1: Version 1.6.8 (2019-09-10)
2: o Several important bugfixes
3:
4: Version 1.6.7 (2019-08-01)
5: o BFD: Support for VRFs
6: o Several bugfixes
7:
8: Version 1.6.6 (2019-02-27)
9: o Several bugfixes related to route propagation
10:
11: Version 1.6.5 (2019-01-05)
12: o MRT table dumps (RFC 6396)
13: o BGP Long-lived graceful restart
14: o Filter: Make ifname attribute modifiable
15: o Improved keeping track of IPv6 link-local addresses
16: o Many bugfixes
17:
18: Version 1.6.4 (2018-03-22)
19: o Basic VRF support
20: o Simplified autoconf scripts
21: o BGP: Shutdown communication (RFC 8203)
22: o BGP: Allow exchanging LOCAL_PREF with eBGP peers
23: o BGP: Allow to specify interface for regular sessions
24: o BGP: New option 'disable after cease'
25: o RAdv: Support for more specific routes (RFC 4191)
26: o RAdv: Proper handling of prefix retraction
27: o Filter: Allow silent filter execution
28: o Filter: Fixed stack overflow in BGP mask expressions
29: o Several bug fixes
30:
31: Version 1.6.3 (2016-12-21)
32: o Large BGP communities
33: o BFD authentication (MD5, SHA1)
34: o SHA1 and SHA2 authentication for RIP and OSPF
35: o Improved documentation
36: o Several bug fixes
37:
38: Version 1.6.2 (2016-09-29)
39: o Fixes serious bug introduced in the previous version
40:
41: Version 1.6.1 (2016-09-22)
42: o Support for IPv6 ECMP
43: o Better handling of IPv6 tentative addresses
44: o Several updates and fixes in Babel protocol
45: o Filter: New !~ operator
46: o Filter: ASN ranges in bgpmask
47: o KRT: New kernel protocol option 'metric'
48: o KRT: New route attribute 'krt_scope'
49: o Improved BIRD help messages
50: o Fixes memory leak in BGP multipath
51: o Fixes handling of empty path segments in BGP AS_PATH
52: o Several bug fixes
53:
54: Version 1.6.0 (2016-04-29)
55: o Major RIP protocol redesign
56: o New Babel routing protocol
57: o BGP multipath support
58: o KRT: Add support for plenty of kernel route metrics
59: o KRT: Allow more than 256 routing tables
60: o Static: Allow to specify attributes for static routes
61: o Static: Support for BFD controlled static routes
62: o FreeBSD: Setup password for BGP MD5 authentication
63: o IO: Remove socket number limit
64: o Plenty of bug fixes
65:
66: Upgrade notes:
67:
68: For RIP, most protocol options were moved to interface blocks.
69:
70:
71: Version 1.5.0 (2015-04-20)
72: o Major OSPF protocol redesign.
73: o OSPFv2 multi-instance extension (RFC 6549).
74: o BGP AS-wide unique router ID (RFC 6286).
75: o BGP enhanced route refresh (RFC 7313).
76: o Link state support in BGP.
77: o Latency tracking and internal watchdog.
78: o Uses high port range for BFD on BSD.
79: o Increase max symbol length to 64.
80: o Allows to define unnamed protocols from templates.
81: o Fixes two serious bugs in BGP.
82: o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
83: o Several minor option changes:
84: - OSPF: Protocol-wide 'instance id' option added.
85: - BGP: Parameters to option 'neighbor' extended.
86: - BGP: Separate option 'interface' added.
87: - BGP: Option 'start delay time' renamed to 'connect delay time'.
88: - BGP: Option 'route limit' deprecated.
89:
90: Upgrade notes:
91:
92: For OSPF, there are deep internal changes, but user-visible changes
93: are limited to log messages and minor changes in formatting of command
94: output.
95:
96: For BGP, version 1.5.0 is essentially a minor release. There are two
97: deprecated options ('start delay time' and 'route limit') and some
98: minor formatting changes.
99:
100:
101: Version 1.4.5 (2014-10-06)
102: o New 'show route noexport' command option.
103: o Port option for BGP sessions.
104: o Better constant handling in set literals.
105: o Better rate filtering of log messages.
106: o Several minor bugfixes.
107:
108: Version 1.4.4 (2014-07-09)
109: o Extended OSPF multipath support.
110: o Default router preference for RAdv.
111: o Significant changes in socket layer.
