trunk/Mix2.0/CHANGES

Version history.

2.0.4b45 1999-01-19 um
        Bug fixes for DOS.

2.0.4b43 1998-08-21 um
        Bug fix: use stderr when asking for random user input.

2.0.4b42 1998-08-20 um
        Added missing "success" report (for DOS).
        zlib/Makefile: do not optimize deflate.c (fails on DOS).

2.0.4b41 1998-08-17 um
        Bug fix: Verify the message digest in packet headers.
        Successful remailer operation is logged if VERBOSE is set.
        Error messages are written to stdout if ERRSTDOUT is set to 1
          (for DOS remailers where stderr cannot be redirected).

2.0.4b40 1998-05-28 um
        Improved getlist script. New file urls contains URLs of mix lists.

2.0.4b39 1998-05-25 um
        fixed sign error in new timestamp code.

2.0.4b38 1998-05-11 um
        Install script bug fixes / enhancements.
        Bug fix for IDEXP/PACKETEXP.
        Scripts in util now look for mixmaster in the Mix directory.

2.0.4b37 1998-05-08 um
        Format extension for better protection against replay attacks:
          Messages can contain a timestamp (day minus random number 0..2).
          Remailers supporting this extension will discard messages that are
          older than IDEXP.  See function check_packetID() and occurrences
          of TSMAGIC in chain2.c and type2.c for details.
        rxmatch() rewritten by Johannes Kroeger for the PCRE regexp library.
        MIDDLEMAN and T1PGPONLY described in manpage.
        IDEXP and PACKETEXP definitions moved to mixmaster.conf; now given
          in hours.

2.0.4b36 1998-04-21 um
        Newly introduced bug removed.

2.0.4b35 1998-04-20 um
        Bug fix for sending a message on multiple chains.
        Bug fix for trimming ID log file.
        Optional PGP-only interface to Type 1 remailer added.

2.0.4b34 1998-04-16 um
        Changes for SSLeay 0.9.0 in docs, Install and bsafeeay.

2.0.4b33 1998-04-14 um
        Modification for MSDOS.
        Bug fix by Johannes Kroeger.

2.0.4b32 1998-03-02 um
        New function getline() replaces fgets() + chop().

2.0.4b31 1998-02-26 um
        Can be used with SSLeay (using the BSAFEeay API).

2.0.4b30 1998-02-18 um
        Check R_DecodePEMBlock return values.

2.0.4b29 1998-01-30 um
        Makefile correction (thanks to Michael Below).

2.0.4b28 1998-01-13 um
        /dev/random patch for OpenBSD from Richard Johnson.

2.0.4b27 1997-12-22 um
        process_pool bug fix from Johannes.

2.0.4b26 1997-12-15 um
        rx patch by Johannes Kroeger.

2.0.4b25 1997-12-12 um
        bug fix.

2.0.4b24 1997-12-08 um
        process_pool bug fix by Andy Dustman.
        build.cmd for OS/2 added (anonymous contribution).
        source blocking also reads Sender: and Reply-To: header.

2.0.4a24 1997-11-08 um
        command line option -GD generates DH parameter.
        -D1 starts server for a single protocol run.
        included client.c and server.c.

2.0.4b23 1997-11-05 um
        new version of coerce, with eat-spam (by Andy Dustman).
        DOS: documentation on using Mixmaster with Potato (readme.pot).
        DOS: use current directory rather than C:\MIX if MIXPATH is not set.

2.0.4b22 1997-10-20 um
        strifind bug fix from Andy Dustman.

2.0.4b21 1997-10-10 um
        bug fix from Johannes Kroeger: parse header lines without " " after
          the ":" correctly.

2.0.4b20 1997-10-07 um
        coerce script, by Andy Dustman.
        bug fix from Johannes Kroeger: skip blank lines in source.block.
        DOS: fix for backward compatibility with PI versions < 3.3t

2.0.4b19 1997-09-23 um
        new mixmaster.conf entry VERBOSE: print information about the
          selected chain if set to 1.
        write output to files if SENDMAIL is set to "outfile" (default for
          MSDOS).

2.0.4b18 1997-09-22 um
        lantency statistics by Andy Dustman.
        help/key/stats request lines must be case-insensitive exact match.

2.0.4b17 1997-09-17 um
        bug fix for -Q.

2.0.4b16 1997-09-15 um
        bug fix for multi-line headers (by Johannes Kroeger).

2.0.4b15 1997-09-08 um
        header file renamed to "mix.h" due to Windows filename restrictions.
        minor modifications in the DOS directory.
        </PRE> marks end of reliable mixmaster list.

