Annotation of embedaddon/bird/NEWS, revision 1.1
1.1 ! misho 1: Version 1.6.3 (2016-12-21)
! 2: o Large BGP communities
! 3: o BFD authentication (MD5, SHA1)
! 4: o SHA1 and SHA2 authentication for RIP and OSPF
! 5: o Improved documentation
! 6: o Several bug fixes
! 7:
! 8: Version 1.6.2 (2016-09-29)
! 9: o Fixes serious bug introduced in the previous version
! 10:
! 11: Version 1.6.1 (2016-09-22)
! 12: o Support for IPv6 ECMP
! 13: o Better handling of IPv6 tentative addresses
! 14: o Several updates and fixes in Babel protocol
! 15: o Filter: New !~ operator
! 16: o Filter: ASN ranges in bgpmask
! 17: o KRT: New kernel protocol option 'metric'
! 18: o KRT: New route attribute 'krt_scope'
! 19: o Improved BIRD help messages
! 20: o Fixes memory leak in BGP multipath
! 21: o Fixes handling of empty path segments in BGP AS_PATH
! 22: o Several bug fixes
! 23:
! 24: Version 1.6.0 (2016-04-29)
! 25: o Major RIP protocol redesign
! 26: o New Babel routing protocol
! 27: o BGP multipath support
! 28: o KRT: Add support for plenty of kernel route metrics
! 29: o KRT: Allow more than 256 routing tables
! 30: o Static: Allow to specify attributes for static routes
! 31: o Static: Support for BFD controlled static routes
! 32: o FreeBSD: Setup password for BGP MD5 authentication
! 33: o IO: Remove socket number limit
! 34: o Plenty of bug fixes
! 35:
! 36: Upgrade notes:
! 37:
! 38: For RIP, most protocol options were moved to interface blocks.
! 39:
! 40:
! 41: Version 1.5.0 (2015-04-20)
! 42: o Major OSPF protocol redesign.
! 43: o OSPFv2 multi-instance extension (RFC 6549).
! 44: o BGP AS-wide unique router ID (RFC 6286).
! 45: o BGP enhanced route refresh (RFC 7313).
! 46: o Link state support in BGP.
! 47: o Latency tracking and internal watchdog.
! 48: o Uses high port range for BFD on BSD.
! 49: o Increase max symbol length to 64.
! 50: o Allows to define unnamed protocols from templates.
! 51: o Fixes two serious bugs in BGP.
! 52: o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
! 53: o Several minor option changes:
! 54: - OSPF: Protocol-wide 'instance id' option added.
! 55: - BGP: Parameters to option 'neighbor' extended.
! 56: - BGP: Separate option 'interface' added.
! 57: - BGP: Option 'start delay time' renamed to 'connect delay time'.
! 58: - BGP: Option 'route limit' deprecated.
! 59:
! 60: Upgrade notes:
! 61:
! 62: For OSPF, there are deep internal changes, but user-visible changes
! 63: are limited to log messages and minor changes in formatting of command
! 64: output.
! 65:
! 66: For BGP, version 1.5.0 is essentially a minor release. There are two
! 67: deprecated options ('start delay time' and 'route limit') and some
! 68: minor formatting changes.
! 69:
! 70:
! 71: Version 1.4.5 (2014-10-06)
! 72: o New 'show route noexport' command option.
! 73: o Port option for BGP sessions.
! 74: o Better constant handling in set literals.
! 75: o Better rate filtering of log messages.
! 76: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 77:
! 78: Version 1.4.4 (2014-07-09)
! 79: o Extended OSPF multipath support.
! 80: o Default router preference for RAdv.
! 81: o Significant changes in socket layer.
! 82: o Important bugfix in BGP.
! 83: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 84:
! 85: Version 1.4.3 (2014-04-14)
! 86: o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
! 87:
! 88: Version 1.4.2 (2014-04-02)
! 89: o Important bugfix in BFD.
! 90:
! 91: Version 1.4.1 (2014-03-31)
! 92: o BGP add-path support (RFC draft).
! 93: o BGP graceful restart (RFC 4724).
! 94: o OSPF: many changes in socket layer.
! 95: o OSPF: support for secondary addresses in BSD.
! 96: o OSPF: names for vlink pseudointerfaces (vlinkX).
! 97: o Several bugfixes.
! 98:
! 99: Version 1.4.0 (2013-11-25)
! 100: o BFD protocol (RFC 5880).
! 101: o BFD support for OSPF and BGP.
! 102: o New 'allow local as' option for BGP.
! 103: o Filters allows setting gw, ifname and ifindex.
