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5546aad2 OZ |
1 | Version 2.0.0-pre0 (2016-12-07) |
2 | o Integrated IPv4 + IPv6 design | |
3 | o Major BGP protocol redesign | |
4 | o BGP multicast support (SAFI 2) | |
5 | o BGP flowspec support (RFC 5575) | |
6 | o New RPKI-Router protocol | |
7 | o New build system | |
8 | o Unit tests | |
9 | ||
10 | Notes: | |
11 | ||
12 | Protocols and tables are now connected using explicit channels, most related | |
13 | protocol options (table, import, export, ...) are now channel options. See | |
14 | doc/bird.conf.example2 for configuration examples. | |
15 | ||
16 | ||
017da76b OZ |
17 | Version 1.6.3 (2016-12-21) |
18 | o Large BGP communities | |
19 | o BFD authentication (MD5, SHA1) | |
20 | o SHA1 and SHA2 authentication for RIP and OSPF | |
21 | o Improved documentation | |
22 | o Several bug fixes | |
23 | ||
f51b1f55 OZ |
24 | Version 1.6.2 (2016-09-29) |
25 | o Fixes serious bug introduced in the previous version | |
26 | ||
79e2293a OZ |
27 | Version 1.6.1 (2016-09-22) |
28 | o Support for IPv6 ECMP | |
29 | o Better handling of IPv6 tentative addresses | |
30 | o Several updates and fixes in Babel protocol | |
31 | o Filter: New !~ operator | |
32 | o Filter: ASN ranges in bgpmask | |
33 | o KRT: New kernel protocol option 'metric' | |
34 | o KRT: New route attribute 'krt_scope' | |
35 | o Improved BIRD help messages | |
36 | o Fixes memory leak in BGP multipath | |
37 | o Fixes handling of empty path segments in BGP AS_PATH | |
38 | o Several bug fixes | |
39 | ||
52bae255 OZ |
40 | Version 1.6.0 (2016-04-29) |
41 | o Major RIP protocol redesign | |
42 | o New Babel routing protocol | |
43 | o BGP multipath support | |
44 | o KRT: Add support for plenty of kernel route metrics | |
45 | o KRT: Allow more than 256 routing tables | |
46 | o Static: Allow to specify attributes for static routes | |
47 | o Static: Support for BFD controlled static routes | |
48 | o FreeBSD: Setup password for BGP MD5 authentication | |
49 | o IO: Remove socket number limit | |
50 | o Plenty of bug fixes | |
51 | ||
52 | Upgrade notes: | |
53 | ||
54 | For RIP, most protocol options were moved to interface blocks. | |
55 | ||
56 | ||
deec752e OZ |
57 | Version 1.5.0 (2015-04-20) |
58 | o Major OSPF protocol redesign. | |
59 | o OSPFv2 multi-instance extension (RFC 6549). | |
60 | o BGP AS-wide unique router ID (RFC 6286). | |
61 | o BGP enhanced route refresh (RFC 7313). | |
62 | o Link state support in BGP. | |
63 | o Latency tracking and internal watchdog. | |
64 | o Uses high port range for BFD on BSD. | |
65 | o Increase max symbol length to 64. | |
66 | o Allows to define unnamed protocols from templates. | |
67 | o Fixes two serious bugs in BGP. | |
68 | o Several bugfixes and minor improvements. | |
69 | o Several minor option changes: | |
70 | - OSPF: Protocol-wide 'instance id' option added. | |
71 | - BGP: Parameters to option 'neighbor' extended. | |
72 | - BGP: Separate option 'interface' added. | |
73 | - BGP: Option 'start delay time' renamed to 'connect delay time'. | |
74 | - BGP: Option 'route limit' deprecated. | |
75 | ||
76 | Upgrade notes: | |
77 | ||
78 | For OSPF, there are deep internal changes, but user-visible changes | |
79 | are limited to log messages and minor changes in formatting of command | |
80 | output. | |
81 | ||
82 | For BGP, version 1.5.0 is essentially a minor release. There are two | |
83 | deprecated options ('start delay time' and 'route limit') and some | |
84 | minor formatting changes. | |
85 | ||
ec2194fa | 86 | |
cfdea7b8 OZ |
87 | Version 1.4.5 (2014-10-06) |
88 | o New 'show route noexport' command option. | |
89 | o Port option for BGP sessions. | |
90 | o Better constant handling in set literals. | |
91 | o Better rate filtering of log messages. | |
92 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
93 | ||
06c4b6ac OZ |
94 | Version 1.4.4 (2014-07-09) |