2.0.4b14 1997-09-02 um
        Simpler Makefile.
        Use of zlib and Rx can be switched on and off in the Makefile.
        Blocking is done using regular expressions by default.
        Mixmaster -K checks passphrase.
        -Q takes additional destination as optional argument.

2.0.4b13 1997-08-31 um
        ORGANIZATION entry for mixmaster.conf, used for inews posting as
          in freedom 2.0.

2.0.4b12 1997-08-30 um
        header filtering now parses multiple-line message headers properly.
        yet another bug fix for "post:".

2.0.4b11 1997-08-29 um
        bug fix: mail2news gateway is added only for "post:" destinations.

2.0.4b10 1997-08-26 um
        new option -d to generate dummy messages. Will be sent through
          5..15 random remailers unless specified otherwise.
        new option -Q adds message from stdin to pool.
        bug fixes: reliability check didn't work.
        bug fixes in init_mix().
        remailer-conf output includes mixmaster version.
        Install script creates world-readable .forward file.

2.0.4b9 1997-08-25 um
        list of reliable remailers may contain arbitrary text before the
          separator line (patch from Andy Dustman).

2.0.4b8 1997-08-22 um
        bug fix.
        minor adjustments for the DOS version.

2.0.4b7 1997-08-20 um
        getlist now fingers anon.efga.org (lynx not required).
        bug fix in init_mix, by Johannes Kroeger.
        scaled bar graph for statistics with mix/cpunk stacked bars,
          by Andy Dustman.
        modifications to mix.help.in.

2.0.4b6 1997-08-19 um
        ANONNAME now defaults to the value of REMAILERNAME.
        one character entries in destination.block/allow are accepted.
        Install script bug fixes.
        Patch from Johannes Kroeger:
          changed REMAILERFROM to ANONADDR for symmetry reasons.
          recognize additional type1 header lines.

2.0.4b5 1997-08-15 um
        new client command line options:
          -v 'Header: text' - set message header.
          -m                - accept RFC822 message as stdin.
        new mixmaster.conf entry:
          ANONNAME - long name for anonymous messages, by Andy Dustman.
        use calloc() where appropriate.
        disclaimer as RFC822 `Comments:' header; defined in mixmaster.h;
         it is now inserted to a message when it is _sent_ from the pool.
        send middleman messages directly without calling premail.
        Install uses procmail if .procmailrc exists, .forward otherwise.

2.0.4b4 1997-07-01 um
        bug fix.

2.0.4b3 1997-07-01 um
        Middleman patch (Medusa, um).
        bug fix in chain selection.
        manual page improvements.

2.0.4b2 1997-06-18 um
        updated manual page.
        new chaining methods, suggested by Mark Grant.
        bug fixes in util.c, by Medusa.
        corrected randomness handling.
        REMAILERFROM address, by Johannes Kroeger.
        formatted remailer-stats, by Johannes Kroeger.
        filter for unwanted header lines (headers.del).
        comments for mixmaster.h prototypes.
        new file keyinfo.txt (header for mix.key, may contain type 1 keys).
        new disclaimer, by Dave Del Torto.
        cleaned up mixmaster.conf.
        capital letters for remailer command line options, small letters for
        client mode.
        minor clarifications.

2.0.4b1 1997-06-03 um
        improved Install script
        exponential pool (RATE in mixmaster.conf)
        print capabilities in type2.list entry.
        new function to make ASCII armor.

        1997-05-30 um
        re-indented source code. (To generate diffs relative to 2.0.3,
        run `indent *[ch]' first.)

        several bug fixes (including those posted to mix-l).
        gcc warnings eliminated (-Wall).
        "middle only" remailer.
        large messages are compressed with zlib
        support for /dev/random.
        rudimentary support for the list of reliable Mixmaster remailers.
        new installation script.
        chaining code moved to chain2.c.
        mixmaster -x to seed the random number generator.
        output for Subject: remailer-conf
        prototypes added.
        improved Makefile.

2.0.3/DOS um
        DOS/Windows version.

2.0.3   10/11/95
        magic strings moved from mixmaster.h to main.c
        mixmaster -r now the same as mixmaster -R
        mixmaster -O added.
          Just like -o except that a "To:" line is added
          to the top so the file can be piped right into sendmail.
        mixmaster -G creates if they do not exist.
        Expiration of pac* files should work now.
        multiple recipients now seperated by commas on TO line.
        New Makefile. The password for the server must be specified
        at compile time.

2.0.2   9/12/95
        sendmail now called with -t rather than putting
        the destination on the sendmail command line.

        Mixmaster -R accepts files with multiple Mixmaster
        messages in it.