! 104: o Filter operator 'delete/filter' extended to bgp_paths.
! 105: o Filter operator 'len' extended to [e]clists.
! 106: o BIRD client now allows shorthands for noninteractive commands.
! 107: o Flag -P for PID file support.
! 108: o Flag -f added to force BIRD to run in foreground.
! 109: o Protocol export/import/receive limits are checked during reconfiguration.
! 110: o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
! 111: o Several minor but incompatible changes:
! 112: - IBGP is multihop by default.
! 113: - Changes primary address selection on BSD to the first one.
! 114: - Integers in filters are handled as unsigned.
! 115: - ISO 8601 time formats used by default.
! 116: - Import of device routes from kernel protocol allowed.
! 117: - Last state change now tracks just protocol state change.
! 118: - Minor changes to default router ID calculation.
! 119:
! 120: Version 1.3.11 (2013-07-27)
! 121: o OSPF stub router option (RFC 3137).
! 122: o TTL security for OSPF and RIP.
! 123: o Protocol packet priority and traffic class handling.
! 124: o Multiple routing tables support for FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
! 125: o Extends constants to all filter data types.
! 126: o Implements eval command.
! 127: o 'bgppath ~ int set' filter operation.
! 128: o Several bugfixes.
! 129:
! 130: Version 1.3.10 (2013-04-30)
! 131: o Lightweight BIRD client for embedded environments.
! 132: o Dynamic IPv6 router advertisements.
! 133: o New 'next hop keep' option for BGP.
! 134: o Smart default routing table for 'show route export/preexport/protocol'.
! 135: o Automatic router ID selection could be configured to use address of loopback.
! 136: o Allows configured global addresses of NBMA neighbors in OSPFv3.
! 137: o Allows BIRD commands from UNIX shell even in restricted mode.
! 138: o Route limits inherited from templates can be disabled.
! 139: o Symbol names enclosed by apostrophes can contain dots.
! 140: o Several bugfixes.
! 141:
! 142: Version 1.3.9 (2013-01-11)
! 143: o BIRD can be configured to keep and show filtered routes.
! 144: o Separate receive and import limits.
! 145: o Several new reconfiguration cmd options (undo, timeout, check).
! 146: o Configurable automatic router ID selection.
! 147: o Dragonfly BSD support.
! 148: o Fixed OSPFv3 vlinks.
! 149: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 150:
! 151: Version 1.3.8 (2012-08-07)
! 152: o Generalized import and export route limits.
! 153: o RDNSS and DNSSL support for RAdv.
! 154: o Include in config file support wildcards.
! 155: o History deduplication in BIRD client.
! 156: o New route attributes krt_source, krt_metric.
! 157: o Different instance ID support for OSPFv3.
! 158: o Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2.
! 159: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 160:
! 161: Version 1.3.7 (2012-03-22)
! 162: o Route Origin Authorization basics.
! 163: o RIPng working again.
! 164: o Extended clist operations in filters.
! 165: o Fixes several bugs in BSD iface handling.
! 166: o Several minor bugfixes and enhancements.
! 167:
! 168: Version 1.3.6 (2012-01-20)
! 169: o Important bugfix in BGP.
! 170:
! 171: Version 1.3.5 (2012-01-10)
! 172: o Protocol templates.
! 173: o Deterministic MED option for BGP.
! 174: o Support for link-local addresses in BGP and static protocols.
! 175: o Several bugfixes.
! 176:
! 177: Version 1.3.4 (2011-10-10)
! 178: o Static recursive routes.
! 179: o Several bugfixes.
! 180:
! 181: Version 1.3.3 (2011-09-11)
! 182: o OSPF NSSA.
! 183: o BGP extended communities.
! 184: o BGP TTL security.
! 185: o Configuration option "include" added (based on patch from Alexander V. Chernikov).
! 186: o Some minor bugfixes.
! 187:
! 188: Version 1.3.2 (2011-07-08)
! 189: o Allows run with restricted privileges.
! 190: o Community list filter operation.
! 191: o Fixes several problems in filter syntax:
! 192: - Fixes several conflicts in the grammar.
! 193: - Fixes a bug in (a..b, c) pair patterns.
! 194: - Makes pair patterns orthogonal.
! 195: - Allows term expressions in pair patterns without additional ( ).
! 196: - Allows several comma separated values in switch cases.
! 197: o Many bugfixes.
! 198:
! 199: Version 1.3.1 (2011-05-02)
! 200: o Added Linux kernel route attributes krt_prefsrc and krt_realm.