112: o Important bugfix in BGP.
113: o Several minor bugfixes.
114:
115: Version 1.4.3 (2014-04-14)
116: o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
117:
118: Version 1.4.2 (2014-04-02)
119: o Important bugfix in BFD.
120:
121: Version 1.4.1 (2014-03-31)
122: o BGP add-path support (RFC draft).
123: o BGP graceful restart (RFC 4724).
124: o OSPF: many changes in socket layer.
125: o OSPF: support for secondary addresses in BSD.
126: o OSPF: names for vlink pseudointerfaces (vlinkX).
127: o Several bugfixes.
128:
129: Version 1.4.0 (2013-11-25)
130: o BFD protocol (RFC 5880).
131: o BFD support for OSPF and BGP.
132: o New 'allow local as' option for BGP.
133: o Filters allows setting gw, ifname and ifindex.
134: o Filter operator 'delete/filter' extended to bgp_paths.
135: o Filter operator 'len' extended to [e]clists.
136: o BIRD client now allows shorthands for noninteractive commands.
137: o Flag -P for PID file support.
138: o Flag -f added to force BIRD to run in foreground.
139: o Protocol export/import/receive limits are checked during reconfiguration.
140: o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
141: o Several minor but incompatible changes:
142: - IBGP is multihop by default.
143: - Changes primary address selection on BSD to the first one.
144: - Integers in filters are handled as unsigned.
145: - ISO 8601 time formats used by default.
146: - Import of device routes from kernel protocol allowed.
147: - Last state change now tracks just protocol state change.
148: - Minor changes to default router ID calculation.
149:
150: Version 1.3.11 (2013-07-27)
151: o OSPF stub router option (RFC 3137).
152: o TTL security for OSPF and RIP.
153: o Protocol packet priority and traffic class handling.
154: o Multiple routing tables support for FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
155: o Extends constants to all filter data types.
156: o Implements eval command.
157: o 'bgppath ~ int set' filter operation.
158: o Several bugfixes.
159:
160: Version 1.3.10 (2013-04-30)
161: o Lightweight BIRD client for embedded environments.
162: o Dynamic IPv6 router advertisements.
163: o New 'next hop keep' option for BGP.
164: o Smart default routing table for 'show route export/preexport/protocol'.
165: o Automatic router ID selection could be configured to use address of loopback.
166: o Allows configured global addresses of NBMA neighbors in OSPFv3.
167: o Allows BIRD commands from UNIX shell even in restricted mode.
168: o Route limits inherited from templates can be disabled.
169: o Symbol names enclosed by apostrophes can contain dots.
170: o Several bugfixes.
171:
172: Version 1.3.9 (2013-01-11)
173: o BIRD can be configured to keep and show filtered routes.
174: o Separate receive and import limits.
175: o Several new reconfiguration cmd options (undo, timeout, check).
176: o Configurable automatic router ID selection.
177: o Dragonfly BSD support.
178: o Fixed OSPFv3 vlinks.
179: o Several minor bugfixes.
180:
181: Version 1.3.8 (2012-08-07)
182: o Generalized import and export route limits.
183: o RDNSS and DNSSL support for RAdv.
184: o Include in config file support wildcards.
185: o History deduplication in BIRD client.
186: o New route attributes krt_source, krt_metric.
187: o Different instance ID support for OSPFv3.
188: o Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2.
189: o Several minor bugfixes.
190:
191: Version 1.3.7 (2012-03-22)
192: o Route Origin Authorization basics.
193: o RIPng working again.
194: o Extended clist operations in filters.
195: o Fixes several bugs in BSD iface handling.
196: o Several minor bugfixes and enhancements.
197:
198: Version 1.3.6 (2012-01-20)
199: o Important bugfix in BGP.
200:
201: Version 1.3.5 (2012-01-10)
202: o Protocol templates.
203: o Deterministic MED option for BGP.
204: o Support for link-local addresses in BGP and static protocols.
205: o Several bugfixes.
206:
207: Version 1.3.4 (2011-10-10)
208: o Static recursive routes.
209: o Several bugfixes.
210:
211: Version 1.3.3 (2011-09-11)
212: o OSPF NSSA.
213: o BGP extended communities.
214: o BGP TTL security.
215: o Configuration option "include" added (based on patch from Alexander V. Chernikov).
216: o Some minor bugfixes.
217:
218: Version 1.3.2 (2011-07-08)
219: o Allows run with restricted privileges.
