change for cmd_newleaf. (fixes #291)
• Fix cmd_chattr accepting invalid flags. (fixes #293)
• See 'help whois' as some flags are now user, bot, chan, global only.
• Fix cmd_console not working for +private channels correctly (fixes #325)
• -user on a bot now works on linked bots. (fixes #200)
• Fix cmd_link being used to link to non-hubs. (fixes #329)
• Fix cmd_mns_chan not sharing console changes. (fixes #328)
• Fix many instances of hub nicks leaking to leaf bots. (fixes #326)
• Fix bot not checking if it can access datadir on startup. (fixes #330)

1.2.12

• Clearing a variable via 'set var -' now resets that variable to default settings. (implements #111)
• Fix bug introduced from fixing #274
• Fixed overflow with cmd_set (fixes #289)
• cmd_set now sanitizes input with ranges/limits. (fixes #289)
• cmd_set now accepts 'true', 'on', 'false' and 'off' for boolean variables.
• Added somewhat advanced password scoring to replace current password restrictions. (#56)
• Added build os/architechture to output for ./binary -v
• Added ARCH entry for bots in .whois
• Added a new error code (22) which displays if attempting to run binary before using -C.
• cmd_swhois is now -|- and hides all restricted information, channels; see 'help swhois'.
• cmd_mop no longer defaults to console channel if no channel is specified. (fixes #302)
• Fix cmds: bot[jump|server|version|msg] not running locally correctly. (fixes #304)
• Fix cmd_chinfo to use the standard 'whois restrictions' (fixes #303)
• Fix ',' character being allowed with 'set list' functions. (fixes #308)
• Make 'set list' check to see if an item exists or not before add/remove. (fixes #307)
• Fix problems with alias rewriting. (fixes #306)
• Fix bots trying to boot virtual user created via cmd_botcmd.

1.2.11

• Fixed typo in help for .set/.conf/.channel
• Fixed a bug in cmd_chattr with |m users. (fixes #267)
• Suicide now removes userfile backups, most pid files, and crontab entries. (Fixes #125)
• Fixed removed bots not being automatically unlinked from botnet. (fixes #254)
• Aliases may no longer reference other aliases (only checked when used) (fixes #244)
• Fixed cmd_checkchannels so that results are not shown in log, but to user only. (fixes #217)
• Disabled watcher feature.
• Fixed problems with symlinked binaries. (fixes #240)
• Fixed CIDR masks not being checked on JOIN. (also fixes some other cases of CIDR matching) (fixes #270)
• Fixed a segfault from removing bots. (fixes #271)
• Fix /MSG invite not showing proper cmd for usage. (Fixes #278)
• Fix cmdpass processing on ambiguous cmds. (fixes #279)
• Fix ban/invite/exempt removal flaw. (fixes #280)
• Clean and speedup ban/exempt/invite processing. (addresses #277)
• Fix processing of localhubs when binary is editted. (fixes #274)
• Fix some minor bugs with cmd_conf. (fixes #284)
• Made requested changes to cmd_dump to help clear up confusion. (fixes #269)
• Fix improper notice when doing .set -- (this actually shouldn't say 'not set') (fixes #272)
• cmd_bans/exempts/invites [global] now displays a list of bans for ALL channels. (fixes #276)
• Fix a segfault with ctcp-cloak. (fairly random) (fixes #285)
• Fixed cmd_botset not making a bot grab a different capitalization of a nick. (fixes #283)
• Hub nicks no longer show on leaf bots for partyline chat.
• Hub bots can no longer be whois'd or match'd from leaf bots.
• Disabled the process list checking.

1.2.10

• Removed old references to '+/-manop' and '+/-nomop' for chaninfo in help file.
• Fixed auth cmds not working in privmsg. (fixes #228)
• Fixed a major security hole in cmdpass checking.
• cmd_chhandle can no longer be used on bots. (fixes #224)
• Revised help listing for 'auth-chan' in 'help set'. (fixes #229)
• Fixed an invalid socket warning with failed relay. (fixes #216)
• Fixed a potential dns socket leak. (might fix #230)
• Fixed leaf bots sending color to hub bots still. (fixes #161)
• Fixed cmd_trace to use 2 decimal places in display for seconds. (fixes #207)
• Fixed cmd_trace not displaying hops correctly.
• Expand symbolic links when searching for tempdirs. (fixes #210)
• Fixed a segfault in cmd_rehash and revised help listing for it. (fixes #242)
• Fixed cmd_set not saving the userfile when needed. (fixes #245)
• Fixed cmd_set list removal bugs. (fixes #246)
• Fixed chanmode -i conflicting with closed-invite 1. (fixes #249)
• Fixed yet another .relay bug (YARB) (fixes #250)
• cmd_checkchannels now states if a bot is not online. (fixes #239)
• Added mIRC 6.17 version reply
• Fixed empty version replies. (fixes #236)
• Fixed a sharing segfault with an empty userfile. (fixes #243)
• Hubs will now boot removed users/bots upon userfile reload. (addresses #243)
• Fix typo in help file for 'botpart' (fixes #259)
• Now supressing "port taken" error on hub startup.
• Removed stop-nethack and associated flags. (fixes #219)
• +bitch is now properly enforced on a netsplit return. (fixes #219)
• Fixed a timer bug which could cause prolonged looping.
• Removed some stale (backup) dns servers. (fixes #263)
• Bot handles are now restricted to 9 characters. (fixes #253)
• Fixed hubs not preserving uptime when restarted.
• Fixed hub flaw in cmd_uptime.
• Fixed auth cmd: help.

1.2.9

• Fixed cmd_[un]stick not properly using numbers for channel masks. (#160)
• Fixed binary spawning/updating to escape needed chars for shell. (#158)
• Fixed a flaw in binary checksums.
• Removed references to the old 'greet' features of eggdrop from help.
• Removed/fixed references to the old 'config' to the new 'set' in help.
• Fixed references to 'set manop/mop' to point to chanset instead.
• Fixed tempdir checking to attempt to 'mkdir ~/.ssh/' for '~/.ssh/...' tempdir.
• Fixed bot link getting colors. (fixes #161)
• Fixed +r bots resolving users by resolved ip before host.
• Fixed 2 socket leaks in the dns/socket code. (#167)
• Fixed cmd_[bot]set showing an invalid example for using '-YES'
• Fixed a mem leak on bot unlinks.
• Fixed an error with msg-* displaying as msg* in 'help set'. (seinfeld)
• Setting 'manop-warn' was only being used for 'OP #chan' not 'OP' alone.
• Fixed channel notices not being parsed.
• Took out all punish/revenge code, it's been disabled since 1.2.7 anyway.
• Fixed bots giving up on joining juped channels (may be due to split) (#168)
• Fixed cmdpass list getting desynced during userfile transfer. (#143)
• Removed old compatability code for converting CONFIG->SET during userfile loading.
• Fixed "un-allocated socket" errors when a relay fails.
• Fixed var 'server-port' not being used correctly. (Now lists/saves/loads before servers)
• Fixed a typo in msg_pass.
• Failed relay no longer says failed link.
• Fixed a socket protocol error.
• Fixed a small error in help file for 'whom'.
• Removed some legacy code from failed relays that attempts to connect to port+1, port+2, port+3... (might fix #177)
• Fixed an invalid killsock error in sharing.
• Fixed chanset 'flood-*' not working correctly. (#69)
• Fixed cmd_rehash killing hubs. And revised help for 'rehash'. (#186)
• Fixed a bug in the listen code, which caused a segfault in /ctcp chat (a few other places too) (#189)
• Fixed botcmd using wrong user on remote bot after doing su'ing to another user. (#190)
• Fixed botcmd -> su/quit causing remote bots to close random socket.
• Fixed another cmd_whom bug which showed remote users from .botcmd. (#9)
• Fixed returning from 'su' not returning user to correct channel. (ie, partyline)
• Fixed cmds showing failed cmdpass. (#188)
• The respository is now stored in subversion; binaries now hold a revision number.
• cmd_botcmd <?> now displays which bot is chosen in the log. (#192)
• There is now a 'datadir' option in the binary config. The tempdir is still automatically found. (#162)
• The datadir defaults to './.../' replacing the old '~/.ssh/.../'
• Fixed ACTION ctcp log msg to be more standard. (fixes #138)
• Added set var 'notify-time' to change the interval for regaining nick. (fixes #182)
• Fixed segfault caused by CHANFIX/server modes. (fixes #25)
• Modified a kick to be less offensive (fixes #175)
• Fixed bots not enforcing bans when exempts were removed. (fixes #193)
• Updated CREDITS/cmd_about
• Fixed some startup segfaults resulting from bugs in glibc.
• Fixed bot going floodless when it wasn't granted it.
• Fixed bots requesting op in chans they don't have access to. (fixes #196)
• Fixed a startup segfault. (fixes #195)
• Unsetting auth-prefix disables authing/cmds.
• Fixed segfault in cmd_slowpart (#191)
• Fixed a memory leak in the cookie checking functions.
• Fixed some segfaults with tempfiles
• Update binaries can now be stored in bins/ within the hub's binary directory.
• If a tempdir suddenly becomes unavailable, a new one is now immediately sought out.

