Chat Server Update Log

CR 3.5 Release
July 12, 2007

• Server-side enforcement of channel modelocks.
• Option to control whether IPs must resolve to connect.
• Client class restrictions by client type.
• Introduce redirection logic using numeric 010.
• Eliminate lock contentions.
• Accelerated login procedures.
• Never show unmasked hosts in WATCH/BUDDY replies.
• Correct a minor technical flaw in the host hashing implementation.
• Performance fixes for handling timed sqlines.

CR 3.0 Release
May 26, 2006

Additional Features:

• All non-trial servers get a host name that is automatically mapped to the IP the server is running on (if they report to the domain master).
• Blacklisted IPs or open proxies are shared over the network.
• Changed from keys to certificates.
• Client classes can have a default channel.
• DNS blacklist support, cache of allowed/disallowed IPs.
• Estimate channel queue wait times.
• Improved channel properties.
• Improved channel queues.
• Kick by mask.
• List of restricted URLs that cannot be advertised through the chat server.
• Machine-readable version for better client identification.
• New stats D, P.
• Oper configuration flag 'e' for must be secure.
• Per-operator secure connection requirement.
• Personal logging feature set.
• Proxy check and DNS blacklist and whitelisting.
• Remote throttle synchronization.
• Server-server connections now authenticate by certificate and serial number.
• Server-server links encrypted.
• Server-server links secure even over non-SSL ports.
• Server-server operhost support.
• Smarter host masking for hostnames that start with the IP address.
• Smarter 'stats 5' output.
• SSLv2 disabled by default.
• Support for SSL certificate chains.
• Disable SSLv2 by default.
• Support for new domain master, server reporting, and proxy reporting.
• Weblink support, access URL to validate signons, nick changes, channel joins.
• Weblink support to allow web-based approval of connections, joins, and nick changes.
• Zone feature set with bot "supervisor password" feature.
• Lots of property changes.
• TV-style ratings.
• Option to redirect if no matching client class.
• Support for user themes.
• Accelerated login procedure.

Internals:

• Better performance on hyperthreaded CPUs.
• Entropy cache.
• New domain protocol.
• Rewritten memory allocator for improved concurrency.
• Improved UNIX I/O core, including support for Linux's 'epoll'.

Additional Commands:

• /attach <password> <email> ;replaces: /ns register /cs register
• /auth <nickname> ;replaces: /ns auth
• /buddy <nickname> <add|delete|list> ;replaces: /ns buddy
• /identify <luid|nick> <password> ;replaces: /ns sidentify
• /nick <nickname> <password> ;replaces: /ns sidentify <nickname> <password>
• /info <nickname|channel|server> ;replaces: /ns info and /cs info
• /access <nickname|channel> ;replaces: /ns listchans, /cs why, cs acc
• /list <nickname|channel> ;replaces: /ns list, /cs list
• /acl #<channel> [<level>] <add|del|list|wipe|count|enable|disable> ;replaces: cs uop/vop/aop/sop/mgr
• /akick #<channel> <add|del|list|wipe> ;replaces: /cs akick
• /attach ;replaces: /cs attach
• /mode #<channel> <mode> <luid|nickname> ;replaces: /cs op/deop/voice/devoice
• /invite ;replaces: /cs invite
• /kick #<channel> <wildcard> ;replaces: /cs mkick
• /transfer #<channel> <nickname> ;replaces: /cs ftransfer
• /auth #<channel> ;replaces: /cs auth
• /prop <nickname|channel> ;replaces: /cs set
• /memo <target> [mtarget <target specifier>] [mtopic <topic> mbody] body #<channel> <uop|vop|aop|sop|mgr> ;replaces: /ms send
• /read <type|memo> <number> ;replaces: /ms read
• /silence <nickname> <add|del> <memo|nick|luid> ;replaces: /ms ignore
• /folder <select|stat|create|del/delete|undel|move> ;replaces: /ms <select|stat|create|del/delete|undel|move>

Additional Configuration Elements:

• /as bot <name> set adminpass <pass>
• /as chan <name> set adminpassword <pass>
• /as client <name> set chan #<default_channel>
• /as client <name> set chanlock <add|del|list>
• /as client <name> set hostoverride <host>
• /as client <name> set multi <number>
• /as client <name> set restricted <java|envoy>
• /as client <name> vhost <add|del|list>
• /as domain <name> set register <local|remote> <on|off>
• /as field <name> set type <string|number|blob>
• /as general set aup <url>
• /as general set domain <on|off|auto>
• /as general set domainkey <file>
• /as general set redirect-on-shutdown <on|off>
• /as general set name <servername> <netservname>
• /as general ssl v2 <enable|disable>
• /as general ssl chainfile <file>
• /as general plog <enable|disable|keeptime|maxlength|email>
• /as security throttle remote <number> <number>
• /as security throttle remote off
• /as security channel user-msgs-per-second <num>
• /as security proxycheck report <on|off>
• /as security proxycheck report <source|target> <email>
• /as security proxycheck report server <mail_server_IP>
• /as security proxycheck report format <default|<type>>
• /as services set [clone-kill-multiplier|deftrigger|granularity] <number>
• /as security set whochan [on|members|ops]
• /as security weblink timeout <seconds>
• /as security weblink <signon|join|nickchange> url <url>
• /as security weblink <signon|join|nickchange> default <allow|deny>
• /as security urlfilt
• /as security urlfilt <all|none|channel>
• /as security urlfilt <list|stats>
• /as security urlfilt notice <on|off|#<channel>>
• /as server <name> secure