This version was released on 2002/11/21. Source and binary packages are available for anonymous downloads from the following locations:
What's new
Below is the list of changes since the previous version in the descending order (that is, most recent changes go first).
- Private messages sent to unexisting nicknames were silently ignored, without sending a warning to the sender – fixed.
- Configuration parser was entering an infinite loop if the last line of the configuration file was not terminated by a CR or LF character – fixed.
- IRC Operators are no longer able to see topics of secret and private channels without entering them. They also cannot see such channels in WHOIS replies. However, they still can list invisible users and secret channels by using the WHO command.
- Default connection limit is increased for the Win32 version to allow more connections.
- Win32 version is now statically linked with libz, to avoid problems with differently named DLLs.
- Makefiles for Microsoft Visual C++ are added back again, and now they are much easier to understand and maintain.
- Host masking (user mode x) can now be changed while being on a channel.
- Increased realname length from 50 to 100 characters, because UTF-8 names were truncated.
- Everybody is made able to see WHOIS and USERHOST notices – the new n user mode must be set for this.
- KILL notices are now only sent to +k opers and duplicated to the system channel &ircd.kills and syslog with LOG_INFO level.
- Character mapping no longer need to be compiled with mkenc – they are now used in the form that Unicode Consorcium provides them.
- Password hashing algorythm is changed from simple MD5 to FreeSec-compatible MD5. A new ircdpw tool can be used to create password hashes (on OpenBSD one can type "encrypt -m" instead). Old passwords are no longer supported. N-Lines of the configuration file can also contain new style hashes.
- CHARSET command is now available as an alias to CODEPAGE.
Installation notes
When installing for the first time, there must be no issues. When upgrading from a previous version, you will need to update your O-Line password hashes, replace the old charset conversion files with the new ones and modify the "CharsetPath" option in the configuration file, if any.