1.2.8

• Fixed [bot]* cmds depending on case of botnicks.
• Fixed hubs attempting to generate a ctcp version reply after 'cloak-script' was set.
• Fixed some similar problems with servers/servers6/nick
• Fixed a memleak in var_set_mem()
• Now specifying what was removed from a list with set -listvar and set +listvar.
• Fixed hub forgetting it's uplink.
• Fixed hubs not correctly installing/checking crontab on startup. (#156)
• Fixed hub segfaults (on Linux) with bot links. (#155)
• Removing an ignore by number now displays which ignore was removed. (#126)
• Added hub cmd 'checkchannels' which displays in loglevel misc (+o) which chans leaf bots aren't on. (#149)
• Fixed 'chanset chanmode { -p }' conflicting with 'closed-private 1' (closed-private now sets to 0 if -p) (#14)

1.2.7

• Forgot 'log_bad = 0;' to fix the '!' showing up for aliases.
• When a user is removed and is on partyline, they are now booted. (#142)
• Booting a su'd user now returns the user to their original connection. (Problem when removing +i)
• (eggdrop1.6) Fixed bot not requesting topic after reseting channel.
• Fixed hubs not updating NODENAME/OS/USERNAME, which broke updating on new nets.
• Added var 'auth-chan' which allows disabling auth cmds in all channels.
• Fixed being able to 'chsecpass' a bot.
• Fixed cmd_chsecpass to use whois_access() (#120)
• Added code to eat zombie processes minutely (shouldn't interfere with anything)
• Fixed ignores not being used. (#147) (Breaks a fix to not display msgs after added to ignore for floods)
• Fixed improper hub recognition in binary config parser. (#148)
• Help for 'botcmd' was off/outdated
• Fixed cmd_[un]stick not using "ban" by default for mask type. (#145)
• Fixed default binary name always becoming "wraith" instead of original binary name.
• Cleaned up trace detection code.
• Fixed hang on running binary on some FreeBSD systems.
• Fixed bots not correctly recognizing changes in botset to empty vars after restart/update. (#150)
• Disabled chanset flags '+/-revenge' and '+/-revengebot' as they are 100% incompatable/untouched egg code.
• Fixed an issue with cmd_pls_host not adding all hosts given, and 'hostmask already there' now displays WHICH host. (#153)
• Fixed binary data parsing to strip trailing spaces for entries.
• Removed support for encrypted link for bots older than 1.2.4
• Implemented a hack to fix a bug with link encryptions.

1.2.6

• (REVERTED FROM 1.2.3) Disabled all memory allocations after a segfault (Fixes CPU spinning) -This actually CAUSED cpu-spins after segfaults.
• Disabled debug contexts as they were useless.
• Fixed many channel cmds blocking access due to +botbitch. (#141)
• Now using g++3.3[.6] as g++3.4 was causing spontaneous SEGFAULTS(see cpu-spin bug) on FreeBSD.
• Fixed aliases not properly using cmdpass given. (#140)
• Changed display for when a user uses an alias over partyline. (#116)
• Related to above change, invalid cmds are logged in a different order now for users.
• Fixed cloak-script not updating correctly.
• Some fixes to slowjoin/slowpart were mixed up, fixed.

1.2.5

• Fixed a segfault/cpu-spin with mode parsing. (#25)
• Fixed a segfault/cpu-spin during WHO parsing, although, it could have occurred at any time. (#110)
• Possibly fixed a random segfault/cpu-spin after linking/connecting to irc.
• Fixed spaces being stripped in .botcmd reply.
• Changed order of 'rehashed config data from binary' notice to appear before any bot/userfile changes.
• 'localhub's now check minutely if their bots need added or hosts added to userlist.
• Fixed bot username casing causing bad cookies. (disable cookies for upgrade)
• Fixed binary config stating there was no change with -C under certain conditions.
• Fixed binary config not decrypting data on rare occasions.
• Fixed bots set +k being able to request ops.
• Fixed bots asking for ops/invite when set to +d or +k.
• Fixed delay of requesting op spamming logs with delay msgs.
• Added a 5 second delay on requesting/checking ops when no bots are available to ask.
• Fixed 16 bytes after packdata being cleared in memory, causing random memory corruption.
• Fixed localhub attempting to spawn itself during binary rehash and cmd_conf
• Fixed another fatal bug with cmd_conf, this should fix it for good.
• Added var 'manop-warn' to allow disabling the new manop NOTICE warnings when msg opping.
• Added irc.ptptech.com/efnet.port80.se to default servers/servers6, added irc.pte.hu, irc.efnet.fr to servers.
• Fixed an issue with bot respdoning to TCM CTCP VERSIONS too slowly at times on connect. (#128)
• Added syslog style repeated log detection for all logging.
• Fixed cmd_net[ps|last] not working. (#130, #131)
• Added note at end of display for cmd_match to try using cmd_matchbot
• Fixed 'reset*' being blocked with 'botcmd *'
• Added code to prevent cmd_botcmd from being chained over botnet.
• Prevent use of cmd_botcmd for cmds: cmd_me, cmd_away, cmd_back
• Fixed security flaw with 'auth-obscure', and improved: auth-obscure now gives a hash regardless of 'dccauth'.
• Fixed the whois_access() function to not allow non-perm owners to see/access perm-owners.
• cmd_chpass now uses the whois_access() function. (#122)
• Updated CREDITS/cmd_about (#119)
• Fixed wrong notice on partyline when a user with no access attempts to telnet in.
• Added binary config botline output to cmd_newleaf. (#135)
• Fixed cmd_chattr saving userfile when no changes were made. (#123)
• Fixed cmd_chattr displaying flags for higher users, therefore bypassing 'whois' restrictions. (#123)
• Added examples on how to use cmd_set in the helpfile. (#118)
• Added confirmation for using 'set' on list variables without using the list functions. (#118)
• Fixed bots auto-opping passwordless users on JOIN, to match cmd_mop.
• Fixed typo for 'help nopass'
• Added CIDR/mask matching support for all user hosts, ie, '.+host user *!jerry@1.2.0.0/16' will match 'bob!jerry@1.2.3.4'
• Balanced out mdop/mop kicks to not make entire net flood off.
• Added flag '+r' which will make a bot resolve all hosts it sees to match against userlist. (You should only set this per-chan) (#127)
• Removed cmd line param '-s'; Tracing bot on startup will always make the bot die right away.
• Trace detection cannot be set to 'ignore', lowest setting is now: 'die'
• Fixed cmd_slowjoin (#129)
• Automatic host adding by localhubs now sanity checks if the hosts will conflict with other bots/users. (#137)
• Fixed cmd_chanset not displaying ALL invalid channel flags, although, there are still many errors like with with the chanset code. (#136)
• Perm owners may no longer change their handle via cmd_handle or cmd_chhandle. (#107) (A user may change to a perm-owner handle though in a situation where the list changes in binary)
• Disabled ability to cmd_chpass a bot. (#42)
• Fixed hubs sharing out channels that were 'slowparted'. (#93)
• Fixed m|o being able to chattr a user for a +private channel. (#98)