220: o Community list filter operation.
221: o Fixes several problems in filter syntax:
222: - Fixes several conflicts in the grammar.
223: - Fixes a bug in (a..b, c) pair patterns.
224: - Makes pair patterns orthogonal.
225: - Allows term expressions in pair patterns without additional ( ).
226: - Allows several comma separated values in switch cases.
227: o Many bugfixes.
228:
229: Version 1.3.1 (2011-05-02)
230: o Added Linux kernel route attributes krt_prefsrc and krt_realm.
231: o Added BGP option 'med metric' related to MED handling.
232: o Allows to use constants from /etc/iproute2/rt_* files.
233: o Several bugfixes.
234:
235: Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-31)
236: o Proper iBGP (can be used with IGP).
237: o Multipath support (OSPF and static).
238: o L2 link state detection.
239: o IPv6 router advertisements.
240: o Much improved OSPF reconfiguration.
241: o Point-to-MultiPoint interfaces (OSPF).
242: o Minor changes and improvements in config file grammar.
243: o Better community list matching.
244: o Changes default behavior of BGP IPv6 socket to v6only.
245: Use 'listen bgp dual' for the old behavior.
246: o Changes default for handling missing link-local addresses on
247: route servers. Use 'missing lladdr drop' for the old behavior.
248: o Important bugfix for OSPF.
249: o Several minor bugfixes.
250:
251: Version 1.2.5 (2010-10-10)
252: o Several mostly minor bugfixes.
253:
254: Version 1.2.4 (2010-08-03)
255: o Added 'show memory' command.
256: o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
257: o Several minor bugfixes.
258:
259: Version 1.2.3 (2010-06-01)
260: o Pattern matching for community lists.
261: o Many fixes in OSPF protocol (esp. in multi-areas and vlinks).
262: o Several minor bugfixes.
263:
264: Version 1.2.2 (2010-04-10)
265: o Much better BSD kernel support (IPv6, alien routes, ...).
266: o Deep OSPF socket changes, fixes OSPFv2/v3 behavior on BSD.
267: o OSPFv2 in Linux now supports more non-stub IP prefixes
268: on one physical iface.
269: o Export of device routes to the kernel is more restricted.
270: o Routes with strange scope not allowed in BIRD routing tables.
271: o New filterable route attributes bgp_originator_id,
272: bgp_cluster_list and ospf_router_id.
273: o Restricted read-only CLI (option -r).
274: o Pattern matching for 'show protocols' command.
275: o BGP protocol details in 'show protocols all' command.
276: o Configurable syslog name (and default on IPv6 changed).
277: o Statistic counters for pipes were fixed.
278: o Many bugfixes in BGP, OSPF, filters, ...
279:
280: Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11)
281: o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling
282: of well-known communities.
283: o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change.
284: o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute.
285: o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID.
286: o Configurable date/time formats.
287: o Symbol names can be enclosed by '' and so include hyphen and start with number.
288: o Several minor bugfixes.
289:
290: Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05)
291: o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is
292: shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest
293: caution during upgrade to OSPF users. Some advanced features
294: (like NSSA, vlinks and authentication) are not yet implemented.
295: o Implements MRTdump - binary logging protocol compatible with other
296: routing daemons. Only BGP part of MRTdump is yet implemented.
297: o Changes default value of BGP attribute LOCAL_PREF from 0 to 100.
298: Use 'default bgp_local_pref 0' BGP protocol option for the old
299: behavior. The new value is suggested by RFC 4277.
300: o Changes default mode of pipes from opaque to transparent.
301: Use 'mode opaque' protocol option if the old behavior is needed.
302: Opaque pipe mode is deprecated and might be removed in the future.
303:
304: Version 1.1.7 (2009-12-20)
305: o Implements BGP Route Refresh (RFC 2918).
306: o Implements route reload command.
307: o Deep changes and bugfixes in pipe protocol.
308: o Bugfix in OSPF premature aging of LSA.
309: o Bugfix in OSPF next hop calculation.
310: o Bugfix in core related to route withdraws.
311: o Several minor bugfixes.
312:
313: Version 1.1.6 (2009-11-19)
314: o Implements RFC 5004 - prefer older external routes.
315: o There is a change how route servers handle missing IPv6 link
316: local addresses in next hop atribute - see 'missing lladdr'
317: option.
318: o Several minor features (description field, parse check option).