        Some bug fixes with stdin and stdout

2.0.1   5/27/95
        Updated documentation

2.0     5/5/95
        Release version. Only change was the version number

2.0b11  4/30/95
        packet time stamps were read improperly.
        Caused pac files to be deleted each time mixmaster -S
        was run.

        "reorder" code added. Spools incoming messages and
        gives them to mixmaster -R one at a time.

        Stats.c now correctly handles
        type1 and type2 messages.
        Format of one tmp file name
        was wrong and has been fixed.

2.0b10  4/25/95
        DH key format changed.
        get_DH function added to keymgt.c
        Key lengths increased to operating
        length (they had been short to allow
        quick testing).

2.0b9   4/25/95
        mix.key said it contained a PGP key.
        Now reports it contains a Mixmaster key.

2.0b8   4/25/95
        Fixed outgoing messages to show 
        From: REMAILERNAME <REMALERADDR>
        Added support for piping to a type 1 remailer.
        Major rewrite of the documentation.

2.0b7   Intermediate hops were sent immediately. Now fixed.

2.0b6   This version is incompatible with earlier versions.
        Removed the last mkstemp. Fixed a bug in kind_of_message
        Change in memcpy in add_to_buffer.
        Changed secret key encryption to fill all
        24 bytes of the triple Des key. First and third keys are the same.
        Message format changed. Now a key in the encrypted header is
        used to decrypt all the other headers and the body.
        The encrypted header contains a different IV for each header
        and the body.

2.0b5   Fixed the problem with key fingerprints on 
        different architectures.

2.0b4   Different default keys and more documentation changes.

2.0b3   Tiny bug fixes and documentation changes.

2.0b2   Changed from mkstemp to mktemp.

