Contents of /trunk/NEWS

Changes in version 2.0beta34 - 2002-09-04
        * Make ping/request time more random.
        * Encrypt pings (symmetrically), so that dup detection of some
          remailers (austria) fails and pings get processed.
        * Write total number of unique remailers to echolot.html.

Changes in version 2.0beta33 - 2002-08-23
        * Scheduler fixes (inserted jobs for one time processing got requeued
          over and over again according to their interval).
        * Give a short summary about current stats on index page.

Changes in version 2.0beta32 - 2002-08-23
        * Fix a major bug introduced in 2.0beta31 that resulted in no
          remailer-xxx queries beeing sent out.

Changes in version 2.0beta31 - 2002-08-21
        * Have a consistent name for the ~/echolot directory in README.
        * If you request keyconf from only a few remailers, more requests could
          have been sent. Fixed that.
        * Write REMAIL n to mix.cfg - apparently it defaults to yes, which
          means Mixmaster will want to create keys.
        * Fix random typos.
        * Fix pingctl script.

Changes in version 2.0beta30 - 2002-08-15
        * Write NAME and ADDRESS to mix.cfg - mix cannot figure it out
          if detached.

Changes in version 2.0beta29 - 2002-08-14
        * Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
        * Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
        * Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
        * Code cleanup: renamed some functions.

Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
        * Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
          It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
          those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.

Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
        * Some small fixes to the Debian Package

Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
        * Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
        * Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
        * Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
        * Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
          can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
        * Have --quiet.
        * Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).

Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
        * Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
        
Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
        * Remove �x� from end of pubring.mix summary lines.

Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
        * Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
        * Detach correctly now.

Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
        * Actually use the sane basedir. *sigh*

Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
        * Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
          it in pingd.conf.

Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
        * Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
        * echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
        * Added acknowledgements.

Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
        * Build keyrings in results.private too

Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
        * Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
          lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
          automatically; this is planned for a later release.  For now you need
          to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
          sameop.txt.

Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
        * You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
          Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
          installed.
        * The config hash �Pinger::Mix� is obsolete now. Please set
          �mixmaster� to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
          uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
          option mixhome).
        * The default gnupghome has changed from �gnupg� to �gnupghome�.
        * New config option �gnupg�.
        * Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
          deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
          whatever reason.
        * Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
          instead of the savannah page.
        
        How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
           ./pingd stop
           mv gnupg gnupghome
           vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
                          cf. pingd.conf.sample )
          ./pingd [...] start

Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
        * Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
        * The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
          was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
          function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
          same time.
        * In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
          So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
          installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
        * The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
          data from.
        * The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
          getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
          any more.
        * Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
          stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.

Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
        * Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
        * Random documentation fixes
        * Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
          - always pass two arguments to mkdir()
          - import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
          - do not use warnings

Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
        * Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
        * Added legend to templates (Orange)
        * Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
          valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
        * Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options

Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
        * Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
        * Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
        * Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
        * Support �not a remailer� reply to remailer-xxx
        * Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
        * Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
          remailer-key replies

Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
        * Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
        * Sort type2.list/pubring.mix

Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
        * Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
          If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
          for perl and add �-T� to the first line of pingd.

Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
        * Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
        * Documentation updates

Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
        * Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
        * Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.

Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
        * Fix public clist.

Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
        * fixed a stupid syntax bug.

Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
        * Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
          This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
          is a sendmail config option now.

Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
        * Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
          Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
          directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
          to keep the data.
        * Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
          supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
        * Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.

Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
        * Minor documentation fixes
        * Added --process switch
        * Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
        * Build manpage into extra file

Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
        * Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
          parsed again

Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
        * Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
          Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
          convert your setup:
            pingd stop
            mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
            mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
            convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
            convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
            pingd start

Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
        * Initial public beta test
1	weasel	285	Changes in version 2.0beta34 - 2002-09-04
2	weasel	283	* Make ping/request time more random.
3			* Encrypt pings (symmetrically), so that dup detection of some
4			remailers (austria) fails and pings get processed.
5	weasel	284	* Write total number of unique remailers to echolot.html.
6	weasel	283
7	weasel	280	Changes in version 2.0beta33 - 2002-08-23
8			* Scheduler fixes (inserted jobs for one time processing got requeued
9			over and over again according to their interval).
10	weasel	281	* Give a short summary about current stats on index page.
11	weasel	280
12	weasel	277	Changes in version 2.0beta32 - 2002-08-23
13			* Fix a major bug introduced in 2.0beta31 that resulted in no
14			remailer-xxx queries beeing sent out.
15	weasel	276
16	weasel	275	Changes in version 2.0beta31 - 2002-08-21
17	weasel	266	* Have a consistent name for the ~/echolot directory in README.
18	weasel	270	* If you request keyconf from only a few remailers, more requests could
19	weasel	267	have been sent. Fixed that.
20	weasel	269	* Write REMAIL n to mix.cfg - apparently it defaults to yes, which
21			means Mixmaster will want to create keys.
22	weasel	271	* Fix random typos.
23	weasel	274	* Fix pingctl script.
24	weasel	266
25	weasel	265	Changes in version 2.0beta30 - 2002-08-15
26	weasel	264	* Write NAME and ADDRESS to mix.cfg - mix cannot figure it out
27			if detached.
28
29	weasel	259	Changes in version 2.0beta29 - 2002-08-14
30	weasel	258	* Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
31			* Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
32			* Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
33			* Code cleanup: renamed some functions.
34
35	weasel	257	Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
36	weasel	256	* Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
37			It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
38			those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.
39
40	weasel	255	Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
41	weasel	253	* Some small fixes to the Debian Package
42
43	weasel	248	Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
44	weasel	232	* Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
45	weasel	234	* Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
46	weasel	239	* Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
47	weasel	240	* Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
48			can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
49	weasel	245	* Have --quiet.
50	weasel	246	* Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).
51	weasel	232
52	weasel	230	Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
53			* Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
54
55	weasel	227	Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
56			* Remove �x� from end of pubring.mix summary lines.
57
58	weasel	225	Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
59			* Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
60			* Detach correctly now.
61
62	weasel	222	Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
63			* Actually use the sane basedir. sigh
64
65	weasel	221	Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
66			* Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
67			it in pingd.conf.
68
69	weasel	220	Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
70			* Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
71			* echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
72			* Added acknowledgements.
73
74	weasel	219	Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
75	weasel	217	* Build keyrings in results.private too
76
77	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
78	weasel	215	* Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
79			lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
80			automatically; this is planned for a later release. For now you need
81			to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
82			sameop.txt.
83
84	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
85	weasel	212	* You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
86			Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
87			installed.
88			* The config hash �Pinger::Mix� is obsolete now. Please set
89			�mixmaster� to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
90			uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
91			option mixhome).
92			* The default gnupghome has changed from �gnupg� to �gnupghome�.
93			* New config option �gnupg�.
94	weasel	211	* Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
95			deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
96			whatever reason.
97	weasel	210	* Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
98			instead of the savannah page.
99	weasel	212
100			How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
101			./pingd stop
102			mv gnupg gnupghome
103			vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
104			cf. pingd.conf.sample )
105			./pingd [...] start
106	weasel	210
107	weasel	209	Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
108	weasel	199	* Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
109	weasel	202	* The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
110			was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
111			function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
112			same time.
113	weasel	204	* In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
114			So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
115			installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
116	weasel	206	* The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
117			data from.
118			* The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
119			getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
120			any more.
121	weasel	207	* Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
122			stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.
123	weasel	199
124	weasel	195	Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
125	weasel	187	* Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
126	weasel	190	* Random documentation fixes
127	weasel	198	* Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
128	weasel	194	- always pass two arguments to mkdir()
129			- import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
130			- do not use warnings
131	weasel	187
132	weasel	184	Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
133	weasel	172	* Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
134	weasel	176	* Added legend to templates (Orange)
135	weasel	177	* Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
136	weasel	187	valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
137			* Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options
138	weasel	172
139	weasel	173	Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
140	weasel	162	* Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
141	weasel	171	* Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
142			* Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
143			* Support �not a remailer� reply to remailer-xxx
144			* Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
145			* Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
146			remailer-key replies
147	weasel	162
148	weasel	161	Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
149			* Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
150			* Sort type2.list/pubring.mix
151
152	weasel	158	Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
153			* Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
154			If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
155			for perl and add �-T� to the first line of pingd.
156
157	weasel	157	Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
158			* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
159			* Documentation updates
160
161	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
162	weasel	150	* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
163	weasel	153	* Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.
164	weasel	150
165	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
166	weasel	148	* Fix public clist.
167
168	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
169	weasel	143	* fixed a stupid syntax bug.
170
171	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
172	weasel	141	* Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
173			This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
174			is a sendmail config option now.
175
176	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
177	weasel	137	* Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
178			Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
179			directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
180			to keep the data.
181	weasel	138	* Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
182			supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
183	weasel	139	* Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.
184	weasel	137
185	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
186	weasel	134	* Minor documentation fixes
187			* Added --process switch
188			* Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
189			* Build manpage into extra file
190
191	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
192	weasel	124	* Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
193			parsed again
194
195	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
196	weasel	123	* Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
197			Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
198			convert your setup:
199			pingd stop
200			mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
201			mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
202			convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
203			convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
204			pingd start
205
206	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
207	weasel	123	* Initial public beta test