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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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Version 1.8.2 (2019-02-10)
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** In mandos-keygen, ignore failures to remove files in some cases.
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Version 1.8.1 (2019-02-10)
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** Only generate TLS keys using GnuTLS' certtool, of sufficient
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version. Key generation of TLS keys will not happen until a
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version of GnuTLS is installed with support for raw public keys.
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** Remove any bad keys created by 1.8.0 and openssl.
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** On installation, edit clients.conf and remove the same bad key ID
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which was erroneously reported by all 1.8.0 clients. Also do not
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trust this key ID in the server.
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Version 1.8.0 (2019-02-10)
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** Use new TLS keys for server communication and identification.
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With GnuTLS 3.6 or later, OpenPGP keys are no longer supported.
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The client can now use the new "raw public keys" (RFC 7250) API
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instead, using GnuTLS 3.6.6. Please note: This *requires* new key
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IDs to be added to server's client.conf file.
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** New --tls-privkey and --tls-pubkey options to load TLS key files.
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If GnuTLS is too old, these options do nothing.
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** Supports either old or new GnuTLS.
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The server now supports using GnuTLS 3.6.6 and clients connecting
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with "raw public keys" as identification. The server will read
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both fingerprints and key IDs from clients.conf file, and will use
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either one or the other, depending on what is supported by GnuTLS
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on the system. Please note: both are *not* supported at once; if
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one type is supported by GnuTLS, all values of the other type from
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clients.conf are ignored.
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Version 1.7.20 (2018-08-19)
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** Fix: Adapt to the Debian cryptsetup package 2.0.3 or later.
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Important: in that version or later, the plugins "askpass-fifo",
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"password-prompt", and "plymouth" will no longer be run, since they
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would conflict with what cryptsetup is doing. Other plugins, such
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as mandos-client and any user-supplied plugins, will still run.
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** Better error message if failing to decrypt secret data
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** Check for (and report) any key import failure from GPGME
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** Better error message if self-signature verification fails
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** Set system clock if not set; required by GnuPG for key import
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** When debugging plugin-runner, it will now show starting plugins
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Version 1.7.19 (2018-02-22)
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** Do not print "unlink(...): No such file or directory".
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** Bug fixes: Fix file descriptor leaks.
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** Bug fix: Don't use leak sanitizer with leaking libraries.
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Version 1.7.18 (2018-02-12)
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** Bug fix: Revert faulty fix for a nonexistent bug in the
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Version 1.7.17 (2018-02-10)
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** Bug fix: Fix a memory leak in the plugin-runner
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** Bug fix: Fix memory leaks in the plymouth plugin
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Version 1.7.16 (2017-08-20)
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** Bug fix: ignore "resumedev" entries in initramfs' cryptroot file
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** Bug fix in plymouth plugin: fix memory leak, avoid warning output
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Version 1.7.15 (2017-02-23)
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** Bug fix: Respect the mandos.conf "zeroconf" and "restore" options
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** Bug fix in mandos-keygen: Handle backslashes in passphrases
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Version 1.7.14 (2017-01-25)
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** Use "Requisite" instead of "RequisiteOverridable" in systemd
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Version 1.7.13 (2016-10-08)
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** Minor bug fix: Don't ask for passphrase or fail when generating
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keys using GnuPG 2.1 in a chrooted environment.
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Version 1.7.12 (2016-10-05)
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** Bug fix: Don't crash after exit() when using DH parameters file
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Version 1.7.11 (2016-10-01)
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** Security fix: Don't compile with AddressSanitizer
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** Bug fix: Find GnuTLS library when gnutls28-dev is not installed
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** Bug fix: Include "Expires" and "Last Checker Status" in mandos-ctl
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** New option for mandos-ctl: --dump-json
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Version 1.7.10 (2016-06-23)
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** Security fix: restrict permissions of /etc/mandos/plugin-helpers
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** Bug fix: Make the --interface flag work with Python 2.7 when "cc"
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Version 1.7.9 (2016-06-22)
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** Do not include intro(8mandos) man page
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Version 1.7.8 (2016-06-21)
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** Include intro(8mandos) man page
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** mandos-keygen: Use ECDSA SSH keys by default
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** Bug fix: Work with GnuPG 2 when booting (Debian bug #819982)
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by copying /usr/bin/gpg-agent into initramfs
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** Bug fix: Work with GnuPG 2 (don't use --no-use-agent option)
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** Bug fix: Make the --interface option work when using Python 2.7
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by trying harder to find SO_BINDTODEVICE
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Version 1.7.7 (2016-03-19)
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** Fix bug in Plymouth client, broken since 1.7.2
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Version 1.7.6 (2016-03-13)
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** Fix bug where stopping server would time out
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** Make server runnable with Python 3
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Version 1.7.5 (2016-03-08)
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** Fix security restrictions in systemd service file.
