NEWS

   1 Version 1.3.8 (2012-08-07)
   2   o Generalized import and export route limits.
   3   o RDNSS and DNSSL support for RAdv.
   4   o Include in config file support wildcards.
   5   o History deduplication in BIRD client.
   6   o New route attributes krt_source, krt_metric.
   7   o Different instance ID support for OSPFv3.
   8   o Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2.
   9   o Several minor bugfixes.
  10
  11 Version 1.3.7 (2012-03-22)
  12   o Route Origin Authorization basics.
  13   o RIPng working again.
  14   o Extended clist operations in filters.
  15   o Fixes several bugs in BSD iface handling.
  16   o Several minor bugfixes and enhancements.
  17
  18 Version 1.3.6 (2012-01-20)
  19   o Important bugfix in BGP.
  20
  21 Version 1.3.5 (2012-01-10)
  22   o Protocol templates.
  23   o Deterministic MED option for BGP.
  24   o Support for link-local addresses in BGP and static protocols.
  25   o Several bugfixes.
  26
  27 Version 1.3.4 (2011-10-10)
  28   o Static recursive routes.
  29   o Several bugfixes.
  30
  31 Version 1.3.3 (2011-09-11)
  32   o OSPF NSSA.
  33   o BGP extended communities.
  34   o BGP TTL security.
  35   o Configuration option "include" added (based on patch from Alexander V. Chernikov).
  36   o Some minor bugfixes.
  37
  38 Version 1.3.2 (2011-07-08)
  39   o Allows run with restricted privileges.
  40   o Community list filter operation.
  41   o Fixes several problems in filter syntax:
  42      - Fixes several conflicts in the grammar.
  43      - Fixes a bug in (a..b, c) pair patterns.
  44      - Makes pair patterns orthogonal.
  45      - Allows term expressions in pair patterns without additional ( ).
  46      - Allows several comma separated values in switch cases.
  47   o Many bugfixes.
  48
  49 Version 1.3.1 (2011-05-02)
  50   o Added Linux kernel route attributes krt_prefsrc and krt_realm.
  51   o Added BGP option 'med metric' related to MED handling.
  52   o Allows to use constants from /etc/iproute2/rt_* files.
  53   o Several bugfixes.
  54
  55 Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-31)
  56   o Proper iBGP (can be used with IGP).
  57   o Multipath support (OSPF and static).
  58   o L2 link state detection.
  59   o IPv6 router advertisements.
  60   o Much improved OSPF reconfiguration.
  61   o Point-to-MultiPoint interfaces (OSPF).
  62   o Minor changes and improvements in config file grammar.
  63   o Better community list matching.
  64   o Changes default behavior of BGP IPv6 socket to v6only.
  65     Use 'listen bgp dual' for the old behavior.
  66   o Changes default for handling missing link-local addresses on
  67     route servers. Use 'missing lladdr drop' for the old behavior.
  68   o Important bugfix for OSPF.
  69   o Several minor bugfixes.
  70
  71 Version 1.2.5 (2010-10-10)
  72   o Several mostly minor bugfixes.
  73
  74 Version 1.2.4 (2010-08-03)
  75   o Added 'show memory' command.
  76   o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
  77   o Several minor bugfixes.
  78
  79 Version 1.2.3 (2010-06-01)
  80   o Pattern matching for community lists.
  81   o Many fixes in OSPF protocol (esp. in multi-areas and vlinks).
  82   o Several minor bugfixes.
  83
  84 Version 1.2.2 (2010-04-10)
  85   o Much better BSD kernel support (IPv6, alien routes, ...).
  86   o Deep OSPF socket changes, fixes OSPFv2/v3 behavior on BSD.
  87   o OSPFv2 in Linux now supports more non-stub IP prefixes
  88     on one physical iface.
  89   o Export of device routes to the kernel is more restricted.
  90   o Routes with strange scope not allowed in BIRD routing tables.
  91   o New filterable route attributes bgp_originator_id,
  92     bgp_cluster_list and ospf_router_id.
  93   o Restricted read-only CLI (option -r).
  94   o Pattern matching for 'show protocols' command.
  95   o BGP protocol details in 'show protocols all' command.
  96   o Configurable syslog name (and default on IPv6 changed).
  97   o Statistic counters for pipes were fixed.
  98   o Many bugfixes in BGP, OSPF, filters, ...
  99
 100 Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11)
 101   o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling
 102     of well-known communities.
 103   o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change.
 104   o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute.
 105   o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID.
 106   o Configurable date/time formats.
 107   o Symbol names can be enclosed by '' and so include hyphen and start with number.
 108   o Several minor bugfixes.
 109
 110 Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05)
 111   o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is
 112     shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest
 113     caution during upgrade to OSPF users. Some advanced features
 114     (like NSSA, vlinks and authentication) are not yet implemented.
 115   o Implements MRTdump - binary logging protocol compatible with other
 116     routing daemons. Only BGP part of MRTdump is yet implemented.
 117   o Changes default value of BGP attribute LOCAL_PREF from 0 to 100.
 118     Use 'default bgp_local_pref 0' BGP protocol option for the old
 119     behavior. The new value is suggested by RFC 4277.
 120   o Changes default mode of pipes from opaque to transparent.
 121     Use 'mode opaque' protocol option if the old behavior is needed.
 122     Opaque pipe mode is deprecated and might be removed in the future.
 123
 124 Version 1.1.7 (2009-12-20)
 125   o Implements BGP Route Refresh (RFC 2918).