1.2.4

• Fixed cmd_botset not displaying botnick.
• cmd_adduser now sends a NOTICE to the person being added with their initial password.
• Fixed cmd_conf not working at all.
• When msging bot for op, a NOTICE is sent to user if the channel is set to no manop.
• Fixed 'chanset *' not working.
• Fixed bot's not being able to link when the botnick case did not match (userlist vs binary -C).
• cmd_nopass when given any argument will give random passes to users with no password. (#114)
• Fixed a small cosmetic error with displaying bot info in whois.
• Fixed CPU lockup for bots which did not have NODENAME/USERNAME/SYSNAME entries filled out.
• Slightly changed/added a comment in -C for uname.
• Default binary name is now what you name it, or "wraith" if left in "wraith.OS-ver" format.
• Increased buffer size in binary config for binname/binpath/homedir
• Removed '+/-manop' from 'chanset' var and added to ignore list for chanset.
• Fixed a segfault with 'set +' (#117)
• List functions now only work on variables marked as list variables.
• Changed binary data encryption to not be viewable under 'strings'.
• Fixed/Finished some cmd_set bugs/cosmetics. -Now 'set +VAR' and 'set -VAR' will work for adding/removing to lists. ('set +/- VAR' still works)

1.2.3

ADDITIONS/IMPROVEMENTS

• HUB/LEAF binaries have been combined into 1 binary named 'wraith'
• Rewrote config/botconfig from scratch as [bot]set with list support. See 'help set'.
• Added dcc alias support, see 'help set' (only perm owner may set aliases as loops are easy and fatal) -Added aliases: bl, bc. See 'set list alias' for more info.
• Added cmdline option '-r ' for restarting/starting specified bot.
• chanset -bitch/-private/-botbitch/+botbitch/+closed/+private will now trigger bots to recheck channel (op/deop/kick people)
• Added channel flag +|-botbitch, when set only bots will be allowed to be opped, users are auto-deopped.
• Added cmd_version (does same as .botversion)
• Added some debug logging for failed bind() listen() and getsockname()
• Users can no longer whois PERM OWNERS unless they are themselves one.
• cmd_find now takes an optional username instead of a nick!user@host to search for.
• Some changes to ./binary -C: -Default binpath is now the directory the binary is first ran in -Running the bot with -C will automatically update uid/uname/homedir/username -Added cmd line param '-c' to avoid auto updating uid/uname/homedir/username -The binary is only rewritten now if CHANGES are made in the editor.
• cmd_conf changes: -Added 'enable' and 'disable' for bots -'remove', 'rem', 'delete' are now also recognized for 'del' -Fixed the binary not correctly being rewritten/saved -Bots are now correctly killed/spawned -'del' now also removes the bot from the userlist
• Things done after using cmd_conf / editing config with -C: -New bots are spawned and added (if linked) -Changed (NEW) ip/host for bots are added to the botnet (if linked) -Removed bots are killed and removed from the userlist (if linked)
• Added match option for cmd_botcmd: '&' will match on all localhubs (first bot in config) (#28)
• Added some debug logging when a telnet connection is ignored.
• Added some missing logging for msg_pass (#34)
• Added log msg (+w) for when a msg is received when umode +g. (#44)
• Added ability to +chan/chanset flood-* x:n (#69)
• Added entry to help for ban-time in chanset: ban-time requires +dynamicbans
• Added new feature (soft_restart) which restarts/updates bots while keeping them on IRC and preserving uptime/pid
• Added cmd_rehash to reload binary data (conf/bots) (this is done auto after -C anyway)
• Added cmd_suicide. (#80)
• Added a note for users who are 'SU'd in cmd_whom for +a|. (LOCAL WHOM ONLY) (#64)
• Added channel name to bad cookie/manop commenting (#97)
• Added var 'auth-obscure': Don't halt on dcc w/dccauth if the pass is wrong; halt at hash (right or wrong). (#100)
• Added var 'autoaway': How long in seconds until an idle user is set away on dcc auto. (Def: 1800, 30min)
• Added rate vars 'flood-msg' and 'flood-ctcp' to control how quickly a bot ignores on flood.
• Added rate var 'flood-g' which will set +g for 60 seconds after this many msgs:sec has been detected. (#74)
• Added bool var 'mean-kicks' which enables offensive/mean kick msgs.
• Added chanint 'voice-non-ident' which can be used to not voice non-idented clients with +voice.
• Optimized WHO parsing more to alieviate some cpu usage in large chans
• Binary writing is now a bit faster as the hash is calculated on the fly now.
• Rewrote how logs are shared over botnet, now uses much less bw and resources. (#31) -[will break logging during update]
• Tempdir is now chosen from a list as follows: (hub) ./tmp/ (leaf) ~/.ssh/..., /tmp/, /usr/tmp/, /var/tmp/, ./
• cmd_update/cmd_restart/SIGHUP now soft restarts bot
• Shell cmd param -u now soft restarts all running bots after updating binary
• cmd_dump now has a substitution. '$n' is replaced with the bot's current IRC nick.
• Changed password encryption, should auto convert, might need to reset all though. (#75)
• Adding hosts with missing nick/ident will now prefix the host with '!' and '!*' respectively.

