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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