 126   o Implements route reload command.
 127   o Deep changes and bugfixes in pipe protocol.
 128   o Bugfix in OSPF premature aging of LSA.
 129   o Bugfix in OSPF next hop calculation.
 130   o Bugfix in core related to route withdraws.
 131   o Several minor bugfixes.
 132
 133 Version 1.1.6 (2009-11-19)
 134   o Implements RFC 5004 - prefer older external routes.
 135   o There is a change how route servers handle missing IPv6 link
 136     local addresses in next hop atribute - see 'missing lladdr'
 137     option.
 138   o Several minor features (description field, parse check option).
 139   o Several minor bugfixes.
 140
 141 Version 1.1.5 (2009-10-29)
 142   o Better scalability of BGP.
 143   o New accessors for AS path - first and last.
 144   o Allows to set protocol-specific router ID.
 145   o Allows import kernel 'onlink' routes.
 146   o Endianity check in buildsystem changed.
 147
 148 Version 1.1.4 (2009-10-02)
 149   o BGP passive option.
 150   o Several minor bugfixes.
 151
 152 Version 1.1.3 (2009-09-11)
 153   o Bugfix in core
 154   o Bugfix in BGP related to AS2->AS4 conversion.
 155
 156 Version 1.1.2 (2009-08-23)
 157   o Allow more kernel routing tables in IPv6.
 158   o Bugfix in core
 159
 160 Version 1.1.1 (2009-08-14)
 161   o 'more' style paging in BIRD client.
 162   o Important core bug fixed.
 163   o Portability to non-x86 related bugfixes.
 164   o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
 165
 166 Version 1.1.0 (2009-06-28)
 167   o Parametrized pair and path mask expressions in the filter language.
 168   o Transparent pipe mode allows to implement BGP route server with
 169     independent route policy for each peer.
 170   o Kernel route table synchronization does not allow overwriting
 171     of alien routes.
 172   o Configurable BGP import route limits.
 173   o During BGP error delay, incoming connections are rejected.
 174   o BGP route statistics.
 175   o Better support for multiple network addresses on OSPF interfaces.
 176   o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
 177
 178 Version 1.0.15 (2009-05-25)
 179   o FreeBSD and NetBSD port renewed. OpenBSD port introduced.
 180   o import/preimport 'show route' modifiers was renamed to export/preexport
 181     for consistency with filters.
 182   o Minor change in the grammar of 'interface' config option.
 183   o Many bugfixes in IPv6 BGP.
 184   o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
 185
 186 Version 1.0.14 (2009-04-28)
 187   o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core.
 188   o A bugfix in filters in the pipe protocol. It is recommended to
 189     check whether the new behavior of used pipe filters is consistent
 190     with expectations.
 191   o Reimplementation of prefix sets and a slight change in the meaning
 192     of some prefix set patterns.
 193
 194 Version 1.0.13 (2009-03-14)
 195   o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core
 196   o A new syntax for BGP masks
 197
 198 Version 1.0.12 (2008-11-12)
 199   o new BGP features: BGP MD5, ASN32, BGP route reflector
 200   o BGP bugfixes
 201
 202 ...
 203
 204 Version 1.0.9 (2004-07-15)
 205   o  Minor bugfix in RIP
 206   o  A lot of OSPF code rewritten, OSPF supports multiple areas,
 207      virtual links, MD5 authentication. It is fully compatible
 208      with rfc2329.
 209
 210 Version 1.0.8 (2004-06-07)
 211   o  A lot of bug fixes in RIP, OSPF and BGP (thanx to Andreas Steinmetz)
 212   o  FreeBSD and NetBSD port introduced
 213   o  Complete code clean up
 214
 215 Version 1.0.7 (2003-08-20)
 216   o  OSPF bug fixes
 217
 218 Version 1.0.6 (2003-04-06)
 219
 220   o  No more byte order problems in RIP authentication. Thanks to
 221      Eric Leblond <eleblond@init-sys.com> for a patch.
 222   o  Fixed interoperability problems with Cisco and Zebra when talking
 223      IPv6 BGP.
 224   o  Handle more primary addresses with different scopes gracefully.
 225      IPv6 needs that.
 226   o  Comparison of prefixes in filters doesn't ignore their lengts.
 227   o  As usually, OSPF bug fixes.
 228   o  Documentation building tools now work with recent linuxdoc-tools.
 229
 230 Version 1.0.5 (2001-06-09)
 231
 232   o  Minor cleanups in the libraries.
 233   o  Removed a couple of warnings when compiling with newer glibc.
 234   o  OSPF bug fixes.
 235
 236 Version 1.0.4 (2000-09-04)
 237
 238   o  Fixed a serious bug in 1.0.3.
 239
 240 Version 1.0.3 (2000-09-03)
 241
 242   o  OSPF works better on NBMA networks. Some configuration tags added.
 243
 244 Version 1.0.2 (2000-08-24)
 245
 246   o  Minor bug fixes to OSPF.
 247
 248 Version 1.0.1 (2000-06-22)
 249
 250   o  Updated documentation and fixed a couple of bugs.
 251
 252 Version 1.0.0 (2000-06-09)
 253
 254   o  First stable release.
 255
 256 Version 0.0.0 (2000-05-13)
 257
 258   o  First public development release.