X-Git-Url: https://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d3e7da6e621c055510a43f34c8bd6a2c18b943d3;hp=7062c002978e8a10667e78b5901ecccb0379edbe;hb=9a03e7fa3d52ea062b4a3ff88b5d87ee95d24772;hpb=59aa15d3d1db4e948113f202dd2183f4bb23970d diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7062c002..d3e7da6e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,60 @@ -version 1.0pre4 UNRELEASED +version 1.0pre6 Mar 27 2002 + +* Improvement of redundant links: + + * Non-blocking connects. + + * Protocol broadcast messages can no longer go into an infinite loop. + + * Graph algorithm updated to look harder for direct connections. + +* Good support for routing IPv6 packets over the VPN. Works on Linux, + FreeBSD, possibly OpenBSD but not on Solaris. + +* Support for tunnels over IPv6 networks. Works on all supported + operating systems. + +* Optional compression of UDP connections using zlib. + +* Optionally let UDP connections inherit TOS field of tunneld packets. + +* Optionally start scripts when certain hosts become (un)reachable. + + +version 1.0pre5 Feb 9 2002 + +* Security enhancements: + + * Added sequence number and optional message authentication code to + the packets. + + * Configurable encryption cipher and digest algorithms. + +* More robust handling of dis- and reconnects. + +* Added a "switch" and a "hub" mode to allow bridging setups. + +* Preliminary support for routing of IPv6 packets. + +* Supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris. + + +It looks like this might be the last release before 1.0. + + +version 1.0pre4 Jan 17 2001 + +* Updated documentation; the documentation now reflects the + configuration as it is. + +* Some internal changes to make tinc scale better for large + networks, such as using AVL trees instead of linked lists for the + connection list. + +* RSA keys can be stored in separate files if needed. See the + documentation for more information. + +* tinc has now been reported to run on Linux PowerPC and FreeBSD x86.