Contents of /trunk/Mix/TODO

Items that need to be completed before the next MAIN release:

- revert renaming of conf files for WIN32.

Items to watch:

- Hunt and kill bug in Mixmaster causing echolot pings to be turned
  into permanent t* files.
  [This is a pesky one. Changing the .forward pipe to go through 
   truss first 'fixes' it. Grr. --rabbi]

Items for 3.0.x:
- doallow() should check more than one email address in a line
- Automatically fetch pinger list and stats during installation process
- destblk request confirmation (patch # 873498)
    + perhaps we should phase this out in favor of a distributed RAB?
- general bug fixes that do not break backward compatibility

Items for 3.1.x
- Full WIN32 support.
  - Sane randomness handling
  - Resolve crash when running with --post
  - Resolve crash when config contains "SENDMAIL outfile"
  - Confirm operation as a WIN32 service
  - Test on Vista.
- Include a formal win32 binary release, complete with docs.
- Integrate RAB support -- automatic downloading similar to stats.
- Introduce hashed RAB handling where mail recipients are hashed and
  compared against a downloaded rab.hash file.  This solves the issue
  of publishing a plain-text list of email addresses.
    + We might want to salt these hashes but the salt would have to be
      known to remops.


Items for 3.5:

- binomial mix implementation
- RGB dummies
- native echolot

Packaging:
- Modify release tarball generation script to build the .tab.c file from
  parsedate.y, so we don't end up requiring bison on every system that
  wants to build mixmaster  (rabbi)
- rpm -- dybbuk
- Windows build instructions/files  (zax)
- provide a packaged Windows build to be used with QuickSilver
- Macintosh OS/X support  (rabbi)
- Update Install script to put files in global system locations if
  invoked by root. Also update to be smart about AES support.
  (dybbuk said he would do this, but status is unclear.)

Wishlist:
- permit CRAM-MD5 SMTP AUTH in addition to LOGIN.  n/a (patch welcome)
- do full regression tests on as many platforms possible
  - list only these platforms as supported
  - test on Solaris 9 on SPARC.
- saner usage of /dev/[u]random is required -- throw warning when not in
  daemon mode (patch 873497 -- needs work)
- clean up documentation and tarball contents
  + reorganize directory structure
- AES support -- requires OpenSSL 0.9.7  dybbuk


Abandoned/Deferred:
D Remove OpenSSL version checks. Maybe print a message stating the 
  supported versions, and leave it up to the user?
D allow for verification of clearsigned OpenPGP messages  disastry
D honor key preferences when encrypting to multiple keys  ulf/disastry (n/a)
D further mpgp testing of AES/MDC packet support  ulf
D make mpgp friendlier
D COMMENT entire existing codebase!  (HAHA)
D support for Borland compiler on Windows.
  D I'ld even go so far as drop Visual C (or whatever we're supporting at
    the moment) and require gcc with Cygwin to build it. But only if this
    results in a Binary that runs without additional DLLs. (Weasel)
1	rabbi	682	Items that need to be completed before the next MAIN release:
2	rabbi	303
3	rabbi	970	- revert renaming of conf files for WIN32.
4	rabbi	797
5			Items to watch:
6
7	rabbi	772	- Hunt and kill bug in Mixmaster causing echolot pings to be turned
8			into permanent t* files.
9	rabbi	797	[This is a pesky one. Changing the .forward pipe to go through
10			truss first 'fixes' it. Grr. --rabbi]
11	rabbi	772
12	rabbi	970	Items for 3.0.x:
13	rabbi	797	- doallow() should check more than one email address in a line
14	zax	964	- Automatically fetch pinger list and stats during installation process
15	rabbi	716	- destblk request confirmation (patch # 873498)
16	zax	964	+ perhaps we should phase this out in favor of a distributed RAB?
17	rabbi	970	- general bug fixes that do not break backward compatibility
18
19			Items for 3.1.x
20			- Full WIN32 support.
21			- Sane randomness handling
22			- Resolve crash when running with --post
23			- Resolve crash when config contains "SENDMAIL outfile"
24			- Confirm operation as a WIN32 service
25			- Test on Vista.
26			- Include a formal win32 binary release, complete with docs.
27	rabbi	954	- Integrate RAB support -- automatic downloading similar to stats.
28	zax	956	- Introduce hashed RAB handling where mail recipients are hashed and
29			compared against a downloaded rab.hash file. This solves the issue
30			of publishing a plain-text list of email addresses.
31	zax	964	+ We might want to salt these hashes but the salt would have to be
32			known to remops.
33	rabbi	716
34	rabbi	970
35			Items for 3.5:
36
37			- binomial mix implementation
38			- RGB dummies
39			- native echolot
40
41	weaselp	587	Packaging:
42	rabbi	682	- Modify release tarball generation script to build the .tab.c file from
43			parsedate.y, so we don't end up requiring bison on every system that
44			wants to build mixmaster (rabbi)
45	weaselp	587	- rpm -- dybbuk
46	zax	964	- Windows build instructions/files (zax)
47	weaselp	587	- provide a packaged Windows build to be used with QuickSilver
48			- Macintosh OS/X support (rabbi)
49	rabbi	686	- Update Install script to put files in global system locations if
50			invoked by root. Also update to be smart about AES support.
51	rabbi	716	(dybbuk said he would do this, but status is unclear.)
52	rabbi	1
53	weaselp	587	Wishlist:
54			- permit CRAM-MD5 SMTP AUTH in addition to LOGIN. n/a (patch welcome)
55			- do full regression tests on as many platforms possible
56			- list only these platforms as supported
57			- test on Solaris 9 on SPARC.
58	rabbi	716	- saner usage of /dev/[u]random is required -- throw warning when not in
59			daemon mode (patch 873497 -- needs work)
60	weaselp	587	- clean up documentation and tarball contents
61	rabbi	286	+ reorganize directory structure
62	weaselp	587	- AES support -- requires OpenSSL 0.9.7 dybbuk
63	rabbi	161
64	rabbi	286
65	weaselp	587	Abandoned/Deferred:
66	rabbi	954	D Remove OpenSSL version checks. Maybe print a message stating the
67			supported versions, and leave it up to the user?
68	weaselp	587	D allow for verification of clearsigned OpenPGP messages disastry
69			D honor key preferences when encrypting to multiple keys ulf/disastry (n/a)
70			D further mpgp testing of AES/MDC packet support ulf
71			D make mpgp friendlier
72			D COMMENT entire existing codebase! (HAHA)
73			D support for Borland compiler on Windows.
74			D I'ld even go so far as drop Visual C (or whatever we're supporting at
75	weaselp	394	the moment) and require gcc with Cygwin to build it. But only if this
76			results in a Binary that runs without additional DLLs. (Weasel)