95 | o Extended OSPF multipath support. | |
96 | o Default router preference for RAdv. | |
97 | o Significant changes in socket layer. | |
98 | o Important bugfix in BGP. | |
99 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
100 | ||
6c6ebd64 OZ |
101 | Version 1.4.3 (2014-04-14) |
102 | o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP. | |
103 | ||
538fec7b OZ |
104 | Version 1.4.2 (2014-04-02) |
105 | o Important bugfix in BFD. | |
106 | ||
60442b16 OZ |
107 | Version 1.4.1 (2014-03-31) |
108 | o BGP add-path support (RFC draft). | |
109 | o BGP graceful restart (RFC 4724). | |
110 | o OSPF: many changes in socket layer. | |
111 | o OSPF: support for secondary addresses in BSD. | |
112 | o OSPF: names for vlink pseudointerfaces (vlinkX). | |
113 | o Several bugfixes. | |
114 | ||
0bb4e37d | 115 | Version 1.4.0 (2013-11-25) |
2b3d52aa OZ |
116 | o BFD protocol (RFC 5880). |
117 | o BFD support for OSPF and BGP. | |
118 | o New 'allow local as' option for BGP. | |
119 | o Filters allows setting gw, ifname and ifindex. | |
120 | o Filter operator 'delete/filter' extended to bgp_paths. | |
121 | o Filter operator 'len' extended to [e]clists. | |
e75520c4 OZ |
122 | o BIRD client now allows shorthands for noninteractive commands. |
123 | o Flag -P for PID file support. | |
204e0d5d OF |
124 | o Flag -f added to force BIRD to run in foreground. |
125 | o Protocol export/import/receive limits are checked during reconfiguration. | |
e75520c4 OZ |
126 | o Several bugfixes and minor improvements. |
127 | o Several minor but incompatible changes: | |
128 | - IBGP is multihop by default. | |
129 | - Changes primary address selection on BSD to the first one. | |
130 | - Integers in filters are handled as unsigned. | |
131 | - ISO 8601 time formats used by default. | |
132 | - Import of device routes from kernel protocol allowed. | |
133 | - Last state change now tracks just protocol state change. | |
134 | - Minor changes to default router ID calculation. | |
cfdea7b8 | 135 | |
643228bc OZ |
136 | Version 1.3.11 (2013-07-27) |
137 | o OSPF stub router option (RFC 3137). | |
138 | o TTL security for OSPF and RIP. | |
139 | o Protocol packet priority and traffic class handling. | |
140 | o Multiple routing tables support for FreeBSD and OpenBSD. | |
141 | o Extends constants to all filter data types. | |
142 | o Implements eval command. | |
143 | o 'bgppath ~ int set' filter operation. | |
144 | o Several bugfixes. | |
145 | ||
a2017200 OZ |
146 | Version 1.3.10 (2013-04-30) |
147 | o Lightweight BIRD client for embedded environments. | |
148 | o Dynamic IPv6 router advertisements. | |
149 | o New 'next hop keep' option for BGP. | |
150 | o Smart default routing table for 'show route export/preexport/protocol'. | |
151 | o Automatic router ID selection could be configured to use address of loopback. | |
152 | o Allows configured global addresses of NBMA neighbors in OSPFv3. | |
153 | o Allows BIRD commands from UNIX shell even in restricted mode. | |
154 | o Route limits inherited from templates can be disabled. | |
155 | o Symbol names enclosed by apostrophes can contain dots. | |
156 | o Several bugfixes. | |
157 | ||
13d4dd13 | 158 | Version 1.3.9 (2013-01-11) |
c93c0208 | 159 | o BIRD can be configured to keep and show filtered routes. |
13d4dd13 OZ |
160 | o Separate receive and import limits. |
161 | o Several new reconfiguration cmd options (undo, timeout, check). | |
162 | o Configurable automatic router ID selection. | |
c93c0208 OZ |
163 | o Dragonfly BSD support. |
164 | o Fixed OSPFv3 vlinks. | |
165 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
166 | ||
94e2f1c1 OZ |
167 | Version 1.3.8 (2012-08-07) |
168 | o Generalized import and export route limits. | |
169 | o RDNSS and DNSSL support for RAdv. | |
170 | o Include in config file support wildcards. | |
171 | o History deduplication in BIRD client. | |
172 | o New route attributes krt_source, krt_metric. | |