FIXES

• Fixed binary getting an excess of 1-15 bytes during write.
• If a binary is already initialized when updating, the pack data will not be overwritten.
• Fixed chanset (manop/mop/mdop/bad-cookie) to accept english parameters: ignore/deop/kick/delete/remove.
• bots now only kick for -ooo (mdop) if 'mdop' is set with chanset.
• Fixed up bugs in cmd_cmdpass and cleared up usage/help. Also fixed not being able to set a pass on leaf cmds from hub.
• Using a cmd with a cmdpass without proper flags now acts as if cmd is not valid (no longer spams wrong pass error)
• Fixed some botnet userfile sharing logs showing up on leaf bots.
• Fixed a memory leak in dns
• Fixed DNS staying on nameservers that fail to give replies
• Fixed some bad passes being generated/set beginning with -/+
• Fixed binary exiting with ERR_NOBOTS under conditions that it shouldn't. (updating)
• Fixed bots not rechecking channel for invalid users after a .-chrec
• Fixed dccauth not correctly working according to it's setting (#30)
• Fixed bot not updating it's hostmask when reconnecting to server (#11/#85)
• Fixed bot sending +Ie modes before recieving list from server after opping.
• Fixed channel bans not displaying on hubs (#1)
• Fixed users showing up in .whom after doing .botcmd and relinking the bot which the cmd was ran on. (#9)
• Fixed DNS returning a blank reply for reverse lookups with missing records.
• Fixed userfile becoming desynced during transfer; A bot downloading a userfile would miss changes made during the transfer. (#11)
• Fixed a fatal loop with accepting new telnet connections.
• Fixed segfault after booting users when a leaf has lost +c. (#18)
• Fixed a bug with connecting to servers that did not send any data on connect.
• Fixed colors still showing for characters ":@()<>" when colors were turned off.
• Fixed cmd_boot to only allow users to boot users they can whois. (Users with lower flags) Also, cmd_boot will now boot all sessions of a user on the bot specified. (#37)
• Fixed a file descriptor leak in the 'last' checking.
• Fixed bot's being tagged with op/login stats. (#22)
• Fixed a bug which caused a leaf to not request ops in a channel after adding it's new host to the userfile.
• Fixed bots unbanning bots via botnet requests when the bot is set +k for the chan.
• Fixed a bunch of lame bugs in the getop system
• Fixed some excess newlines when a user is booted for losing hub/leaf access.
• Fixed unsetting a global ban when the same ban is local to a chan causes the bots to unban it. (#24)
• botcmd * wasn't correctly being restricted to +n (#35)
• Fixed some missing sanity checking on certain user flags for channel records.
• Fixed msgs being logged when the msg has triggered an ignore for flooding. (#23)
• Fixed cmdmns(ban|exempt|invite) to remove the proper ban if a number is used (#38)
• Fixed cmd_stick/cmd_unstick not making leaf bots set/unset the masks in channels. (#41)
• Fixed bots kicking with +bitch responses when a +d user is opped.
• Fixed a possible loop of -v+v with +voice/+v
• Fixed a bug where a bot would stop trying to connect to servers if using ipv6.
• Fixed a bug in the hash creation of cookies due to an ircd stripping excess '*' in cookies.
• Fixed hub delinking bots for not sharing instead of just offering the userfile again. (#59)
• Possibly fixed a very rare userfile sharing desync (#58)
• Fixed wrong spacing in cmd_status
• Fixed cmd_boot attempting to boot a remote simulated dcc created by botcmd. (#90)
• Fixed bots with '`' in nick not spawning correctly. (#88)
• cmd_dns wasn't checking for params.
• cmd_getkey over botcmd was displaying excess newlines.
• Fixed an outstanding bug on linking from a hub to another hub.
• Fixed 'user has joined partyline' when after using cmd_botcmd/cmd_chattr on remote bots. (#84)
• Fixed many buffer overflows in the botnet code. (#94)
• Fixed cmd_[ch]handle saving userfile when changes weren't actually made.
• Fixed cmd_quit working over botcmd. (#108)
• Fixed 'bots' not showing up in help, and a typo in 'botpart'.
• Fixed cmd_jump/cmd_botjump not parsing 'server:port' correctly.
• Fixed cosmetic bug with removing ignores.
• Fixed ANSI colors not showing for logs when bot is not in background.
• Reverted patch from 1.2 which disabled removing duplicate msgs in server queue. (Fixes most queue/excess flood bugs)
• During update, bot uplinks aren't permanently changed now.
• cmd_botcmd now works correctly when the target is the bot you're on. (#46)
• cmd_pls_user wasn't correctly sharing multiple hosts to the botnet. (#48)
• Only auto-op a user if they have a password set. (#52)
• Several cmds were not saving userfile: -/+chrec|ban|exempt|invite, [un]stick, chinfo (#68)
• Changes to console flag requirements: +rbh (PERM OWNER), +vd (+a), +egu (+n). (#99)
• cmd_botcmd blocks the following cmds for '*': die, restard, suicide, jump. (#17)
• Fixed users not being deopped in +bitch channels after being removed from the botnet. (#112)

MISC CHANGES

• cmd_mns_user cosmetic change
• Typos in help for 'info'
• Removed compatability code left from 1.2->1.2.1 switch
• Removed/cleaned up more code left from eggdrop/modules
• Read in '.resolv.conf' before '/etc/resolv.conf'
• cmd_deluser change: only allow a |m user to remove users whom they have added.
• Eliminated a duplicate struct (conffile)
• Removed chanset cookie-time-slack
• Removed channel flag '+|-manop' as it was redundant with chanint 'manop'
• Removed channel flag '+|-nomop' as it was redundant with chanint 'mop'
• Upped user limit for processes to 60.
• Users who are v|o in a +private chan are now voiced, as before |v was needed.
• Default UID is now: -1 (Fixes running as root by accident. #12)
• Setting -take now automatically sets +fastop as well (#13).
• cmd_cycle now will only cycle the net if done on the hub. Doing it on a leaf cycles only that one bot.
• Now using ANSI color code 0 to close bold (as opposed to new standard: 22)
• +O now implies +o
• Combined kick reasons for +k and .kickban
• Detection system run by localhub will kill all other running bots with DIE/SUICIDE now.
• Bans aren't checked on join anymore if the channel is +take
• Made cmd_addlog o|o
• Rewrote cmd_stick to use less code, as all the ban/exempt/invite code was redundant.
• New channels get a default chanset of: flood-ctcp 5:30
• Changed the output of cmd_uptime to reflect irc/shell uptime (shows in cmd_status as well)
• Disabled auto-renaming server names internally on connect if they don't match our own list
• In config/-C, the ip field for bots can now be either ipv4 or ipv6. (ipv6 field still present)
• Clearing chanset var now correctly uses defaults.
• cmd_[net|bot|]version now displays if a bot has been updated and is on timer for restart.
• Increased slack time for cookies.

1.2.2

• Don't sanity check flags for users on DCC CHAT if they are on the bot via .botcmd.
• help for cmd_unlink was missing [reason] parameter
• Updated binary -h
• Fixed limit, wasn't correclty checking each chan every 2 minutes.
• Fixed DNS to timeout queries after 30 seconds, server socket after 40, and to parse EOF correctly.
• Added some responses/cloaks
• Fixed '+ban' not showing up in help system.
• Fixed double cmd log with cmd_whom.
• The mode queue being flushed could cause excess flood, reverted back to eggdrop code for flushing the mode queue.
• Added errno output to "Can't create new socket" error.
• Display channel name from console if one is not used with cmd_chanset
• Fix cmdmns[ban|exempt|invite] 0 removing first ban, instead of failing. (#55)

