NEWS

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   2 Version 1.3.7 (2012-03-23)
   3   o Route Origin Authorization basics.
   4   o Working RIPng.
   5   o Extended clist operations in filters.
   6   o Fixes several bugs in BSD iface handling.
   7   o Several minor bugfixes and enhancements.
   8
   9 Version 1.3.6 (2012-01-20)
  10   o Important bugfix in BGP.
  11
  12 Version 1.3.5 (2012-01-10)
  13   o Protocol templates.
  14   o Deterministic MED option for BGP.
  15   o Support for link-local addresses in BGP and static protocols.
  16   o Several bugfixes.
  17
  18 Version 1.3.4 (2011-10-10)
  19   o Static recursive routes.
  20   o Several bugfixes.
  21
  22 Version 1.3.3 (2011-09-11)
  23   o OSPF NSSA.
  24   o BGP extended communities.
  25   o BGP TTL security.
  26   o Configuration option "include" added (based on patch from Alexander V. Chernikov).
  27   o Some minor bugfixes.
  28
  29 Version 1.3.2 (2011-07-08)
  30   o Allows run with restricted privileges.
  31   o Community list filter operation.
  32   o Fixes several problems in filter syntax:
  33      - Fixes several conflicts in the grammar.
  34      - Fixes a bug in (a..b, c) pair patterns.
  35      - Makes pair patterns orthogonal.
  36      - Allows term expressions in pair patterns without additional ( ).
  37      - Allows several comma separated values in switch cases.
  38   o Many bugfixes.
  39
  40 Version 1.3.1 (2011-05-02)
  41   o Added Linux kernel route attributes krt_prefsrc and krt_realm.
  42   o Added BGP option 'med metric' related to MED handling.
  43   o Allows to use constants from /etc/iproute2/rt_* files.
  44   o Several bugfixes.
  45
  46 Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-31)
  47   o Proper iBGP (can be used with IGP).
  48   o Multipath support (OSPF and static).
  49   o L2 link state detection.
  50   o IPv6 router advertisements.
  51   o Much improved OSPF reconfiguration.
  52   o Point-to-MultiPoint interfaces (OSPF).
  53   o Minor changes and improvements in config file grammar.
  54   o Better community list matching.
  55   o Changes default behavior of BGP IPv6 socket to v6only.
  56     Use 'listen bgp dual' for the old behavior.
  57   o Changes default for handling missing link-local addresses on
  58     route servers. Use 'missing lladdr drop' for the old behavior.
  59   o Important bugfix for OSPF.
  60   o Several minor bugfixes.
  61
  62 Version 1.2.5 (2010-10-10)
  63   o Several mostly minor bugfixes.
  64
  65 Version 1.2.4 (2010-08-03)
  66   o Added 'show memory' command.
  67   o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
  68   o Several minor bugfixes.
  69
  70 Version 1.2.3 (2010-06-01)
  71   o Pattern matching for community lists.
  72   o Many fixes in OSPF protocol (esp. in multi-areas and vlinks).
  73   o Several minor bugfixes.
  74
  75 Version 1.2.2 (2010-04-10)
  76   o Much better BSD kernel support (IPv6, alien routes, ...).
  77   o Deep OSPF socket changes, fixes OSPFv2/v3 behavior on BSD.
  78   o OSPFv2 in Linux now supports more non-stub IP prefixes
  79     on one physical iface.
  80   o Export of device routes to the kernel is more restricted.
  81   o Routes with strange scope not allowed in BIRD routing tables.
  82   o New filterable route attributes bgp_originator_id,
  83     bgp_cluster_list and ospf_router_id.
  84   o Restricted read-only CLI (option -r).
  85   o Pattern matching for 'show protocols' command.
  86   o BGP protocol details in 'show protocols all' command.
  87   o Configurable syslog name (and default on IPv6 changed).
  88   o Statistic counters for pipes were fixed.
  89   o Many bugfixes in BGP, OSPF, filters, ...
  90
  91 Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11)
  92   o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling
  93     of well-known communities.
  94   o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change.
  95   o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute.
  96   o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID.
  97   o Configurable date/time formats.
  98   o Symbol names can be enclosed by '' and so include hyphen and start with number.
  99   o Several minor bugfixes.
 100
 101 Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05)
 102   o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is
 103     shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest
 104     caution during upgrade to OSPF users. Some advanced features
 105     (like NSSA, vlinks and authentication) are not yet implemented.
 106   o Implements MRTdump - binary logging protocol compatible with other
 107     routing daemons. Only BGP part of MRTdump is yet implemented.
 108   o Changes default value of BGP attribute LOCAL_PREF from 0 to 100.
 109     Use 'default bgp_local_pref 0' BGP protocol option for the old
 110     behavior. The new value is suggested by RFC 4277.
 111   o Changes default mode of pipes from opaque to transparent.
 112     Use 'mode opaque' protocol option if the old behavior is needed.
 113     Opaque pipe mode is deprecated and might be removed in the future.
 114
 115 Version 1.1.7 (2009-12-20)
 116   o Implements BGP Route Refresh (RFC 2918).
 117   o Implements route reload command.
 118   o Deep changes and bugfixes in pipe protocol.
