1 Version 1.0.9 Dec 26 2008
3 * Fixed tinc as a service under Windows 2003.
5 * Fixed reading configuration files that do not end with a newline.
7 * Fixed crashes in situations where hostnames could not be resolved or hosts
8 would disconnect at the same time as session keys were exchanged.
10 * Improved default settings of tun and tap devices on BSD platforms.
12 * Make IPv6 sockets bind only to IPv6 on Linux.
14 * Enable path MTU discovery by default.
16 * Fixed a memory leak that occured when connections were closed.
18 Version 1.0.8 May 16 2007
20 * Fixed some memory and resource leaks.
22 * Made network sockets non-blocking under Windows.
24 Version 1.0.7 Jan 5 2007
26 * Fixed a bug that caused slow network speeds on Windows.
28 * Fixed a bug that caused tinc unable to write packets to the tun device on
31 Version 1.0.6 Dec 18 2006
33 * More flexible detection of the LZO libraries when compiling.
35 * Fixed a bug where broadcasts in switch and hub modes sometimes would not
36 work anymore when part of the VPN had become disconnected from the rest.
38 version 1.0.5 Nov 14 2006
40 * Lots of small fixes.
42 * Broadcast packets no longer grow in size with each hop. This should
43 fix switch mode (again).
45 * Generic host-up and host-down scripts.
47 * Optionally dump graph in graphviz format to a file or a script.
49 * Support LZO 2.0 and later.
51 version 1.0.4 May 4 2005
53 * Fix switch and hub modes.
55 * Optionally start scripts when a Subnet becomes (un)reachable.
57 version 1.0.3 Nov 11 2004
59 * Show error message when failing to write a PID file.
61 * Ignore spaces at end of lines in config files.
63 * Fix handling of late packets.
65 * Unify BSD tun/tap device handling. This allows IPv6 on tun devices and
66 anything on tap devices as long as the underlying OS supports it.
68 * Handle IPv6 on Solaris tun devices.
70 * Allow tinc to work properly under Windows XP SP2.
72 * Allow VLAN tagged Ethernet frames in switch and hub mode.
74 * Experimental PMTUDiscovery, TunnelServer and BlockingTCP options.
76 version 1.0.2 Nov 8 2003
78 * Fix address and hostname resolving under Windows.
80 * Remove warnings about non-existing scripts and unsupported address families.
82 * Use the event logger under Windows.
84 * Fix quoting of filenames and command line arguments under Windows.
86 * Strict checks for length incoming network packets and return values of
87 cryptographic functions,
89 * Fix a bug in metadata handling that made the tinc daemon abort.
91 version 1.0.1 Aug 14 2003
93 * Allow empty lines in config files.
95 * Fix handling of spaces and backslashes in filenames under native Windows.
97 * Allow scripts to be executed under native Windows.
99 * Update documentation, make it less Linux specific.
101 version 1.0 Aug 4 2003
103 * Lots of small bugfixes and code cleanups.
105 * Throughput doubled and latency reduced.
107 * Added support for LZO compression.
109 * No need to set MAC address or disable ARP anymore.
111 * Added support for Windows 2000 and XP, both natively and in a Cygwin
114 version 1.0pre8 Sep 16 2002
116 * More fixes for subnets with prefixlength undivisible by 8.
118 * Added support for NetBSD and MacOS/X.
120 * Switched from undirected graphs to directed graphs to avoid certain race
121 conditions and improve scalability.
123 * Generalized broadcasting and forwarding of protocol messages.
125 * Cleanup of source code.
128 version 1.0pre7 Apr 7 2002
130 * Don't do blocking read()s when getting a signal.
132 * Remove RSA key checking code, since it sometimes thinks perfectly good RSA
135 * Fix handling of subnets when prefixlength isn't divisible by 8.
138 version 1.0pre6 Mar 27 2002
140 * Improvement of redundant links:
142 * Non-blocking connects.
144 * Protocol broadcast messages can no longer go into an infinite loop.
146 * Graph algorithm updated to look harder for direct connections.
148 * Good support for routing IPv6 packets over the VPN. Works on Linux,
149 FreeBSD, possibly OpenBSD but not on Solaris.
151 * Support for tunnels over IPv6 networks. Works on all supported
154 * Optional compression of UDP connections using zlib.
156 * Optionally let UDP connections inherit TOS field of tunneled packets.
158 * Optionally start scripts when certain hosts become (un)reachable.
161 version 1.0pre5 Feb 9 2002
163 * Security enhancements:
165 * Added sequence number and optional message authentication code to
168 * Configurable encryption cipher and digest algorithms.
170 * More robust handling of dis- and reconnects.
172 * Added a "switch" and a "hub" mode to allow bridging setups.
174 * Preliminary support for routing of IPv6 packets.
176 * Supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris.
179 It looks like this might be the last release before 1.0.
182 version 1.0pre4 Jan 17 2001
184 * Updated documentation; the documentation now reflects the
185 configuration as it is.
187 * Some internal changes to make tinc scale better for large
188 networks, such as using AVL trees instead of linked lists for the
191 * RSA keys can be stored in separate files if needed. See the
192 documentation for more information.
194 * tinc has now been reported to run on Linux PowerPC and FreeBSD x86.
198 version 1.0pre3 Oct 31 2000
200 * The protocol has been redesigned, and although some details are
201 still under discussion, this is secure. Care has been taken to
202 resist most, if not all, attacks.