1.2.1

• No longer reading in /etc/hosts, still reading .hosts though
• Disabled all the DEBUG emailing
• Fixed closed-invite not being checked correctly.
• Fixed segfault while relaying.
• Telnet host matching is now fixed to match these hosts against the userfile (ONLY FOR ACCESS): -telnet!telnet@ip -telnet!telnet@HOST -telnet!IDENT@IP -telnet!IDENT@HOST
• Fixed cmd_comment bug with changing comment on lower level users.
• Bots now unban bans that match linked bots, +m bans besides this will not be unset auto.
• Fixed several typos in help file.
• Fixed a leaked socket on failed address bind.
• Removed compatability support for <= 1.1.9 userfiles (bot records).
• Now compiling all x86 binaries as i486 (as opposed to pentium binaries on FreeBSD like before).
• cmd_conf now correctly writes new data to binary (not tested)
• Fixed stdin/stdout/stderr not being closed when bot is forked into background.
• Fixed cmd_dns not displaying results.
• Fixed dcctable list 'leak' (no shift, leaves gaps, now dcclist is shifted only if gap at end)
• cmd_whois with no parameters now shows your own record.
• Fixed a typo in cmd_slowjoin.
• Fixed display bug when bot is msgd with (op|pass|ident|invite) while the respective .config msg option is set to something else.
• Fixed dns queries returning invalid (compressed) results for reverses.
• Fixed some other relay segfaults and stack smashings (one from eggdrop).
• Fixed ipv6 bots connecting over ipv4.
• Fixed getin system continuing to parse for bans and assorted requests when bot wasn't even opped.
• Fixed typo in cmd_date.
• Added ability to negotiate a different link encryption for future use.
• Fixed cmd_botcmd not checking for "die" correctly.
• Fixed random secpass being set 1 char too long.
• Fixed cmd_ch(sec)pass to display "[random]" now isntead of "[something]"
• SECPASS only displays for same user and +a/perm_owner now.
• Fixed a problem with dcc authing not being validated correctly
• Fixed some possible problems with msgop/pass/invite/ident checking.
• cmd_quit failed to log.
• Now making a small attempt to auto make the tmpdir.
• Increased password timeout to 40 seconds and auth timeout to 80 seconds.
• Quietly ignore/drop invalid nicks for telnet login.
• Detect botcmds from leaf bots (hijack).
• WHO parsing was redundant and had a ton of inner loops per line, fixed.
• Fixed a problem with leaf bots not chosing a hub when only 1 was set.
• Fixed cmd_channel showing a user as an op in a +private chan where they might have not access.
• Added an action when a bot performs an invite, including username and full address.
• No longer making the bot fatal() if it cannot open a new socket.
• Fixed NAT bug for botlinks.
• All bots are now spawned with -B regardless of order in config.
• +m no longer implies +j.
• Fixed irc authing only working on +c bots (should be like this, but isnt needed soon)
• Fixed chanset limit not being set every 2 minutes.
• '~' replacement is now internal for paths in config.
• No longer enforcing $binpath/$binname when using -C.
• $binname is no longer defaulted to ".sshrc"
• cmd_whom now assumes argument '*'
• Changed HIJACK warning to suggest that it may just be a box reboot.
• Now using OpenBSD's strlcpy()
• Added a (temporarily) static auto-op delay of 6 seconds.
• Added primitive CIDR ban support (enforcebans/kickban/getop).
• Fixed cookie/manop protections to kick all opped nicks.
• Misc bug fixes/improvements to internal userlist adding (perm owners/hubs).
• Fixed bots not updating/restarting correctly (being killed before finishing process of restart/update)

1.2

• New multi-op cookie ops and hash
• No longer displaying SALTS on ./bin -v
• Wrote new 'response' code for misc stuff like kick reasons, and dcc responses...
• Removed all compile time defines, moved to .config/.chanset -Moved PSCLOAK entries to misc/responses.txt
• Removed MESSUPTERM feature, no one used it anyway.
• All dates are UTC (GMT) now.
• cmd_newleaf was sharing the new bot incorrectly.
• Fixed a cosmetic/memory bug in cmd_who.
• cmd_bots was displaying the wrong number of bots up.
• -userbans no longer exempts +m|m
• AUTHHASH now works as follows: If authkey is set in .config, auth hashing will occur. If a user has a SECPASS set (default: random), auth hashing will occur. If either of the above two things are empty, auth hashing will NOT occur. -Dccauth is now a .config option (1/0)
• CLOAK_MIRC now randomly will add a SECOND version reply; some lame mIRC script.
• Users are no longer auto-opped on netsplit rejoin.
• Passwords now require: 2lcase, 2ucase, 8 chars.
• Moved config settings (bad-cookie, op-time-slack, manop, mdop, mop) to 'chanset'
• SIGHUP now restarts bot.
• Fixed possible SEGFAULT on bot timeout.
• Sped up mode parsing
• +take is now enforced much quicker (take() moved up ~300 lines of code)
• +take now uses MAXMODES-1 deops
• LAST info for .whois is now properly shared
• Optimized lots of code to use less CPU
• +c bots will now boot users when they lose +c
• Fixed a bug with removing hosts while having +d or +k
• Fixed /me over partyline; now auto changes into cmd_me
• Fixed cosmetic error in cmd_mns/invite/ban/exempt regarding which chan was displayed in log
• Ignores are now checked before host is checked for access for telnet
• cmd_mop no longer ops users without a pass set.
• Alphabetized config list
• cmd_mns_host now accepts multiple hosts
• Fixed cmd_comment to work like cmd_whois/match with regards to accessing higher level users.
• Added proper support for $b/$u
• msg_cmd_PASS/cmd_adduser/+user were flawed. Displayed wrong length of ACTUAL set pass
• closed-private and ban-time were mixed up in the saving/loading process.
• cmd_swhois now shows matching username
• cmd_botcmd * is now limited to +n only
• cmd_chhandle did not check if the old handle existed!
• Fixed a problem with what ip was binded to when using '.' as the ip.
• Fixed some problems with special characters in conf files.
• cmd_chaninfo/chanset didn't check for +private access correctly.
• hubs now enforce binpath/binname as leaf bots do.
• Made a solution to what to do when the fds max, from 100-130, bot will WARN once a min, >=180 -> auto restart.
• Raised max dcc/fd to 300.
• Bots will auto-restart if 150 or more bogus fd are detected.
• Conf/uname email now includes binary path.
• After changing conf with -C, binary is now moved to binpath/binname.
• 'strict-host' is now '1'; ident is now parsed CORRECTLY, *!ident@host will no longer match *!~ident@host.
• cmd_su allowed su'ing to a permanent owner.
• New channels are now default closed-private = 1
• Added chanint closed-invite, when set to 0, channel will NOT be +i.
• cmd_su/cmd_relay no longer work through .botcmd
• Added some simple dcc ip sanity checking back in.
• All dns resolving is now asynchronous, all dns bugs now fixed.
• Check server lag every 30 seconds, not every 5 minutes.
• +v users are no longer enforced if opped.
• cmdpasses now require that the old pass be used to clear old pass.
• cmd_bottree now shows HUBS as yellow.
• Added cmd_login to change login display settings seen in .whois for a few versions
• pscloak is now default 0.
• cmd_bots now takes an optional parameter. A nodename (hostname) to match for bots. Down bots are prepended with a *.
• Recoded and spiffed up cmd_userlist.
• When connecting with a floodless iline, bot will now dump msgs instead of queueing them to server.
• Removed the checks for duplicate msgs in the queue, they're there for a reason. (also is slow)
• Don't auto add a hostmask that would conflict with another user.

1.1.9

• Fixed cmd_help to display the proper entry.
• HUBS now save userfile on remote cmd_chattr.
• cmd_bots was showing all bots instead of just the ones up.
• Fixed a memory corruption bug caused by failed DNS.

