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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.1".
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This NEWS file records noteworthy changes, very tersely.
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See the manual for detailed information.
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334 by Teddy Hogeborn
* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.7.3".
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Version 1.7.3 (2016-02-29)
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* Client
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** Bug fix: Remove new type of keyring directory user by GnuPG 2.1.
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** Bug fix: Remove "nonnull" attribute from a function argument, which
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   would otherwise generate a spurious runtime warning.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.7.2".
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Version 1.7.2 (2016-02-28)
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* Server
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** Stop using python-gnutls library; it was not updated to GnuTLS 3.3.
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** Bug fix: Only send D-Bus signal ClientRemoved if using D-Bus.
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** Use GnuPG 2 if available.
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** Compile with various sanitizing flags.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.7.1".
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Version 1.7.1 (2015-10-24)
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* Client
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** Bug fix: Can now really find Mandos server even if the server has
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   an IPv6 address on a network other than the one which the Mandos
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   server is on.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.7.0".
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Version 1.7.0 (2015-08-10)
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* Server
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** Bug fix: Handle local Zeroconf service name collisions better.
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** Bug fix: Finally fix "ERROR: Child process vanished" bug.
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** Bug fix: Fix systemd service file to start server correctly.
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** Bug fix: Be compatible with old 2048-bit DSA keys.
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** The D-Bus API now provides the standard D-Bus ObjectManager
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   interface, and deprecates older functionality.  See the DBUS-API
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   file for the currently recommended API.  Note: the original API
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   still works, but is deprecated.
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* Client
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** Can now find Mandos server even if the server has an IPv6 address
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   on a network without IPv6 Router Advertisment (like if the Mandos
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   client itself is the router, or there is an IPv6 router advertising
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   a network other than the one which the Mandos server is on.)
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** Use a better value than 1024 for the default number of DH bits.
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   This better value is either provided by a DH parameters file (see
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   below) or an appropriate number of DH bits is determined based on
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   the PGP key.
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** Bug fix: mandos-keygen now generates correct output for the
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   "Checker" variable even if the SSH server on the Mandos client has
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   multiple SSH key types.
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** Can now use pre-generated Diffie-Hellman parameters from a file.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.9".
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Version 1.6.9 (2014-10-05)
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* Server
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** Changed to emit standard D-Bus signal when D-Bus properties change.
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   (The old signal is still emitted too, but marked as deprecated.)
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.8".
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Version 1.6.8 (2014-08-06)
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* Client
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** Bug fix: mandos-keygen now generates working SSH checker commands.
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* Server
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** Bug fix: "mandos-monitor" now really redraws screen on Ctrl-L.
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** Now requires Python 2.7.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.7".
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Version 1.6.7 (2014-07-17)
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** Bug fix: Now compatible with GPGME 1.5.0.
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** Bug fix: Fixed minor memory leaks.
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** "mandos-monitor" now has verbose logging, toggleable with "v".
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.6".
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Version 1.6.6 (2014-07-13)
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* Client
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** If client host has an SSH server, "mandos-keygen --password" now
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   outputs "checker" option which uses "ssh-keyscan"; this is more
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   secure than the default "fping" checker.
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** Bug fix: allow "." in network hook names, to match documentation.
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** Better error messages.
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* Server
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** New --no-zeroconf option.
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** Bug fix: Fix --servicename option, broken since 1.6.4.
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** Bug fix: Fix --socket option work for --socket=0.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.5".
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Version 1.6.5 (2014-05-11)
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* Client
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** Work around bug in GnuPG <http://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1622>
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** Give better error messages when run without sufficient privileges
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** Only warn if workaround for Debian bug #633582 was necessary and
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   failed, not if it failed and was unnecessary.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.4".
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Version 1.6.4 (2014-02-16)
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** Very minor fix to self-test code.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.3.2".
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Version 1.6.3 (2014-01-21)
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** Add systemd support.
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** For PID file, fall back to /var/run if /run does not exist.
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** Moved files from /usr/lib/mandos to whatever the architecture
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   specifies, like /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mandos or
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   /usr/lib64/mandos.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.2".
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Version 1.6.2 (2013-10-24)
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** PID file moved from /var/run to /run.
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** Bug fix: Handle long secrets when saving client state.
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** Bug fix: Use more magic in the GnuTLS priority string to handle
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   both old DSA/ELG 2048-bit keys and new RSA/RSA 4096-bit keys.
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* Client
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** mandos-keygen: Bug fix: now generate RSA keys which GnuTLS can use.
