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1 Changes in version 2.0rc3
2 * Write SENDMAIL to mix.cfg
3 * Add sendpings command.
4 * Only decrease a remailer's ttl during requesting -conf if
5 it was requested by the usualy timer run and not by the
6 user.
7 * Template cleanup: fix a link and add links to .txt versions
8 to front page.
9 * Have install-perl-modules tool.
10 * Spelling fixes.
11 * seperate_rlists was renamed to separate_rlists.
12 * README was improved.
13
14 Changes in version 2.0rc2 - 2002-09-08
15 * Reopen stdin to /dev/null instead of closing it to avoid
16 perl 5.8 warnings.
17
18 Changes in version 2.0rc1 - 2002-09-05
19 * new version number.
20 * Random spelling fixes.
21 * Do not show hidden remailers in thesaurus.
22
23 Changes in version 2.0beta34 - 2002-09-04
24 * Make ping/request time more random.
25 * Encrypt pings (symmetrically), so that dup detection of some
26 remailers (austria) fails and pings get processed.
27 * Write total number of unique remailers to echolot.html.
28
29 Changes in version 2.0beta33 - 2002-08-23
30 * Scheduler fixes (inserted jobs for one time processing got requeued
31 over and over again according to their interval).
32 * Give a short summary about current stats on index page.
33
34 Changes in version 2.0beta32 - 2002-08-23
35 * Fix a major bug introduced in 2.0beta31 that resulted in no
36 remailer-xxx queries beeing sent out.
37
38 Changes in version 2.0beta31 - 2002-08-21
39 * Have a consistent name for the ~/echolot directory in README.
40 * If you request keyconf from only a few remailers, more requests could
41 have been sent. Fixed that.
42 * Write REMAIL n to mix.cfg - apparently it defaults to yes, which
43 means Mixmaster will want to create keys.
44 * Fix random typos.
45 * Fix pingctl script.
46
47 Changes in version 2.0beta30 - 2002-08-15
48 * Write NAME and ADDRESS to mix.cfg - mix cannot figure it out
49 if detached.
50
51 Changes in version 2.0beta29 - 2002-08-14
52 * Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
53 * Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
54 * Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
55 * Code cleanup: renamed some functions.
56
57 Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
58 * Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
59 It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
60 those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.
61
62 Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
63 * Some small fixes to the Debian Package
64
65 Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
66 * Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
67 * Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
68 * Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
69 * Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
70 can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
71 * Have --quiet.
72 * Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).
73
74 Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
75 * Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
76
77 Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
78 * Remove »x« from end of pubring.mix summary lines.
79
80 Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
81 * Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
82 * Detach correctly now.
83
84 Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
85 * Actually use the sane basedir. *sigh*
86
87 Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
88 * Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
89 it in pingd.conf.
90
91 Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
92 * Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
93 * echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
94 * Added acknowledgements.
95
96 Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
97 * Build keyrings in results.private too
98
99 Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
100 * Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
101 lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
102 automatically; this is planned for a later release. For now you need
103 to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
104 sameop.txt.
105
106 Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
107 * You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
108 Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
109 installed.
110 * The config hash »Pinger::Mix« is obsolete now. Please set
111 »mixmaster« to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
112 uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
113 option mixhome).
114 * The default gnupghome has changed from »gnupg« to »gnupghome«.
115 * New config option »gnupg«.
116 * Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
117 deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
118 whatever reason.
119 * Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
120 instead of the savannah page.
121
122 How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
123 ./pingd stop
124 mv gnupg gnupghome
125 vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
126 cf. pingd.conf.sample )
127 ./pingd [...] start
128
129 Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
130 * Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
131 * The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
132 was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
133 function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
134 same time.
135 * In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
136 So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
137 installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
138 * The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
139 data from.
140 * The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
141 getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
142 any more.
143 * Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
144 stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.
145
146 Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
147 * Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
148 * Random documentation fixes
149 * Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
150 - always pass two arguments to mkdir()
151 - import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
152 - do not use warnings
153
154 Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
155 * Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
156 * Added legend to templates (Orange)
157 * Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
158 valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
159 * Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options
160
161 Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
162 * Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
163 * Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
164 * Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
165 * Support »not a remailer« reply to remailer-xxx
166 * Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
167 * Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
168 remailer-key replies
169
170 Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
171 * Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
172 * Sort type2.list/pubring.mix
173
174 Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
175 * Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
176 If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
177 for perl and add »-T« to the first line of pingd.
178
179 Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
180 * Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
181 * Documentation updates
182
183 Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
184 * Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
185 * Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.
186
187 Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
188 * Fix public clist.
189
190 Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
191 * fixed a stupid syntax bug.
192
193 Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
194 * Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
195 This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
196 is a sendmail config option now.
197
198 Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
199 * Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
200 Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
201 directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
202 to keep the data.
203 * Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
204 supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
205 * Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.
206
207 Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
208 * Minor documentation fixes
209 * Added --process switch
210 * Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
211 * Build manpage into extra file
212
213 Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
214 * Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
215 parsed again
216
217 Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
218 * Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
219 Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
220 convert your setup:
221 pingd stop
222 mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
223 mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
224 convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
225 convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
226 pingd start
227
228 Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
229 * Initial public beta test

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