173 | o Different instance ID support for OSPFv3. | |
174 | o Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2. | |
175 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
c49490f8 | 176 | |
16fc65ac | 177 | Version 1.3.7 (2012-03-22) |
89647357 | 178 | o Route Origin Authorization basics. |
16fc65ac | 179 | o RIPng working again. |
c93c0208 | 180 | o Extended clist operations in filters. |
89647357 OZ |
181 | o Fixes several bugs in BSD iface handling. |
182 | o Several minor bugfixes and enhancements. | |
183 | ||
544f2e1b OZ |
184 | Version 1.3.6 (2012-01-20) |
185 | o Important bugfix in BGP. | |
186 | ||
2c67a564 OZ |
187 | Version 1.3.5 (2012-01-10) |
188 | o Protocol templates. | |
189 | o Deterministic MED option for BGP. | |
190 | o Support for link-local addresses in BGP and static protocols. | |
191 | o Several bugfixes. | |
192 | ||
00a124e3 OZ |
193 | Version 1.3.4 (2011-10-10) |
194 | o Static recursive routes. | |
195 | o Several bugfixes. | |
196 | ||
1e69379e | 197 | Version 1.3.3 (2011-09-11) |
00a124e3 OZ |
198 | o OSPF NSSA. |
199 | o BGP extended communities. | |
200 | o BGP TTL security. | |
201 | o Configuration option "include" added (based on patch from Alexander V. Chernikov). | |
a9899527 OZ |
202 | o Some minor bugfixes. |
203 | ||
c49490f8 OZ |
204 | Version 1.3.2 (2011-07-08) |
205 | o Allows run with restricted privileges. | |
206 | o Community list filter operation. | |
207 | o Fixes several problems in filter syntax: | |
208 | - Fixes several conflicts in the grammar. | |
209 | - Fixes a bug in (a..b, c) pair patterns. | |
210 | - Makes pair patterns orthogonal. | |
211 | - Allows term expressions in pair patterns without additional ( ). | |
212 | - Allows several comma separated values in switch cases. | |
213 | o Many bugfixes. | |
214 | ||
409e8a6e OZ |
215 | Version 1.3.1 (2011-05-02) |
216 | o Added Linux kernel route attributes krt_prefsrc and krt_realm. | |
217 | o Added BGP option 'med metric' related to MED handling. | |
218 | o Allows to use constants from /etc/iproute2/rt_* files. | |
219 | o Several bugfixes. | |
220 | ||
eb3786e4 | 221 | Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-31) |
a5b84ab5 | 222 | o Proper iBGP (can be used with IGP). |
eb3786e4 OZ |
223 | o Multipath support (OSPF and static). |
224 | o L2 link state detection. | |
225 | o IPv6 router advertisements. | |
226 | o Much improved OSPF reconfiguration. | |
227 | o Point-to-MultiPoint interfaces (OSPF). | |
228 | o Minor changes and improvements in config file grammar. | |
00a124e3 | 229 | o Better community list matching. |
eb3786e4 OZ |
230 | o Changes default behavior of BGP IPv6 socket to v6only. |
231 | Use 'listen bgp dual' for the old behavior. | |
232 | o Changes default for handling missing link-local addresses on | |
233 | route servers. Use 'missing lladdr drop' for the old behavior. | |
234 | o Important bugfix for OSPF. | |
235 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
236 | ||
237 | Version 1.2.5 (2010-10-10) | |
238 | o Several mostly minor bugfixes. | |
239 | ||
240 | Version 1.2.4 (2010-08-03) | |
241 | o Added 'show memory' command. | |
242 | o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP. | |
243 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
244 | ||
9ef23994 OZ |
245 | Version 1.2.3 (2010-06-01) |
246 | o Pattern matching for community lists. | |
247 | o Many fixes in OSPF protocol (esp. in multi-areas and vlinks). | |
248 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
249 | ||
d759c1a6 OZ |
250 | Version 1.2.2 (2010-04-10) |
251 | o Much better BSD kernel support (IPv6, alien routes, ...). | |
252 | o Deep OSPF socket changes, fixes OSPFv2/v3 behavior on BSD. | |
253 | o OSPFv2 in Linux now supports more non-stub IP prefixes | |
254 | on one physical iface. | |
255 | o Export of device routes to the kernel is more restricted. | |