1.1.8

• Fixed cosmetic error in help:decrypt.
• Fixed a chmod() problem when the config was missing.
• Fixed config file not saving/recognizing IPV6 ip.
• Fixed problem with cmd_chattr +pj
• No longer warning about "Can't create new socket" for identd.
• Re-wrote cmd_bots.
• Don't auto-op users in a +take chan.
• +take now does +oooo on remaining bots instead of individual +o lines.
• Bots now record: USERNAME, NODENAME (shell host), OS in .whois.
• +private checking was segfaulting some cmds under certain conditions.
• Leaf bots weren't sharing partyline members on link.
• cfg: cmdprefix is now working as intended.
• Fixed a very obscure bug in auth/share that would corrupt the memory.
• Now only perm owners may change cfg settings: authkey, cmdprefix, hijack, bad-cookie, manop
• Hubs weren't saving userflie on remote -chan.
• Bot specific channels (cmd_botjoin/cmd_botpart)
• Added CFG: servport.
• Fixed setting ban/invite/exempt on hub, and leafs not setting it.
• Annoying log -NOTICE- *** should be fixed.
• Removed cmd_botinfo.
• Unrolled some loops in the botlink encrypt.
• Added server 005 support, fixes many potential bugs.
• Fixed many bugs with color system, including color over relay/botcmd.
• Recoded some of the AES core, fixed several outstanding bugs.
• Now dumping the stack on SIGSEGV.
• Fixed hub not searching for update bins in it's own dir.
• Shell config option 'watcher', will make 1 extra PID per bot to block process hijackers.
  • This is disabled and will be in * 1.9 -
• Added cmd: swhois, see help.
• Rewrote nick generator on 'nick in use'
• Detected promisc now shows which interface.
• Now using daemon(3) to fork into background.
• Possibly fixed a bug with bots dying on link.
• Bots no longer have userflag +b, they are distinguished in whois by BOTNICK instead of HANDLE.
• Added cmd_matchbot for matching bots, cmd_match now only does users.
• Fixed +d|d bots still being opped.
• Fixed a bug with bot links that was causing too many open files errors.
• Fixed a ton of unchecked buffers in cmds.c.
• All dcc cmds are now logged regardless if they are valid.
• Changed the log showing 'HUB: change BLAH' into debugging.
• Fixed some truncating with long text on dcc.
• cmd_help now shows all usable cmds regardless of console settings.

1.1.7

• Fixed cosmetic error in cmd_conf.
• Fixed fatal bug in linux check_trace()

1.1.6

• Fixed a cosmetic error in cmd_downbots.
• Cleaned up and removed a ton (50K+ compiled) of un-needed and old code.
• Fixed a bug in deflag_user()
• Several user cmds on BOTS were not being shared.
• Fixed a fatal bug in +take.
• Removed garblestrings dependancy on binary checksum checking.
• Cmd_pls_host now is available to o|o. Users can add hosts to themselves now.
• Fixed msg_invite spamming the password for non-users.
• Removed cmd_vbottree (cmd_bottree now shows the information).
• Fixed msgc_voice, was checking for +v instead of +q.
• Fixed cmd_botcmd not matching '?' correctly again!
• Added console settings for what to show on login: banner, channels, bots, whom.
• Changed default .color to on, and all of the new settings are default on as well.
• Several msgc cmds were replying incorrectly, fixed.
• Fixed the bad uname email not giving the login.
• SIGTERM now kills the bot.
• Cmds: voice, devoice, op, deop, invite, mop, kick, kickban now check if the user issuing the cmd has access for the channel*
• cmd_getkey now recognizes +private.
• Resource limits were not being set.
• No longer chmodding on CYGWIN
• The AES core should be slightly faster now.
• Added channel flag +autoop (+o users only, +private accounted for). (+y bots op)
• Added user flag for autoop (+O). (+y bots op)
• Fixed a problem with my chmod() function.
• Fixed many various somewhat random bugs.
• Hubs weren't setting their link socket to encrypt early enough.
• Added cmd_conf for modifying the bot's shell conf via dcc.

1.1.5

• Fixed a small bug in update which only affected hubs.
• Checksum is now calculated and added to binary during compile.
• Fixed a bug in transfer/update which caused transfers to fail often.
• Segfault fix in cmd_debug.
• Fixed a potential bug in share.
• Traffic stats are now properly cleared on leaf bots every day.
• Removed a bunch of unused code on leaf bots.
• Cmds over dcc now recognize ambiguous cmds and if a cmd is not valid.

1.1.4

• User flag +x is now correctly recognized in more places.
• Auth system was broken similar to the channel ctcp bug.
• Added config option 'cmdprefix' back.
• Fixed two bugs in the auto-email code for bad uname.
• Added cmds: encrypt, decrypt, md5, sha1.
• Added AUTH cmds: md5, sha1.
• First time logins were broken.
• Cleaned up some code here and there (small fixes).
• With +nomop set in a chan, a mass op will trigger enforce_bitch() now, regardless of +bitch.
• Now all bots check for promisc.
• Added chanint: closed-private. Will set +p in +closed chans.
• New +take. -ooo with a random +o. All non-bots deopped.
• Removed 53K from the binary (no more compression functions)
• Bots were not recognizing keys set in .chanset.
• cmd_pls_host now accepts multiple hosts.
• Fixed bots not joining right away when a +chan was made.
• New cmd: addline, see .help addline for more info.
• CYGWIN support now.
• Bots now respond to /ctcp CHAT quicker
• lock-threshold config option is now close-threshold.
• Fixed a bug with a full harddrive.
• Added config setting "chanset". Change to what flags new channels will have. Original default list will apply for options you leave out*
• Bot now saves/checks it's binary md5 checksum. (Except on CYGWIN)
• Removed the majority of the garblestrings. Was slowing the bot down.
• cmd_status now shows all information correctly.

1.1.3

• Fixed a very fatal bug with channel ctcps.
• Fixed a bug in cmd_botcmd.

1.1.2

• Fixed a major bug with server connections.
• Fixed a bug in share.mod where it was reconnecting if the userfile was corrupt.
• cmd_dccstat is now available on leaf bots for (+a|-)
• Remote idx's now set their socket to -1 (shouldnt cause any problems)
• Removed 'ppid: ' from startup.
• Fixed colors being shown even if .color was set to OFF.
• Fixed a segfault in cmd_chaddr (ipv6 ips still not supported)
• Changed format for ADDRESS display again.
• Fixed dcc cmdpasses.
• Fixed the annoying 'attempt to kill unallocated socket' log when a device is broken.

1.1.1

• Fixed a problem with using /DCC CHAT
• Fixed a bug in cmd_botcmd with picking a random leaf.
• Fixed a bug in the conf parsing which didn't read 'homedir' correctly. (broke update in 1.1)
• Fixed cosmetic bugs when doing /DCC CHAT or /CTCP CHAT.
• Fixed a double log cosmetic bug with dcc cmds.
• If no config file, one is generated now.
• And if no bots are listed, the bot nows gives an error.
• cmd_quit was not returning from 'su' correctly.
• Fixed bots mass sending out CONFIG entries when they linked.
• Fixed some bugs in writing to server (caused too many open files errors)
• Updated all hooks to new timer system.
• Added more information to cmd_timers (for development)

1.1.0

• Rewrote the shell config parsing...
• Stripped that long version (1001400) stuff out, now just 1.1.0 and the build timestamp...
• Rewrote the core from scratch.
• Stripped out TCL.
• Restructured the source tree to be more organized.
• Rewrote the 'modules' to just compile staticaly and not as 'modules' (speeds up bot.)
• Removed define: AUTH, added: AUTHCMDS, AUTHHASH, DCCAUTH, see pack.cfg for details.
• Leaf binary now accepts -B
• Bot is now much more portable.
• Fixed a bug in cmd_channels, was allowing to view higher flagged users.
• Added extort to CREDITS.
• Rewrote cmd_chanset to parse options correctly.
• Cmds that auto save userfile now alert you of that.
• binary -C now opens up a config editor, (crontab -e style).
• Invalid cmdline options are now silently ignored.
• Bad cmdline passwords now spoof an error.
• A long-standing bug with updating channel lists has been fixed, MAY cause "max sendq" quits.
• Added -k for cmdline (to kill botnick)
• Small cosmetic fix in cmd_status for closed channels (show "+i")