204 * Unfortunately this protocol is not compatible with earlier versions,
205 nor are earlier versions compatible with this version. Because the
206 older protocol has huge security flaws, we feel that not
207 implementing backwards compatibility is justified.
209 * Some data about the protocol:
211 * It uses public/private RSA keys for authentication (this is the
212 actual fix for the security hole).
214 * All cryptographic functions have been taken out of tinc, instead
215 it uses the OpenSSL library functions.
217 * Offers support for multiple subnets per tinc daemon.
219 * New is also the support for the universal tun/tap device. This
220 means better portability to FreeBSD and Solaris.
222 * tinc is tested to compile on Solaris, Linux x86, Linux alpha.
224 * tinc now uses the OpenSSL library for cryptographic operations.
225 More information on getting and installing OpenSSL is in the manual.
226 This also means that the GMP library is no longer required.
228 * Further, thanks to Enrique Zanardi, we have Spanish messages; Matias
229 Carrasco provided us with a Spanish translation of the manual.
232 What still needs to be done before 1.0:
234 * Documentation. Especially since the protocol has changed, and a lot
235 of configuration directives have been added.
240 version 1.0pre2 May 31 2000
242 * This version has been internationalized; and a Dutch translation has
245 * Two configuration variables have been added:
246 * VpnMask - the IP network mask for the entire VPN, not just our
247 subnet (as given by MyVirtualIP). The Redhat and Debian packages
248 use this variable in their system startup scripts, but it is
250 * Hostnames - if set to `yes', look up the names of IP addresses
251 trying to connect to us. Default set to `no', to prevent lockups
254 * The system startup scripts for Debian and Redhat use
255 /etc/tinc/nets.boot to find out which networks need to be started
258 * Fixes to prevent denial of service attacks by sending random data
259 after connecting (and even when the connection has been established),
260 either random garbage or just nonsensical protocol fields.
262 * tinc will retry to connect upon startup, does not quit if it doesn't
265 * Hosts that are disconnected implicitly if we lose a connection get
266 deleted from the internal list, to prevent hogging eachother with
267 add and delete requests when the connection is restored.
270 What still needs to be done before 1.0:
273 * Failover ConnectTo lines, try another one if the first doesn't work.
278 version 1.0pre1 May 12 2000
280 * Various other bugfixes
281 * Documentation updates
283 version 0.3.3 Feb 9 2000
284 * Fixed bug that made tinc stop working with latest kernels (Guus
288 version 0.3.2 Nov 12 1999
289 * no more `Invalid filedescriptor' when working with multiple
291 * forward unknown packets to uplink
293 version 0.3.1 Oct 20 1999
294 * fixed a bug where tinc would exit without a trace
296 version 0.3 Aug 20 1999
297 * pings now work immediately
298 * all packet sizes get transmitted correctly
300 version 0.2.26 Aug 15 1999
301 * fixed some remaining bugs
302 * --sysconfdir works with configure
303 * last version before 0.3
305 version 0.2.25 Aug 8 1999
306 * improved stability, going towards 0.3 now.
308 version 0.2.24 Aug 7 1999
309 * added key aging, there's a new config variable, KeyExpire.
310 * updated man and info pages
312 version 0.2.23 Aug 5 1999
313 * all known bugs fixed, this is a candidate for 0.3
315 version 0.2.22 Apr 11 1999
316 * multiconnection thing is now working nearly perfect :)
318 version 0.2.21 Apr 10 1999
319 * You shouldn't notice a thing, but a lot has changed wrt key
320 management - except that it refuses to talk to versions < 0.2.20
324 version 0.2.19 Apr 3 1999
325 * don't install a libcipher.so
327 version 0.2.18 Apr 3 1999
328 * blowfish library dynamically loaded upon execution
329 * included Eric Young's IDEA library
331 version 0.2.17 Apr 1 1999
332 * tincd now re-executes itself in case of a segmentation fault.
334 version 0.2.16 Apr 1 1999
335 * wrote tincd.conf(5) man page, which still needs a lot of work.
336 * config file now accepts and tolerates spaces, and any integer base
337 for integer variables, and better error reporting. See
338 doc/tincd.conf.sample for an example.
340 version 0.2.15 Mar 29 1999
343 version 0.2.14 Feb 10 1999
344 * added --timeout flag and PingTimeout configuration
345 * did some first syslog cleanup work
347 version 0.2.13 Jan 23 1999
350 version 0.2.12 Jan 23 1999
351 * fixed nauseating bug so that it would crash whenever a connection
354 version 0.2.11 Jan 22 1999
355 * framework for multiple connections has been done
356 * simple manpage for tincd
358 version 0.2.10 Jan 18 1999
359 * passphrase support added
361 version 0.2.9 Jan 13 1999
364 version 0.2.8 Jan 11 1999
365 * a reworked protocol version
367 * more reliable networking code
368 * automatic reconnection
369 * still does not work with more than one connection :)
370 * strips MAC addresses before sending, so there's less overhead, and
373 version 0.2.7 Jan 3 1999
374 * several updates to make extending more easy.
376 version 0.2.6 Dec 20 1998
377 * Point-to-Point connections have been established, including
378 blowfish encryption and a secret key-exchange.
380 version 0.2.5 Dec 16 1998
381 * Project renamed to tinc, in honour of TINC.
383 version 0.2.4 Dec 16 1998
384 * now it really does ;)
386 version 0.2.3 Nov 24 1998
387 * it sort of works now
389 version 0.2.2 Nov 20 1998
392 version 0.2.1 Nov 14 1998