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   		  Bug fix: Output passphrase prompts even when
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   		  redirecting standard output.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.1".
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Version 1.6.1 (2013-10-13)
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* Server
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** All client options for time intervals now also take an RFC 3339
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   duration.  The same for all options to mandos-ctl.
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** Bug fix: Handle fast checkers (like ":") correctly.
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** Bug fix: Don't print output from checkers when running in
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   foreground.
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** Bug fix: Do not fail when client is removed from clients.conf but
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   saved settings remain.
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** Bug fix: mandos-monitor now displays standout (reverse video) again
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   using new version of Urwid.
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** Bug fix: Make boolean options work from the config file again.
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** Bug fix: Make --no-ipv6 work again.
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** New default priority string to be slightly more compatible with
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   older versions of GnuTLS.
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** Bug fix: Fix bashism in mandos-keygen.
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** Default key and subkey types are now RSA and RSA, respectively.
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   Also, new default key size is 4096 bits.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.6.0".
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Version 1.6.0 (2012-06-18)
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* Server
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** Takes new --foreground option
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** Init script supports new "status" action.
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* Client
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** Now uses all interfaces by default; the --interface option can
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   still be used to restrict it, and the argument to --interface (as
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   well as the $DEVICE environment variable for the network hooks) is
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   now a comma-separated list of interfaces to use.
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301 by Teddy Hogeborn
* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.5.5".
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Version 1.5.5 (2012-06-01)
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** Server takes new --socket option
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.5.4".
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Version 1.5.4 (2012-05-20)
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** Bug fix: Regression fix: Make non-zero approval timeout values work.
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** Bug fix: Regression fix: Allow changing the Timeout D-Bus property.
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** Fall back to not bind to an interface if an invalid interface name
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   is given.
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** Removed support for undocumented feature of using plain "%%s" in
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   "checker" client option.
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** Old D-Bus interface are now marked as deprecated.
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** mandos-monitor: Bug fix: show approval timers correctly.
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** mandos-ctl: Show "Extended Timeout" correctly, not as milliseconds.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.5.3".
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Version 1.5.3 (2012-01-15)
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** Add D-Bus property se.recompile.Client.LastCheckerStatus and use it
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   in mandos-monitor.
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** Fix bugs in the example "bridge" network hook.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.5.2".
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Version 1.5.2 (2012-01-08)
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** Removed D-Bus signal se.recompile.Mandos.NewRequest() added in
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   1.5.0.  It was buggy and was of questionable utility.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.5.1".
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Version 1.5.1 (2012-01-01)
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** Include intro(8mandos) manual page, missing since migration from
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   README file in version 1.4.0.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.5.0".
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Version 1.5.0 (2012-01-01)
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* Client
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** Network hooks.  The Mandos client can now run custom scripts to take
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   up a network interface before the client is run.  Three example
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   scripts are provided: "wireless", "openvpn", and "bridge".
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   To facilitate this, the client now prefers network interfaces which
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   are up (if any) over all other interfaces.
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** Persistent state.  Client state is now saved between server
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   restarts.
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** clients.conf file can now contain "enabled" setting for clients.
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** Bug fix: Fix rare crash bug.
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** Bug fix: Send corrent D-Bus type in PropertyChanged for
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   "ApprovalDelay", "ApprovalDuration", "Timeout", and
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   "ExtendedTimeout".
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** mandos-ctl: Bare numbers as arguments are taken to be milliseconds.
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** Bug fix: mandos-ctl --secret option now works.
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** New D-Bus signal: se.recompile.Mandos.NewRequest(s).
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.4.1".
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Version 1.4.1 (2011-10-15)
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** Make D-Bus properties settable again, and handle checkers
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   for disabled clients correctly.
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* Miscellaneous fixes to "pedantic" Lintian warnings
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.4.0".
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Version 1.4.0 (2011-10-09)
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* README file migrated to manual page intro(8mandos).
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* Client:
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** Fixed warning about "rmdir: Directory not empty".
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* Server:
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** Default values changed: timeout 5 minutes, interval 2 minutes.
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** Clients gets an expiration extension when receiving a password,
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   controlled by new "extended_timeout" setting.
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** New domain name: "fukt.bsnet.se" changes to "recompile.se".  This
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   also affects the D-Bus bus and interface names (old names still
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   work).  Users should start using the new names immediately.
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** New D-Bus Client object properties "Expires" and "ExtendedTimeout";
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   see DBUS-API for details.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.3.1".
