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@DanielOaks DanielOaks released this 17 Sep 23:26
· 4844 commits to master since this release
v0.1.0
2fdc9e5

Somewhat of an initial release! This version still has lots of bugs and lots of functionality to rewrite, but there's a lot of useful changes from upstream.

Change notes:

Security

  • PROXY command is now restricted appropriately.
  • Nicknames, usernames and channel names that break the protocol are no longer allowed.
  • Default channel modes set to restrict new channels more appropriately by default.

Added

  • YAML config file format.
  • buntdb key-value store for persistent data.
  • Native SSL/TLS support (thanks to @Edmand).
  • Ability to generate testing certificates from the command line.
  • Support for looking up usernames with ident on client connection.
  • RPL_ISUPPORT numeric as advertised by most other IRCds today.
  • Ability to parse complex mode change syntax commonly used these days (i.e. +h-ov dan dan dan).
  • User mode for clients connected via TLS (+Z).
  • Ability to register and login to accounts (with passphrase or certfp).
  • Support for IRCv3 capabilities account-tag, away-notify, extended-join, sasl, server-time, and userhost-in-names.

Changed

  • Channel creator (O) privilege changed to founder/admin/halfops (qah) privileges.
  • Private (+p) channel mode changed to secret (+s), to match what's used by servers today.
  • Default channel modes changed to (+nt), matching most other IRCds.
  • CLI commands and arguments made more consistent with typical software.
  • Usernames set by the USER command now start with "~" (to work with new ident support).
  • Renamed ONICK command to SANICK to be more consistent with other IRCds.
  • Made maximum nickname and channel name lengths configurable.
  • Made maximum WHOWAS entries configurable.

Removed

  • Removed gitconfig configuration format [replaced with YAML].
  • Removed sqlite database [replaced with buntdb key-value store].
  • Removed THEATER command (it broke and I'm not that interested in putting the work in to get it working again with the aim of this project. PRs accepted).

Fixed

  • Fixed clients no longer being able to send commands after a single command errored out.
  • CAP: Registration is now properly suspended during CAP negotiation.
  • CAP: Remove CAP CLEAR (recommended in IRCv3 3.2), and allow capability negotiation after registration.
  • MODE: Fixed <modestring> evaluation (we were parsing all ungrabbed parameters as a modestring, when it is actually only the first param).
  • MODE: New-style mode change syntax (with both adding and removing modes in a single MODE command) is now parsed properly.
  • MOTD: Now store MOTD in-memory rather than on-disk, and don't limit it to 80 characters per line (not required with today's servers or clients).
  • NICK: Restrict nicknames that break the protocol.
  • USER: Restrict usernames that break the protocol.
  • PROXY: Restrict to specified hostnames only.
  • WHOIS: Include the required <nick> param on RPL_ENDOFWHOIS.
  • WHOIS: Hide hidden channels in WHOIS responses.
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