256 | o Routes with strange scope not allowed in BIRD routing tables. | |
257 | o New filterable route attributes bgp_originator_id, | |
258 | bgp_cluster_list and ospf_router_id. | |
259 | o Restricted read-only CLI (option -r). | |
260 | o Pattern matching for 'show protocols' command. | |
261 | o BGP protocol details in 'show protocols all' command. | |
262 | o Configurable syslog name (and default on IPv6 changed). | |
263 | o Statistic counters for pipes were fixed. | |
264 | o Many bugfixes in BGP, OSPF, filters, ... | |
265 | ||
75f88618 OZ |
266 | Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11) |
267 | o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling | |
268 | of well-known communities. | |
269 | o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change. | |
270 | o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute. | |
271 | o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID. | |
272 | o Configurable date/time formats. | |
fa5a99c7 | 273 | o Symbol names can be enclosed by '' and so include hyphen and start with number. |
75f88618 OZ |
274 | o Several minor bugfixes. |
275 | ||
0c75411b OZ |
276 | Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05) |
277 | o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is | |
278 | shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest | |
279 | caution during upgrade to OSPF users. Some advanced features | |
280 | (like NSSA, vlinks and authentication) are not yet implemented. | |
281 | o Implements MRTdump - binary logging protocol compatible with other | |
282 | routing daemons. Only BGP part of MRTdump is yet implemented. | |
283 | o Changes default value of BGP attribute LOCAL_PREF from 0 to 100. | |
284 | Use 'default bgp_local_pref 0' BGP protocol option for the old | |
285 | behavior. The new value is suggested by RFC 4277. | |
286 | o Changes default mode of pipes from opaque to transparent. | |
287 | Use 'mode opaque' protocol option if the old behavior is needed. | |
288 | Opaque pipe mode is deprecated and might be removed in the future. | |
289 | ||
053dc3d8 | 290 | Version 1.1.7 (2009-12-20) |
6877ff73 | 291 | o Implements BGP Route Refresh (RFC 2918). |
053dc3d8 | 292 | o Implements route reload command. |
6877ff73 OZ |
293 | o Deep changes and bugfixes in pipe protocol. |
294 | o Bugfix in OSPF premature aging of LSA. | |
295 | o Bugfix in OSPF next hop calculation. | |
296 | o Bugfix in core related to route withdraws. | |
297 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
298 | ||
1f8be1e4 | 299 | Version 1.1.6 (2009-11-19) |
6a72a276 | 300 | o Implements RFC 5004 - prefer older external routes. |
1f8be1e4 OF |
301 | o There is a change how route servers handle missing IPv6 link |
302 | local addresses in next hop atribute - see 'missing lladdr' | |
303 | option. | |
6a72a276 OZ |
304 | o Several minor features (description field, parse check option). |
305 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
306 | ||
b5332824 OZ |
307 | Version 1.1.5 (2009-10-29) |
308 | o Better scalability of BGP. | |
309 | o New accessors for AS path - first and last. | |
310 | o Allows to set protocol-specific router ID. | |
311 | o Allows import kernel 'onlink' routes. | |
312 | o Endianity check in buildsystem changed. | |
313 | ||
43c7a1ff OZ |
314 | Version 1.1.4 (2009-10-02) |
315 | o BGP passive option. | |
316 | o Several minor bugfixes. | |
317 | ||
5eb4d018 OF |
318 | Version 1.1.3 (2009-09-11) |
319 | o Bugfix in core | |
320 | o Bugfix in BGP related to AS2->AS4 conversion. | |
321 | ||
d2f8d0a5 OF |
322 | Version 1.1.2 (2009-08-23) |
323 | o Allow more kernel routing tables in IPv6. | |
324 | o Bugfix in core | |
325 | ||
c5be5a16 OZ |
326 | Version 1.1.1 (2009-08-14) |
327 | o 'more' style paging in BIRD client. | |
328 | o Important core bug fixed. | |
329 | o Portability to non-x86 related bugfixes. | |
330 | o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes. | |