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Version 1.3.1 (2011-07-27)
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** Client now retries all Mandos servers periodically.
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** Work around Debian bug #633582 - fixes "Permission denied" problem.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.3.0".
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Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-08)
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** Updated for Python 2.6.
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** Bug fix: Make the password-prompt plugin not conflict with
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   Plymouth.
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** Bug fix: Bug fix: update initramfs also when purging package.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.2.3".
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Version 1.2.3 (2010-10-11)
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** Bug fix: Expose D-Bus API also in non-debug mode.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.2.2".
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Version 1.2.2 (2010-10-07)
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** splashy: Minor fix to compile with non-Linux kernels.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.2.1".
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Version 1.2.1 (2010-10-02)
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** mandos-monitor(8): Documentation bug fix: Key for removing client
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   is "R", not "r".
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.2".
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Version 1.2 (2010-09-28)
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** New "plymouth" plugin to ask for a password using the Plymouth
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** The Mandos client now automatically chooses a network interface if
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** The Mandos client --connect option now loops indefinitely until a
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** Bug fix: Quote directory correctly in mandos-keygen with --password
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** Bug fix: don't use "echo -e" in mandos-keygen; unsupported by dash.
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** Terminology change: clients are now "ENABLED" or "DISABLED", not
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** New D-Bus API; see the file "DBUS-API".
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** New control utilities using the new D-Bus API:
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   + mandos-ctl		       A command-line based utility
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   + mandos-monitor	       A text-based GUI interface
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** New feature: manual interactive approval or denying of clients on a
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** New --debuglevel option to control logging
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** Will not write PID file if --debug is passed
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** Bug fix: Avoid race conditions with short "interval" values or
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** Bug fix: Don't try to bind to a network interface when none is
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.14".
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Version 1.0.14 (2009-10-25)
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Enable building without -pie and -fPIE if BROKEN_PIE is set.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.13".
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Version 1.0.13 (2009-10-22)
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** Security bug fix: If Mandos server is also installed, do not copy
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.12".
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Version 1.0.12 (2009-09-17)
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** Bug fix: Allow network interface renaming by "udev" by taking down
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** Bug fix: User-supplied plugins are now installed correctly.
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** Bug fix: If usplash was used but the password was instead provided
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** Bug fix: Make the "--userid" and "--groupid" options in
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** Bug fix: Fix the LSB header in the init.d script to make dependency
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** A client receiving its password now also counts as if a checker was
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.11".
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Version 1.0.11 (2009-05-23)
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** Bug fix: Use "pkg-config" instead of old "libgnutls-config".
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.10".
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Version 1.0.10 (2009-05-17)
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** Security bug fix: Fix permissions on initrd.img-*.bak files when
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.9".
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Version 1.0.9 (2009-05-17)
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** Security bug fix: Fix permissions on initrd.img file when
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.8".
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Version 1.0.8 (2009-02-25)
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** Bug fix: Fix missing quote characters in initramfs-tools-hook.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.7".
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Version 1.0.7 (2009-02-24)
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** Bug fix: Do not depend on GNU awk.
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.6".
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Version 1.0.6 (2009-02-13)
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** Fix bug where server would stop responding, with a zombie checker
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** Fix bug which made server not change group ID
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** Bug fix: Fix permission for /lib64 (on relevant architechtures).
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** Add support for IPv4 addresses.
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** Add support in mandos-client for not bringing up a network
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** Make password prompt on boot not be mangled by kernel log messages
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** Get network interface from initramfs.conf and/or from kernel
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** If set by "ip=" kernel command line, configure network on boot.
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** Fix bug which made plugin-runner and mandos-client not change group
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** Fix bug where the "--options-for" option of plugin-runner would
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** Fix bug where plugin-runner would not go to fallback if all plugins
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** Fix bug where mandos-client would not clean temporary directory on
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** Bug fix: remove bashism in /bin/sh script "mandos-keygen".
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.5".
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Version 1.0.5 (2009-01-17)
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* debian/changelog (1.0.4-1): New entry.
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** Fix linking errors and compilation warnings on AMD64.
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** The splashy and usplash plugins are more robust while traversing
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.3".
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** Now tries to change to user and group "_mandos" before falling back
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** Plugins named "*.dpkg-bak" are now ignored.
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** Hopefully fixed compilation failure on some architectures where the
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.2".
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* mandos-keygen now signs the encrypted key blobs.  This signature is
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* Makefile (version): Changed to "1.0.1".
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** More secure compilation and linking flags.
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