1.0.15

• cmd_randstring is now limited to 300.
• cmd_botversion and cmd_netversion are now HUB only.
• Bots will now email owners once a day if their uname() output changes.
• Fixed a segfault in cmd_botcmd.
• msg_op now shows OP before STATS log.
• Fixed a cosmetic error in cmd_secpass.
• Bots will now relink if they get a corrupt userfile.
• cmd_botcmd ? was not targetting leafs only, fixed.
• Eliminated salt.h and conf.h, they are now part of pack.cfg.
• Define PERMONLY is now known as TCLPERMONLY.
• Added warning in .help whois about CPU INTENSIVE flags.
• Bots now check if they need op every 5 seconds and not every 3.
• Removed 98% of Debug Contexts; they were slowing the bot down and eating resources.
• Removed and reorganized some various excess system calls in the core.
• cmd_color now tells you which color mode you are shown.
• Changed some cosmetics in cmd_chaninfo.
• Removed some redundant system calls in getin system.
• Fixed bots asking bots for ops in a chan where the op-bot is +d
• Changed cosmetics of ADDRESS: display in .whois for bots.
• cmd_match/cmd_userlist allowed getting around cmd_whois security checks.
• Config option "nocheck" has been removed and is now implied by "ignore".
• Bots now do NOT check for tracing/promisc/login/etc... unless something is SET.
• Removed note ignore commands, ie .+/-noteign .noteigns

1.0.14

• Fixed order of log/info for cmd_whoami.
• Fixed a redundancy in cmd_channels.
• cmd_uplink now more clear about what is is doing.
• Fixed a typo in cmd_ignores
• Auto save userfile in cmd_chanset now.
• Fixed normal bots dumping core on FreeBSD.
• Disabled setting +p on +closed chans.
• Fixed fatal bug in cmd_console.
• Pass/Secpass now cut off at 15 chars correctly.
• Fixed ./binary -E for error codes.
• Added mIRC version 6.14 spoofing.
• Cmds over dcc no longer will flood boot. Users with +x are exempt from dcc flood as well now.
• Fixed several bugs in showhelp() and help.txt.
• Some channel protections weren't checking if the bot was opped first.
• If a user msgs a bot OP (For global), now the OPS counter in STATS is only incremented by 1.
• Added info in cmd_chaninfo for when a channel was added and by whom.
• Log order in cmd_chaninfo was wrong.
• cmd_mop didn't check for n| with '*' as a chan.
• Added help entry for cmd_whom.
• chanset #chan +/-inactive now requires global n|-
• Fixed some bugs in the readuserfile() function.
• cmd_mop didn't check if the bot was opped before sending +o lines.
• Fixed several file descriptors that weren't closed.
• The bot will now wait until it is finished recieving the +e listing before enforcing bans.
• Fixed a bug with .config msginvite.
• Added a config option for msgident.
• Changed bad op-cookie (TS) to LOG_DEBUG.
• cmd_newleaf now modifies USERENTRY_ADDED for .whois
• Passing '?' as the bot to cmd_botcmd will send the cmd to a random leaf.
• Userfile is now sorted correctly.
• Fixed a segfault bug in cmdmns/exempt/ban/invite
• Fixed a small bug in the mIRC script.
• Fixed a bug in the update system; wasn't RUNNING the new binary.

#1.0.13

• Fixed a fatal bug in console_gotshare()

1.0.12

• When a user first logs in, if they don't have a secpass set, one is set and displayed.
• +closed now enforces +i AND +p (+p notifies you of invites in hybrid)

1.0.11

• Fixed countless various bugs. (see ChangeLog for full list)
• All strings are now "garbled" or crypted such that they cannot be read cleartext from the binary.
• Source code now in CVS.
• bldall has been moved to build, type ./build for usage.
• Entire compile system re-wrote.
• Re-organized all files.
• Many new cmdline params added, type ./binary -h for usage.
• Passwords are no longer echoed back to terminal.
• Specifying ipv6 ip as last param in conf now supported. As well as blanking ip4/host with a "."
• Cmdline params -e/-d now except STDOUT as the outfile (echos to terminal).
• Pscloak can be disabled by putting "!-" as the third line in the local conf.
• Applied fixes from eggdrop1.6 CVS.
• Pack now uses and requires openssl for MD5, SHA1, and AES-256.
• Finished auth scripts for mIRC/BitchX/Xchat/irssi.
• Re-wrote settings system, see doc/INSTALL.
• Re-wrote pack.conf into conf.h, see doc/INSTALL.
• Removed userflag +f, it was a security flaw, use +x for flood exempt.
• Removed a lot of TCL bloat and other bloat.
• Bots can now link/chat via IPv6.
• Added process limits to bot, to avoid accidentle fork() bombs.
• Bots now link every 30 seconds.
• Fixed channel sharing desync bug.
• Added several compile time options, see pack/conf.h.
• Added hub->leaf/hub cmd relaying. .botcmd (or .bc)
• Fixed bug with symlinked homedirs. (/home/user -> /usr/home/user) (FreeBSD)
• Passwords no longer require a special character.
• Login now shows channels, banner, link to site.
• New install system, uses conf.h, salt.h and pack.cfg
• Added a script to download/build/install TCL if needed.
• More cmds now accept *; kick, kickban.
• Bot will now "roll" it's nick if needed, ie: nick_ -> _nick -> k_nic.
• Added some new defines to enable/disable features.
• Fixed ipv6 ban saving/loading bug.
• Fixed and improved cmds: slowjoin/slowpart/down/cycle.
• Added cmd_mop <#chan|*>.
• Added help info for all cmds.
• Removed channel flag -/+dontkickops.
• During a slowjoin with +take, if a bot is opped, all bots will immediatly join now.
• New config entries: msgop, msginvite, msgpass (blank means DISABLED, value is cmd for msg)
• Added chanint closed-ban. Will ban hosts that join +closed channels.
• Much improved cmd_motd
• Added a MODIFIED field to whois.
• Console channel/flags now correctly shared among bots.
• Various cosmetic changes.
• Leaf bots now correctly respond to remote userfile changes, (+/-host, chattr, [un]stick, +/-ban...)
• Made cmd_botjump m|-.
• cmd_netlag is now HUB only.
• Removed cmd_set.

1.0.10

• Fixed a cosmetic bug in show_channels
• Fixed a bug in the spawning process which stopped some bots from creating their "spawnfiles" correctly.
• Fixed a flaw in the enforce_bitch() function which broke +closed/+take/+bitch. -found by xmage
• Added "(closed)" to show_channels.
• cmd_chpass now accepts "rand" to generate a random password.
• cmd_chanset now only lets n|- set/unset +private on a chan. -found by passwd
• cmd_chattr now only allows a n|- or -|m user to give flags on a +private chan. -found by passwd
• Added chan/msg cmds: voice, channels.
• Possibly fixed bug in isauthed().
• Fixed bug in putlog() which obscured the DEBUG.
• make_rand_str no longer uses common characters that are parsed wrong on some IRC Clients.
• Auth timeout for DCC raised to 40 seconds. -passwd
• Updated cmd_about to reflect the CREDITS correctly.
• msg_authstart no longer will return "auth!" for users without a matching host. (to be improved later to work like IDENT)
• Saying your password over partyline now halts the text from going out to partyline.
• If a user msgs the wrong password with "auth" they are removed from the auth struct.

