--- gvpe/NEWS 2005/03/28 20:39:49 1.54 +++ gvpe/NEWS 2011/02/12 04:15:28 1.96 @@ -1,6 +1,87 @@ -TODO: EDNS0 option to increase dns mtu? +GVPE NEWS -1.9 + - due to a bug, when packets were lost, a connection could go into a + state where a ping/connection request from another node would be + ignored, leading to connections not being re-established. + - due to a bug, compression was almost always enabled. + - enable-max-mtu was actually enable-mtu, contrary to documentation. + - add nfmark support. + - add node-change script support. + - new DESTSI variable for node-xxx scripts. + - updated codingstyle a bit, declared truly static stuff as static. + - clarify compression docs. + +2.22 Sun Feb 1 17:25:28 CET 2009 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases, + - enabled icmp/tcp/http-proxy protocols by default. + - updated copyright in program greetings. + - fix some configure messages. + - updated to libev 3.52. + +2.21 Wed Sep 3 06:56:27 CEST 2008 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases, + - add missing ev++.h include header to tarball, which everybody + who tested it apparently had in their include path :(. Caught + by Karl Kleinpaste and Marcus Kong. + +2.2 Mon Sep 1 06:28:09 CEST 2008 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases, + but upgrade is recommended to due changed ondemand behaviour. + - new per-node options max-ttl and max-queue. + - convert from iom.C to libev, a high-performance event loop + (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev). + - tcp connections were leaking in some cases. + - retry more aggressively (once/s) to establish a connection if + new packets arrive for it. + - save a lot of setsockopt calls when the tos doesn't change. + - honor disabled even on initial connect attempt. + - changed callback mechanism to be slightly less portable + but more efficient mechanism (standards-compliant c++ compilers + should work). + - increased receive window positive size, to allow for massive + packet loss due to occasional longer drop-outs. + - send RST when a positive window size violation is detected, but + not in other cases, to reconnect more quickly. + - upgraded liblzf to version 3.4. + - dropped -fno-exceptions due to ev++.h using it. + - node-up/down scripts are now run in sequence. + - new -q switch for gvpectrl, for when you run it often. + - work around the horribly inconsistent, ad-hoc, ever-changing + and broken texinfo syntax. YMMV. avoid texinfo. + - keepalive is more aggressive now, sensding ping's every 3 seconds + and killing the conenction after 15 seconds. + - bugfixes. + +2.01 Thu Mar 29 19:26:04 CEST 2007 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. + - bugfix of callback.h, might have cause callback return values to + be corrupted on architectures like sparc before. + - dns transport retries more aggressively. + - updated documentation, improved dns transport reliability + and throughput. + - added experimental support for sha256 and sha512 digests. + +2.0 Mon Dec 5 13:59:26 CET 2005 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. + - implement allow-direct, deny-direct node config statements. + - implemented != for sockinfo. This fixes a bug where + gvpe sent packets to the old ip address of another host + even though it had received packets from it's new address. + This only causes problems if you forget to -HUP your gvpe after + your ip address changed, which is *required*. + - sets close-on-exec flag on tcp connections. This fixes a bug + where child processes kept tcp connections open and caused + connections to fail when only one side can connect. + - fixed a bug in receive sequence checking that made gvpe + accept out-of-window packets in most cases. + - tighter limit for the maximum sequence # to avoid overflow + conditions + allow more headroom for packet reordering. + - replace some asserts that trapped config mismatches by + more useful log messages. + - fix spurious extra newline in some log messages. + +1.9 Tue Apr 19 06:21:50 CEST 2005 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. - WARNING: this version checks the return value of if-up etc. scripts and exits on failure. - IMPORTANT: run if-up/node-up etc. scripts via /bin/sh. @@ -24,6 +105,7 @@ parsing and continuing with a certainly unusable config. 1.8 Fri Mar 18 00:58:55 CET 2005 + - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. - enable-udp = yes is now default only when no other protocols are enabled. otherwise it is disabled unless explicitly enabled. - implemented dns tunneling (experimental now and in the future).