 119   o Bugfix in OSPF premature aging of LSA.
 120   o Bugfix in OSPF next hop calculation.
 121   o Bugfix in core related to route withdraws.
 122   o Several minor bugfixes.
 123
 124 Version 1.1.6 (2009-11-19)
 125   o Implements RFC 5004 - prefer older external routes.
 126   o There is a change how route servers handle missing IPv6 link
 127     local addresses in next hop atribute - see 'missing lladdr'
 128     option.
 129   o Several minor features (description field, parse check option).
 130   o Several minor bugfixes.
 131
 132 Version 1.1.5 (2009-10-29)
 133   o Better scalability of BGP.
 134   o New accessors for AS path - first and last.
 135   o Allows to set protocol-specific router ID.
 136   o Allows import kernel 'onlink' routes.
 137   o Endianity check in buildsystem changed.
 138
 139 Version 1.1.4 (2009-10-02)
 140   o BGP passive option.
 141   o Several minor bugfixes.
 142
 143 Version 1.1.3 (2009-09-11)
 144   o Bugfix in core
 145   o Bugfix in BGP related to AS2->AS4 conversion.
 146
 147 Version 1.1.2 (2009-08-23)
 148   o Allow more kernel routing tables in IPv6.
 149   o Bugfix in core
 150
 151 Version 1.1.1 (2009-08-14)
 152   o 'more' style paging in BIRD client.
 153   o Important core bug fixed.
 154   o Portability to non-x86 related bugfixes.
 155   o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
 156
 157 Version 1.1.0 (2009-06-28)
 158   o Parametrized pair and path mask expressions in the filter language.
 159   o Transparent pipe mode allows to implement BGP route server with
 160     independent route policy for each peer.
 161   o Kernel route table synchronization does not allow overwriting
 162     of alien routes.
 163   o Configurable BGP import route limits.
 164   o During BGP error delay, incoming connections are rejected.
 165   o BGP route statistics.
 166   o Better support for multiple network addresses on OSPF interfaces.
 167   o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
 168
 169 Version 1.0.15 (2009-05-25)
 170   o FreeBSD and NetBSD port renewed. OpenBSD port introduced.
 171   o import/preimport 'show route' modifiers was renamed to export/preexport
 172     for consistency with filters.
 173   o Minor change in the grammar of 'interface' config option.
 174   o Many bugfixes in IPv6 BGP.
 175   o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
 176
 177 Version 1.0.14 (2009-04-28)
 178   o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core.
 179   o A bugfix in filters in the pipe protocol. It is recommended to
 180     check whether the new behavior of used pipe filters is consistent
 181     with expectations.
 182   o Reimplementation of prefix sets and a slight change in the meaning
 183     of some prefix set patterns.
 184
 185 Version 1.0.13 (2009-03-14)
 186   o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core
 187   o A new syntax for BGP masks
 188
 189 Version 1.0.12 (2008-11-12)
 190   o new BGP features: BGP MD5, ASN32, BGP route reflector
 191   o BGP bugfixes
 192
 193 ...
 194
 195 Version 1.0.9 (2004-07-15)
 196   o  Minor bugfix in RIP
 197   o  A lot of OSPF code rewritten, OSPF supports multiple areas,
 198      virtual links, MD5 authentication. It is fully compatible
 199      with rfc2329.
 200
 201 Version 1.0.8 (2004-06-07)
 202   o  A lot of bug fixes in RIP, OSPF and BGP (thanx to Andreas Steinmetz)
 203   o  FreeBSD and NetBSD port introduced
 204   o  Complete code clean up
 205
 206 Version 1.0.7 (2003-08-20)
 207   o  OSPF bug fixes
 208
 209 Version 1.0.6 (2003-04-06)
 210
 211   o  No more byte order problems in RIP authentication. Thanks to
 212      Eric Leblond <eleblond@init-sys.com> for a patch.
 213   o  Fixed interoperability problems with Cisco and Zebra when talking
 214      IPv6 BGP.
 215   o  Handle more primary addresses with different scopes gracefully.
 216      IPv6 needs that.
 217   o  Comparison of prefixes in filters doesn't ignore their lengts.
 218   o  As usually, OSPF bug fixes.
 219   o  Documentation building tools now work with recent linuxdoc-tools.
 220
 221 Version 1.0.5 (2001-06-09)
 222
 223   o  Minor cleanups in the libraries.
 224   o  Removed a couple of warnings when compiling with newer glibc.
 225   o  OSPF bug fixes.
 226
 227 Version 1.0.4 (2000-09-04)
 228
 229   o  Fixed a serious bug in 1.0.3.
 230
 231 Version 1.0.3 (2000-09-03)
 232
 233   o  OSPF works better on NBMA networks. Some configuration tags added.
 234
 235 Version 1.0.2 (2000-08-24)
 236
 237   o  Minor bug fixes to OSPF.
 238
 239 Version 1.0.1 (2000-06-22)
 240
 241   o  Updated documentation and fixed a couple of bugs.
 242
 243 Version 1.0.0 (2000-06-09)
 244
 245   o  First stable release.
 246
 247 Version 0.0.0 (2000-05-13)
 248
 249   o  First public development release.