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** Work around bug where stopping server would time out
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Version 1.7.4 (2016-03-05)
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** Bug fix: Tolerate errors from configure_networking (Debian Bug
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** Compilation: Only use sanitizing options which work with the
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compiler used when building. This should fix compilation with GCC
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4.9 on mips, mipsel, and s390x.
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** Add extra security restrictions in systemd service file.
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Version 1.7.3 (2016-02-29)
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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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Version 1.7.2 (2016-02-28)
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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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Version 1.7.1 (2015-10-24)
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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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Version 1.7.0 (2015-08-10)
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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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** 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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** 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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Version 1.6.9 (2014-10-05)
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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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Version 1.6.8 (2014-08-06)
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** Bug fix: mandos-keygen now generates working SSH checker commands.
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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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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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Version 1.6.6 (2014-07-13)
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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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** 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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Version 1.6.5 (2014-05-11)
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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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Version 1.6.4 (2014-02-16)
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** Very minor fix to self-test code.
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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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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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** 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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Version 1.6.1 (2013-10-13)
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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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** 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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Version 1.6.0 (2012-06-18)
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** Takes new --foreground option
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** Init script supports new "status" action.
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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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Version 1.5.5 (2012-06-01)
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** Server takes new --socket option
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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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** 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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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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** Fix bugs in the example "bridge" network hook.
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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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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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Version 1.5.0 (2012-01-01)
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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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** 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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** 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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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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Version 1.4.0 (2011-10-09)
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* README file migrated to manual page intro(8mandos).
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** Fixed warning about "rmdir: Directory not empty".
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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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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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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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** Bug fix: Bug fix: update initramfs also when purging package.
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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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Version 1.2.2 (2010-10-07)
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** splashy: Minor fix to compile with non-Linux kernels.
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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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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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graphical boot system.
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** The Mandos client now automatically chooses a network interface if
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the DEVICE setting in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf is set to
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the empty string. This is also the new default instead of "eth0".
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** The Mandos client --connect option now loops indefinitely until a
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password is received from the specified server.
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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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"valid" or "invalid".
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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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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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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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its config files (with encrypted passwords) into the initrd.img-*
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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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the network interface after using it.
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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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by the Mandos server, the usplash daemon used to ignore the first
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command passed to it. This has been fixed.
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** Bug fix: Make the "--userid" and "--groupid" options in
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"plugin-runner.conf" work.
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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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run successfully (i.e. the timeout timer is reset).
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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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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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upgrading from older versions.
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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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installing new linux-image-* packages calling mkinitramfs-kpkg (all
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version lower than 2.6.28-1-* does this).
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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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Version 1.0.7 (2009-02-24)
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** Bug fix: Do not depend on GNU awk.
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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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** Support for disabling IPv6 (only for advanced users)
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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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interface by specifying an empty string to "--interface".
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** Make password prompt on boot not be mangled by kernel log messages
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about network interface.
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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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** Support connecting directly using "mandos=connect" kernel command.
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line option, provided network is configured using "ip=".
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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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truncate the value at the first colon character.
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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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a signal or on certain file systems.
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** Bug fix: remove bashism in /bin/sh script "mandos-keygen".
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Version 1.0.5 (2009-01-17)
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** Fix small memory leak in plugin-runner.
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Version 1.0.4 (2009-01-15)
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** Only find matched user/group pairs when searching for suitable
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nonprivileged user/group to switch to.
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** New kernel parameter "mandos=off" makes client not run at boot.
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** Fix linking errors and compilation warnings on AMD64.
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** Parse numbers in command line options better.
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** The splashy and usplash plugins are more robust while traversing
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/proc, and will not abort if a process suddenly disappears.
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Version 1.0.3 (2009-01-06)
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** Now tries to change to user and group "_mandos" before falling back
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to trying the old values "mandos", "nobody:nogroup", and "65534".
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** Now does not abort on startup even if no clients are defined in
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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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C compiler does not recognize the "-z" option as a linker option.
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Version 1.0.2 (2008-10-17)
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* mandos-keygen now signs the encrypted key blobs. This signature is
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not currently verified by mandos-client, but this may change in the
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