! 201: o Added BGP option 'med metric' related to MED handling.
! 202: o Allows to use constants from /etc/iproute2/rt_* files.
! 203: o Several bugfixes.
! 204:
! 205: Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-31)
! 206: o Proper iBGP (can be used with IGP).
! 207: o Multipath support (OSPF and static).
! 208: o L2 link state detection.
! 209: o IPv6 router advertisements.
! 210: o Much improved OSPF reconfiguration.
! 211: o Point-to-MultiPoint interfaces (OSPF).
! 212: o Minor changes and improvements in config file grammar.
! 213: o Better community list matching.
! 214: o Changes default behavior of BGP IPv6 socket to v6only.
! 215: Use 'listen bgp dual' for the old behavior.
! 216: o Changes default for handling missing link-local addresses on
! 217: route servers. Use 'missing lladdr drop' for the old behavior.
! 218: o Important bugfix for OSPF.
! 219: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 220:
! 221: Version 1.2.5 (2010-10-10)
! 222: o Several mostly minor bugfixes.
! 223:
! 224: Version 1.2.4 (2010-08-03)
! 225: o Added 'show memory' command.
! 226: o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
! 227: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 228:
! 229: Version 1.2.3 (2010-06-01)
! 230: o Pattern matching for community lists.
! 231: o Many fixes in OSPF protocol (esp. in multi-areas and vlinks).
! 232: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 233:
! 234: Version 1.2.2 (2010-04-10)
! 235: o Much better BSD kernel support (IPv6, alien routes, ...).
! 236: o Deep OSPF socket changes, fixes OSPFv2/v3 behavior on BSD.
! 237: o OSPFv2 in Linux now supports more non-stub IP prefixes
! 238: on one physical iface.
! 239: o Export of device routes to the kernel is more restricted.
! 240: o Routes with strange scope not allowed in BIRD routing tables.
! 241: o New filterable route attributes bgp_originator_id,
! 242: bgp_cluster_list and ospf_router_id.
! 243: o Restricted read-only CLI (option -r).
! 244: o Pattern matching for 'show protocols' command.
! 245: o BGP protocol details in 'show protocols all' command.
! 246: o Configurable syslog name (and default on IPv6 changed).
! 247: o Statistic counters for pipes were fixed.
! 248: o Many bugfixes in BGP, OSPF, filters, ...
! 249:
! 250: Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11)
! 251: o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling
! 252: of well-known communities.
! 253: o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change.
! 254: o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute.
! 255: o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID.
! 256: o Configurable date/time formats.
! 257: o Symbol names can be enclosed by '' and so include hyphen and start with number.
! 258: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 259:
! 260: Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05)
! 261: o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is
! 262: shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest
! 263: caution during upgrade to OSPF users. Some advanced features
! 264: (like NSSA, vlinks and authentication) are not yet implemented.
! 265: o Implements MRTdump - binary logging protocol compatible with other
! 266: routing daemons. Only BGP part of MRTdump is yet implemented.
! 267: o Changes default value of BGP attribute LOCAL_PREF from 0 to 100.
! 268: Use 'default bgp_local_pref 0' BGP protocol option for the old
! 269: behavior. The new value is suggested by RFC 4277.
! 270: o Changes default mode of pipes from opaque to transparent.
! 271: Use 'mode opaque' protocol option if the old behavior is needed.
! 272: Opaque pipe mode is deprecated and might be removed in the future.
! 273:
! 274: Version 1.1.7 (2009-12-20)
! 275: o Implements BGP Route Refresh (RFC 2918).
! 276: o Implements route reload command.
! 277: o Deep changes and bugfixes in pipe protocol.
! 278: o Bugfix in OSPF premature aging of LSA.
! 279: o Bugfix in OSPF next hop calculation.
! 280: o Bugfix in core related to route withdraws.
! 281: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 282:
! 283: Version 1.1.6 (2009-11-19)
! 284: o Implements RFC 5004 - prefer older external routes.
! 285: o There is a change how route servers handle missing IPv6 link
! 286: local addresses in next hop atribute - see 'missing lladdr'
! 287: option.
! 288: o Several minor features (description field, parse check option).
! 289: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 290:
! 291: Version 1.1.5 (2009-10-29)
! 292: o Better scalability of BGP.
! 293: o New accessors for AS path - first and last.
! 294: o Allows to set protocol-specific router ID.
! 295: o Allows import kernel 'onlink' routes.
! 296: o Endianity check in buildsystem changed.
! 297:
! 298: Version 1.1.4 (2009-10-02)
! 299: o BGP passive option.