2.0b    Initial release.
1	rabbi	200	Version history.
2
3			2.0.4b45 1999-01-19 um
4			Bug fixes for DOS.
5
6			2.0.4b43 1998-08-21 um
7			Bug fix: use stderr when asking for random user input.
8
9			2.0.4b42 1998-08-20 um
10			Added missing "success" report (for DOS).
11			zlib/Makefile: do not optimize deflate.c (fails on DOS).
12
13			2.0.4b41 1998-08-17 um
14			Bug fix: Verify the message digest in packet headers.
15			Successful remailer operation is logged if VERBOSE is set.
16			Error messages are written to stdout if ERRSTDOUT is set to 1
17			(for DOS remailers where stderr cannot be redirected).
18
19			2.0.4b40 1998-05-28 um
20			Improved getlist script. New file urls contains URLs of mix lists.
21
22			2.0.4b39 1998-05-25 um
23			fixed sign error in new timestamp code.
24
25			2.0.4b38 1998-05-11 um
26			Install script bug fixes / enhancements.
27			Bug fix for IDEXP/PACKETEXP.
28			Scripts in util now look for mixmaster in the Mix directory.
29
30			2.0.4b37 1998-05-08 um
31			Format extension for better protection against replay attacks:
32			Messages can contain a timestamp (day minus random number 0..2).
33			Remailers supporting this extension will discard messages that are
34			older than IDEXP. See function check_packetID() and occurrences
35			of TSMAGIC in chain2.c and type2.c for details.
36			rxmatch() rewritten by Johannes Kroeger for the PCRE regexp library.
37			MIDDLEMAN and T1PGPONLY described in manpage.
38			IDEXP and PACKETEXP definitions moved to mixmaster.conf; now given
39			in hours.
40
41			2.0.4b36 1998-04-21 um
42			Newly introduced bug removed.
43
44			2.0.4b35 1998-04-20 um
45			Bug fix for sending a message on multiple chains.
46			Bug fix for trimming ID log file.
47			Optional PGP-only interface to Type 1 remailer added.
48
49			2.0.4b34 1998-04-16 um
50			Changes for SSLeay 0.9.0 in docs, Install and bsafeeay.
51
52			2.0.4b33 1998-04-14 um
53			Modification for MSDOS.
54			Bug fix by Johannes Kroeger.
55
56			2.0.4b32 1998-03-02 um
57			New function getline() replaces fgets() + chop().
58
59			2.0.4b31 1998-02-26 um
60			Can be used with SSLeay (using the BSAFEeay API).
61
62			2.0.4b30 1998-02-18 um
63			Check R_DecodePEMBlock return values.
64
65			2.0.4b29 1998-01-30 um
66			Makefile correction (thanks to Michael Below).
67
68			2.0.4b28 1998-01-13 um
69			/dev/random patch for OpenBSD from Richard Johnson.
70
71			2.0.4b27 1997-12-22 um
72			process_pool bug fix from Johannes.
73
74			2.0.4b26 1997-12-15 um
75			rx patch by Johannes Kroeger.
76
77			2.0.4b25 1997-12-12 um
78			bug fix.
79
80			2.0.4b24 1997-12-08 um
81			process_pool bug fix by Andy Dustman.
82			build.cmd for OS/2 added (anonymous contribution).
83			source blocking also reads Sender: and Reply-To: header.
84
85			2.0.4a24 1997-11-08 um
86			command line option -GD generates DH parameter.
87			-D1 starts server for a single protocol run.
88			included client.c and server.c.
89
90			2.0.4b23 1997-11-05 um
91			new version of coerce, with eat-spam (by Andy Dustman).
92			DOS: documentation on using Mixmaster with Potato (readme.pot).
93			DOS: use current directory rather than C:\MIX if MIXPATH is not set.
94
95			2.0.4b22 1997-10-20 um
96			strifind bug fix from Andy Dustman.
97
98			2.0.4b21 1997-10-10 um
99			bug fix from Johannes Kroeger: parse header lines without " " after
100			the ":" correctly.
101
102			2.0.4b20 1997-10-07 um
103			coerce script, by Andy Dustman.
104			bug fix from Johannes Kroeger: skip blank lines in source.block.
105			DOS: fix for backward compatibility with PI versions < 3.3t
106
107			2.0.4b19 1997-09-23 um
108			new mixmaster.conf entry VERBOSE: print information about the
109			selected chain if set to 1.
110			write output to files if SENDMAIL is set to "outfile" (default for
111			MSDOS).
112
113			2.0.4b18 1997-09-22 um
114			lantency statistics by Andy Dustman.
115			help/key/stats request lines must be case-insensitive exact match.
116
117			2.0.4b17 1997-09-17 um
118			bug fix for -Q.
119
120			2.0.4b16 1997-09-15 um
121			bug fix for multi-line headers (by Johannes Kroeger).
122
123			2.0.4b15 1997-09-08 um
124			header file renamed to "mix.h" due to Windows filename restrictions.
125			minor modifications in the DOS directory.
126			</PRE> marks end of reliable mixmaster list.
127
128			2.0.4b14 1997-09-02 um
129			Simpler Makefile.
130			Use of zlib and Rx can be switched on and off in the Makefile.
131			Blocking is done using regular expressions by default.
132			Mixmaster -K checks passphrase.
133			-Q takes additional destination as optional argument.
134
135			2.0.4b13 1997-08-31 um
136			ORGANIZATION entry for mixmaster.conf, used for inews posting as
137			in freedom 2.0.
138
139			2.0.4b12 1997-08-30 um
140			header filtering now parses multiple-line message headers properly.
141			yet another bug fix for "post:".
142
143			2.0.4b11 1997-08-29 um
144			bug fix: mail2news gateway is added only for "post:" destinations.
145
146			2.0.4b10 1997-08-26 um
147			new option -d to generate dummy messages. Will be sent through
148			5..15 random remailers unless specified otherwise.
149			new option -Q adds message from stdin to pool.
150			bug fixes: reliability check didn't work.
151			bug fixes in init_mix().
152			remailer-conf output includes mixmaster version.
153			Install script creates world-readable .forward file.
154
155			2.0.4b9 1997-08-25 um
156			list of reliable remailers may contain arbitrary text before the
157			separator line (patch from Andy Dustman).
158
159			2.0.4b8 1997-08-22 um
160			bug fix.