319: o Several minor bugfixes.
320:
321: Version 1.1.5 (2009-10-29)
322: o Better scalability of BGP.
323: o New accessors for AS path - first and last.
324: o Allows to set protocol-specific router ID.
325: o Allows import kernel 'onlink' routes.
326: o Endianity check in buildsystem changed.
327:
328: Version 1.1.4 (2009-10-02)
329: o BGP passive option.
330: o Several minor bugfixes.
331:
332: Version 1.1.3 (2009-09-11)
333: o Bugfix in core
334: o Bugfix in BGP related to AS2->AS4 conversion.
335:
336: Version 1.1.2 (2009-08-23)
337: o Allow more kernel routing tables in IPv6.
338: o Bugfix in core
339:
340: Version 1.1.1 (2009-08-14)
341: o 'more' style paging in BIRD client.
342: o Important core bug fixed.
343: o Portability to non-x86 related bugfixes.
344: o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
345:
346: Version 1.1.0 (2009-06-28)
347: o Parametrized pair and path mask expressions in the filter language.
348: o Transparent pipe mode allows to implement BGP route server with
349: independent route policy for each peer.
350: o Kernel route table synchronization does not allow overwriting
351: of alien routes.
352: o Configurable BGP import route limits.
353: o During BGP error delay, incoming connections are rejected.
354: o BGP route statistics.
355: o Better support for multiple network addresses on OSPF interfaces.
356: o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
357:
358: Version 1.0.15 (2009-05-25)
359: o FreeBSD and NetBSD port renewed. OpenBSD port introduced.
360: o import/preimport 'show route' modifiers was renamed to export/preexport
361: for consistency with filters.
362: o Minor change in the grammar of 'interface' config option.
363: o Many bugfixes in IPv6 BGP.
364: o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
365:
366: Version 1.0.14 (2009-04-28)
367: o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core.
368: o A bugfix in filters in the pipe protocol. It is recommended to
369: check whether the new behavior of used pipe filters is consistent
370: with expectations.
371: o Reimplementation of prefix sets and a slight change in the meaning
372: of some prefix set patterns.
373:
374: Version 1.0.13 (2009-03-14)
375: o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core
376: o A new syntax for BGP masks
377:
378: Version 1.0.12 (2008-11-12)
379: o new BGP features: BGP MD5, ASN32, BGP route reflector
380: o BGP bugfixes
381:
382: ...
383:
384: Version 1.0.9 (2004-07-15)
385: o Minor bugfix in RIP
386: o A lot of OSPF code rewritten, OSPF supports multiple areas,
387: virtual links, MD5 authentication. It is fully compatible
388: with rfc2329.
389:
390: Version 1.0.8 (2004-06-07)
391: o A lot of bug fixes in RIP, OSPF and BGP (thanx to Andreas Steinmetz)
392: o FreeBSD and NetBSD port introduced
393: o Complete code clean up
394:
395: Version 1.0.7 (2003-08-20)
396: o OSPF bug fixes
397:
398: Version 1.0.6 (2003-04-06)
399:
400: o No more byte order problems in RIP authentication. Thanks to
401: Eric Leblond <eleblond@init-sys.com> for a patch.
402: o Fixed interoperability problems with Cisco and Zebra when talking
403: IPv6 BGP.
404: o Handle more primary addresses with different scopes gracefully.
405: IPv6 needs that.
406: o Comparison of prefixes in filters doesn't ignore their lengts.
407: o As usually, OSPF bug fixes.
408: o Documentation building tools now work with recent linuxdoc-tools.
409:
410: Version 1.0.5 (2001-06-09)
411:
412: o Minor cleanups in the libraries.
413: o Removed a couple of warnings when compiling with newer glibc.
414: o OSPF bug fixes.
415:
416: Version 1.0.4 (2000-09-04)
417:
418: o Fixed a serious bug in 1.0.3.
419:
420: Version 1.0.3 (2000-09-03)
421:
422: o OSPF works better on NBMA networks. Some configuration tags added.
423:
424: Version 1.0.2 (2000-08-24)
425:
426: o Minor bug fixes to OSPF.
427:
428: Version 1.0.1 (2000-06-22)
429:
430: o Updated documentation and fixed a couple of bugs.
431:
432: Version 1.0.0 (2000-06-09)
433:
434: o First stable release.
435:
436: Version 0.0.0 (2000-05-13)
437:
438: o First public development release.
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