1.0.09

• Added command logging to cmd_nettcl cmd_bottcl cmd_tcl.
• Removed cmd_botattr.
• Changed cmd_mdop to n|n.
• Fixed bug in slowjoin which caused all bots to join at once.
• Added cmd_slowpart (not tested extenisvely).
• Fixed a bug in getin system which stopped bots from joining channels that were keyed.
• cmd_tcl now requires perm owner on leaf bots.
• Fixed a typo in the kicking for banned hosts.
• Users banned in the .bans list, are now kicked/deopped with roles.
• Randomized mIRC version reply to range between 5.91 and 6.10.
• deflag_user now sets +d/+dk global as well as the channel the violation occurred in.
• Changed how TS is checked for cookieops.
• Fixed "Banned" kick to use random msgs.
• Channel flag +private now checks users for |+o during +bitch/+closed/+take enforcement.
• Users can now see their own hosts on leaf bots.
• Now users see only their own SECPASS. Admins can see all SECPASS entries (hub only)*
• Default notefile now set to .n (not encrypted/who cares).
• Links/unlinks are now obscured on leaf bots. (ie. "Linked to botnet").
• Accessable Channels/Banner showed when joining partyline now.
• The "Hostname IPV6 self-lookup failed." quit should be fixed now.
• Added cmd_getkey.
• Each (old) msg cmd is a compile time option now (INVITE/OP/VOICE/PASS). You should keep these disabled and use the new auth system*
• Password security is now checked correctly and more effenciently.
• DCC Auth system added, scripts will be provided for this. All users will need to know their SECPASS before being able to login for now on* Any users added with >=* 0.05 will have one set already, just .whois them.
• Fixed a cosmetic bug in cmd_channel (mode prefixes).
• Fixed a bug in some debugging code which caused FBSD bots to segfault.
• Fixed a bug in voice system which did not recognize +v/-v on nicks.
• cmd_about is now logged correctly.
• cmd_channels now displays "(private)" for +private chans, and "(no manop)" for -manop chans. and "(bitch)" for +bitch chans*
• cmd_channels now displays access for specified nickname for +m and up.
• cmd_whois now hides flags for +private chans from users without access.
• Added cmd_find, looks for nick!ident@host specified in channels.
• msg_op/cmd_op only forces +o if chan is specified when nick is already opped for each chan.
• Changed appearance of op cookie.
• Now 95 chars of COMMENTS are displayed instead of 70.
• Bots now recognize 100 ban limit on EFnet with exempt/invite support.
• cmd_console now works correctly for |o users.
• Fixed got_op to deop +d users correctly.
• Channel flag +nomop will kick people who send +ooo* to the channel.
• Improved cmd_cmdpass to allow setting cmdpasses for leaf cmds.
• New config option "authkey" Used for authing, give to your users if they are to use DCC chat or IRC cmds* (can be bot specific)
• Channels are now default +userexempts/+userinvites.
• Added cmd_randstring.
• Added checking for: bad processes/ptrace/promiscuous mode (sniffing).
• Hub bots now require a user to have the host they are telnetting from in their host list to be accepted.
• Logging system improved, should cut BW usage by 3/4ths.
• cmd_whois is now -|-.
• Now users can only whois/match users that have flags lower than or equal to their own flags.
• Fixed global flag +p to work as intended.
• Bug in dcc_chat_attr fixed.
• Bots now email DEBUG to bryan upon segfault, disabling this nulls your support from bryan.
• Fixed some buffer overflow bugs.
• Getin system no longer ops d|d bots in chans.
• Fixed bug in check_dcc_attrs which broke +p.
• Bots now try to unban banned bots by ip as well as host.
• Fixed similar bugs in putlog() and cmd_slowjoin().
• Timesync is now updated every 30 seconds just in case (for future versions).
• Fixed a startup issue with directory/binname.
• Fixed commonly used method of hijacking processes.
• Server hops are now recorded for channel members. (will be used in future mdop methods).

1.0.08b

Disabled cookie op checking of time, which was a problem because bots on shells that auto update their time

deviate from the timesync given from the hub.

1.0.08

• Fixed do_op to not send +o-b if nick is not in channel.
• Fixed randservers to not spike cpu randomly.
• Added a few new kick msgs.
• Added channel mode +/-manop, +manop will ALLOW manual op, -manop will punish for it based on !config manop.
• Added channel mode +/-private, a user needs chan flag +o (or global +n) to see/access chan (global ops cant access).
• cmd_op reverted to op a nick even if already opped. (could fix a desync).
• Fixed a cosmetic bug in cmd_help.

1.0.07

• Recoded last checker and detect code.
• Recoded logging system, should stop some cpu usage loops.
• Restructured a few commands to be hub only.
• Added cmd_botexec.
• Recoded some of the compression system (should fix fbsd).
• Set channels to be default -fastop (to use cookieops).
• cmd_config and cmd_botconfig are hub only now.
• Fixed getin system so bots will join keyed channels.
• Increased botnet pings from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
• cmd_op no longer ops in channel the user is already opped in.
• Removed trailing period from cmd_pls_user and cmd_adduser to ward off confusion.
• Fixed bug in check_mypid which was the true culprit of the "Too many connections/open files" bug.
• Added cmd_bottcl.
• Renamed cmd_mtcl to cmd_nettcl.
• Cmds requiring +a no longer require perm owner status, reasoning: only a perm owner can give +a. so make sure you trust that user*
• cmd_bind now requires +a.
• Fixed a major security flaw in msg_op (found by xmage).
• Fixed cmd_help to output correctly.

1.0.06

• +closed now sends +i a lot quicker.
• Fixed msg_op to use cookieops when a channel is specified.
• Fixed do_op to only send opline (+o-b) if nick is in channel ;).
• Removed cmd_pls_bot.

1.0.05

• Added cmd_botdie.
• Added text for HOSTS entry on leaf bots.
• Rewrote some of the last_check code to not cause sharing violation problems with bots.
• Added .secpass .chsecpass (to be used at a later time).
• Users are given a random secpass when added.
• Disabled share system host/user/flag related logging on leaf bots.
• Added cookieops checking and flag stripping.
• Added roles.
• Fixed various segfault bugs.
• Rewrote update system once again, seems to be working flawlessly now. Binaries are no longer compressed on send, use upx for linux binaries* Hubs must be manually updated in most cases (unless your hublevel 1 hub is the update bot ;])* Just ftp the new binary, and use * botupdate.
• Added cmds: botupdate, botkill, net/botcrontab.
• Removed cmd_rehash; cmd_restart does nothing for now.
• Fixed +take.
• Added ctcp cloaking.
• All kicks are cloaked correctly now.

1.0.04

• Rewrote most of the update system... the first bot installed on shells will set their uplink to the +u bot now.

1.0.03

• Fixed a bug in last checker which caused segfault.
• Fixed a bug in cmd_pls_user.
• Fixed FreeBSD compile errors.
• Improved 'last' checker functions.

1.0.02

• Update system is now compressed.
• Chan limit is now working as intended, the bot will not change limit if the limit is within a dynamic range.

1.0.01

• Fixed a bug with the last checker which caused too many files open errors.
• Fixed a few bugs here and there.
• Made limit system marginal, don't ask, just makes less +l modes.

1.0.0

• First private release.