331 | ||
f1684ae6 | 332 | Version 1.1.0 (2009-06-28) |
bffd4c0b | 333 | o Parametrized pair and path mask expressions in the filter language. |
200ede82 OZ |
334 | o Transparent pipe mode allows to implement BGP route server with |
335 | independent route policy for each peer. | |
336 | o Kernel route table synchronization does not allow overwriting | |
337 | of alien routes. | |
bffd4c0b | 338 | o Configurable BGP import route limits. |
200ede82 OZ |
339 | o During BGP error delay, incoming connections are rejected. |
340 | o BGP route statistics. | |
f1684ae6 | 341 | o Better support for multiple network addresses on OSPF interfaces. |
200ede82 OZ |
342 | o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes. |
343 | ||
0c51083e OZ |
344 | Version 1.0.15 (2009-05-25) |
345 | o FreeBSD and NetBSD port renewed. OpenBSD port introduced. | |
346 | o import/preimport 'show route' modifiers was renamed to export/preexport | |
347 | for consistency with filters. | |
348 | o Minor change in the grammar of 'interface' config option. | |
349 | o Many bugfixes in IPv6 BGP. | |
350 | o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes. | |
351 | ||
11e0568f OZ |
352 | Version 1.0.14 (2009-04-28) |
353 | o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core. | |
354 | o A bugfix in filters in the pipe protocol. It is recommended to | |
355 | check whether the new behavior of used pipe filters is consistent | |
356 | with expectations. | |
357 | o Reimplementation of prefix sets and a slight change in the meaning | |
358 | of some prefix set patterns. | |
359 | ||
1733d080 | 360 | Version 1.0.13 (2009-03-14) |
f16ad72e OZ |
361 | o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core |
362 | o A new syntax for BGP masks | |
363 | ||
364 | Version 1.0.12 (2008-11-12) | |
365 | o new BGP features: BGP MD5, ASN32, BGP route reflector | |
366 | o BGP bugfixes | |
367 | ||
368 | ... | |
369 | ||
6b68de07 OF |
370 | Version 1.0.9 (2004-07-15) |
371 | o Minor bugfix in RIP | |
372 | o A lot of OSPF code rewritten, OSPF supports multiple areas, | |
373 | virtual links, MD5 authentication. It is fully compatible | |
374 | with rfc2329. | |
375 | ||
bf1b1b60 OF |
376 | Version 1.0.8 (2004-06-07) |
377 | o A lot of bug fixes in RIP, OSPF and BGP (thanx to Andreas Steinmetz) | |
378 | o FreeBSD and NetBSD port introduced | |
379 | o Complete code clean up | |
380 | ||
381 | Version 1.0.7 (2003-08-20) | |
382 | o OSPF bug fixes | |
383 | ||
b77834b3 | 384 | Version 1.0.6 (2003-04-06) |
a9aa5887 MM |
385 | |
386 | o No more byte order problems in RIP authentication. Thanks to | |
387 | Eric Leblond <eleblond@init-sys.com> for a patch. | |
388 | o Fixed interoperability problems with Cisco and Zebra when talking | |
389 | IPv6 BGP. | |
390 | o Handle more primary addresses with different scopes gracefully. | |
391 | IPv6 needs that. | |
392 | o Comparison of prefixes in filters doesn't ignore their lengts. | |
393 | o As usually, OSPF bug fixes. | |
d02b7a73 | 394 | o Documentation building tools now work with recent linuxdoc-tools. |
a9aa5887 MM |
395 | |
396 | Version 1.0.5 (2001-06-09) | |
397 | ||
398 | o Minor cleanups in the libraries. | |
399 | o Removed a couple of warnings when compiling with newer glibc. | |
400 | o OSPF bug fixes. | |
401 | ||
402 | Version 1.0.4 (2000-09-04) | |
403 | ||
404 | o Fixed a serious bug in 1.0.3. | |
405 | ||
406 | Version 1.0.3 (2000-09-03) | |
407 | ||
408 | o OSPF works better on NBMA networks. Some configuration tags added. | |
409 | ||
410 | Version 1.0.2 (2000-08-24) | |
411 | ||
412 | o Minor bug fixes to OSPF. | |
413 | ||
414 | Version 1.0.1 (2000-06-22) | |
415 | ||
416 | o Updated documentation and fixed a couple of bugs. | |
417 | ||
418 | Version 1.0.0 (2000-06-09) | |
419 | ||
420 | o First stable release. | |
421 | ||
422 | Version 0.0.0 (2000-05-13) | |
423 | ||
424 | o First public development release. |