! 300: o Several minor bugfixes.
! 301:
! 302: Version 1.1.3 (2009-09-11)
! 303: o Bugfix in core
! 304: o Bugfix in BGP related to AS2->AS4 conversion.
! 305:
! 306: Version 1.1.2 (2009-08-23)
! 307: o Allow more kernel routing tables in IPv6.
! 308: o Bugfix in core
! 309:
! 310: Version 1.1.1 (2009-08-14)
! 311: o 'more' style paging in BIRD client.
! 312: o Important core bug fixed.
! 313: o Portability to non-x86 related bugfixes.
! 314: o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
! 315:
! 316: Version 1.1.0 (2009-06-28)
! 317: o Parametrized pair and path mask expressions in the filter language.
! 318: o Transparent pipe mode allows to implement BGP route server with
! 319: independent route policy for each peer.
! 320: o Kernel route table synchronization does not allow overwriting
! 321: of alien routes.
! 322: o Configurable BGP import route limits.
! 323: o During BGP error delay, incoming connections are rejected.
! 324: o BGP route statistics.
! 325: o Better support for multiple network addresses on OSPF interfaces.
! 326: o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
! 327:
! 328: Version 1.0.15 (2009-05-25)
! 329: o FreeBSD and NetBSD port renewed. OpenBSD port introduced.
! 330: o import/preimport 'show route' modifiers was renamed to export/preexport
! 331: for consistency with filters.
! 332: o Minor change in the grammar of 'interface' config option.
! 333: o Many bugfixes in IPv6 BGP.
! 334: o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
! 335:
! 336: Version 1.0.14 (2009-04-28)
! 337: o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core.
! 338: o A bugfix in filters in the pipe protocol. It is recommended to
! 339: check whether the new behavior of used pipe filters is consistent
! 340: with expectations.
! 341: o Reimplementation of prefix sets and a slight change in the meaning
! 342: of some prefix set patterns.
! 343:
! 344: Version 1.0.13 (2009-03-14)
! 345: o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core
! 346: o A new syntax for BGP masks
! 347:
! 348: Version 1.0.12 (2008-11-12)
! 349: o new BGP features: BGP MD5, ASN32, BGP route reflector
! 350: o BGP bugfixes
! 351:
! 352: ...
! 353:
! 354: Version 1.0.9 (2004-07-15)
! 355: o Minor bugfix in RIP
! 356: o A lot of OSPF code rewritten, OSPF supports multiple areas,
! 357: virtual links, MD5 authentication. It is fully compatible
! 358: with rfc2329.
! 359:
! 360: Version 1.0.8 (2004-06-07)
! 361: o A lot of bug fixes in RIP, OSPF and BGP (thanx to Andreas Steinmetz)
! 362: o FreeBSD and NetBSD port introduced
! 363: o Complete code clean up
! 364:
! 365: Version 1.0.7 (2003-08-20)
! 366: o OSPF bug fixes
! 367:
! 368: Version 1.0.6 (2003-04-06)
! 369:
! 370: o No more byte order problems in RIP authentication. Thanks to
! 371: Eric Leblond <eleblond@init-sys.com> for a patch.
! 372: o Fixed interoperability problems with Cisco and Zebra when talking
! 373: IPv6 BGP.
! 374: o Handle more primary addresses with different scopes gracefully.
! 375: IPv6 needs that.
! 376: o Comparison of prefixes in filters doesn't ignore their lengts.
! 377: o As usually, OSPF bug fixes.
! 378: o Documentation building tools now work with recent linuxdoc-tools.
! 379:
! 380: Version 1.0.5 (2001-06-09)
! 381:
! 382: o Minor cleanups in the libraries.
! 383: o Removed a couple of warnings when compiling with newer glibc.
! 384: o OSPF bug fixes.
! 385:
! 386: Version 1.0.4 (2000-09-04)
! 387:
! 388: o Fixed a serious bug in 1.0.3.
! 389:
! 390: Version 1.0.3 (2000-09-03)
! 391:
! 392: o OSPF works better on NBMA networks. Some configuration tags added.
! 393:
! 394: Version 1.0.2 (2000-08-24)
! 395:
! 396: o Minor bug fixes to OSPF.
! 397:
! 398: Version 1.0.1 (2000-06-22)
! 399:
! 400: o Updated documentation and fixed a couple of bugs.
! 401:
! 402: Version 1.0.0 (2000-06-09)
! 403:
! 404: o First stable release.
! 405:
! 406: Version 0.0.0 (2000-05-13)
! 407:
! 408: o First public development release.
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