161			minor adjustments for the DOS version.
162
163			2.0.4b7 1997-08-20 um
164			getlist now fingers anon.efga.org (lynx not required).
165			bug fix in init_mix, by Johannes Kroeger.
166			scaled bar graph for statistics with mix/cpunk stacked bars,
167			by Andy Dustman.
168			modifications to mix.help.in.
169
170			2.0.4b6 1997-08-19 um
171			ANONNAME now defaults to the value of REMAILERNAME.
172			one character entries in destination.block/allow are accepted.
173			Install script bug fixes.
174			Patch from Johannes Kroeger:
175			changed REMAILERFROM to ANONADDR for symmetry reasons.
176			recognize additional type1 header lines.
177
178			2.0.4b5 1997-08-15 um
179			new client command line options:
180			-v 'Header: text' - set message header.
181			-m - accept RFC822 message as stdin.
182			new mixmaster.conf entry:
183			ANONNAME - long name for anonymous messages, by Andy Dustman.
184			use calloc() where appropriate.
185			disclaimer as RFC822 `Comments:' header; defined in mixmaster.h;
186			it is now inserted to a message when it is _sent_ from the pool.
187			send middleman messages directly without calling premail.
188			Install uses procmail if .procmailrc exists, .forward otherwise.
189
190			2.0.4b4 1997-07-01 um
191			bug fix.
192
193			2.0.4b3 1997-07-01 um
194			Middleman patch (Medusa, um).
195			bug fix in chain selection.
196			manual page improvements.
197
198			2.0.4b2 1997-06-18 um
199			updated manual page.
200			new chaining methods, suggested by Mark Grant.
201			bug fixes in util.c, by Medusa.
202			corrected randomness handling.
203			REMAILERFROM address, by Johannes Kroeger.
204			formatted remailer-stats, by Johannes Kroeger.
205			filter for unwanted header lines (headers.del).
206			comments for mixmaster.h prototypes.
207			new file keyinfo.txt (header for mix.key, may contain type 1 keys).
208			new disclaimer, by Dave Del Torto.
209			cleaned up mixmaster.conf.
210			capital letters for remailer command line options, small letters for
211			client mode.
212			minor clarifications.
213
214			2.0.4b1 1997-06-03 um
215			improved Install script
216			exponential pool (RATE in mixmaster.conf)
217			print capabilities in type2.list entry.
218			new function to make ASCII armor.
219
220			1997-05-30 um
221			re-indented source code. (To generate diffs relative to 2.0.3,
222			run `indent *[ch]' first.)
223
224			several bug fixes (including those posted to mix-l).
225			gcc warnings eliminated (-Wall).
226			"middle only" remailer.
227			large messages are compressed with zlib
228			support for /dev/random.
229			rudimentary support for the list of reliable Mixmaster remailers.
230			new installation script.
231			chaining code moved to chain2.c.
232			mixmaster -x to seed the random number generator.
233			output for Subject: remailer-conf
234			prototypes added.
235			improved Makefile.
236
237			2.0.3/DOS um
238			DOS/Windows version.
239
240			2.0.3 10/11/95
241			magic strings moved from mixmaster.h to main.c
242			mixmaster -r now the same as mixmaster -R
243			mixmaster -O added.
244			Just like -o except that a "To:" line is added
245			to the top so the file can be piped right into sendmail.
246			mixmaster -G creates if they do not exist.
247			Expiration of pac* files should work now.
248			multiple recipients now seperated by commas on TO line.
249			New Makefile. The password for the server must be specified
250			at compile time.
251
252			2.0.2 9/12/95
253			sendmail now called with -t rather than putting
254			the destination on the sendmail command line.
255
256			Mixmaster -R accepts files with multiple Mixmaster
257			messages in it.
258
259			Some bug fixes with stdin and stdout
260
261			2.0.1 5/27/95
262			Updated documentation
263
264			2.0 5/5/95
265			Release version. Only change was the version number
266
267			2.0b11 4/30/95
268			packet time stamps were read improperly.
269			Caused pac files to be deleted each time mixmaster -S
270			was run.
271
272			"reorder" code added. Spools incoming messages and
273			gives them to mixmaster -R one at a time.
274
275			Stats.c now correctly handles
276			type1 and type2 messages.
277			Format of one tmp file name
278			was wrong and has been fixed.
279
280			2.0b10 4/25/95
281			DH key format changed.
282			get_DH function added to keymgt.c
283			Key lengths increased to operating
284			length (they had been short to allow
285			quick testing).
286
287			2.0b9 4/25/95
288			mix.key said it contained a PGP key.
289			Now reports it contains a Mixmaster key.
290
291			2.0b8 4/25/95
292			Fixed outgoing messages to show
293			From: REMAILERNAME <REMALERADDR>
294			Added support for piping to a type 1 remailer.
295			Major rewrite of the documentation.
296
297			2.0b7 Intermediate hops were sent immediately. Now fixed.
298
299			2.0b6 This version is incompatible with earlier versions.
300			Removed the last mkstemp. Fixed a bug in kind_of_message
301			Change in memcpy in add_to_buffer.
302			Changed secret key encryption to fill all
303			24 bytes of the triple Des key. First and third keys are the same.
304			Message format changed. Now a key in the encrypted header is
305			used to decrypt all the other headers and the body.
306			The encrypted header contains a different IV for each header
307			and the body.
308
309			2.0b5 Fixed the problem with key fingerprints on
310			different architectures.
311
312			2.0b4 Different default keys and more documentation changes.
313
314			2.0b3 Tiny bug fixes and documentation changes.
315
316			2.0b2 Changed from mkstemp to mktemp.
317
318			2.0b Initial release.