NEWS

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