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Below are the brief release highlights for UnrealIRCd 6. The full release notes
are available here
and cover more new features and other changes.
Completely new logging system
The default
snomask
letters changed(!) and you can now
define your own snomasks
. Server notices now have color (which can be
turned off
).
The log messages on-disk and in snomasks are now identical and include a subsystem and event ID. This makes it uniform and easier to look up fault codes.
The
log { } block
is completely redone. You need to make
some changes
when upgrading from U5 to U6.
Optional
JSON logging
is available for easier parsing by bots and other automated programs.
Logging to a channel
in UnrealIRCd 6.0.2 and later.
Almost all channel modes are now modular
. Only the three list modes +beI are not. This means that you can now, for example, decide not to load halfops via
blacklist-module chanmodes/halfop;
. The same can be done for chanowner and chanadmin.
Extended bans
now have names
instead of letters. Eg
+b ~channel:#badchan
instead of
+b ~c:#badchan
. They will automatically be converted when coming from clients and from/to older UnrealIRCd servers.
Channel flood protection
is now enabled by default
. Chanops can override this, e.g.
+F strict
to set flood controls more strict, or
+F relaxed
to set it less tight. This works easier than old
+f
(6.2.0+)
Configure WHOIS output
in a very precise way. You can now decide which fields you want to expose to who through
set::whois-details
Remote includes
are now always supported
, even if not compiled with CURL support.
Special users
can get higher flood rates, different max-channels-per-user, etc.
UnrealIRCd admin webpanel
using the
JSON-RPC
interface
(6.0.6+)
Geo IP lookups
are now done by default.
By default the module
geoip_classic
is loaded, which automatically receives weekly updates via
unrealircd.org
. Other geoip libraries and formats are also possible.
The GEO information shows up in
WHOIS
, in connecting notices as
[country: XX]
and elsewhere
A new extended ban
+b ~country:BE
can be used by regular users.
It can also be used as an
extended server ban
, eg.
GLINE ~country:BD 0 :Too much spam from this country
or forcing SASL authentication for a country, eg:
GLINE %~country:BD 0 :Too much spam from this country, please log in with a services account
There is also
ASN support
. This too is available in WHOIS and as an extended (server) ban:
~asn
More IRCv3 features
MONITOR
extended-monitor
invite-notify
setname
standard-replies
bot-mode
no-implicit-names
UTF8ONLY
draft/ICON
CLI improvements
. In UnrealIRCd 6.0.2+ the
./unrealircd rehash
command now shows rehash warnings/errors, so you can see if the rehash succeeded. The rest of the
Command Line Interface
has been improved as well and several options are now available on Windows too.
Code cleanups
. Again lots of code cleanups have been done and module API changes.
Documentation: a new
Security
article outlines all the security features of UnrealIRCd in one place
If you are upgrading from UnrealIRCd 5.x to UnrealIRCd 6.x, then read
Upgrading from 5.x
. That article explains how to upgrade and also the effects if you run a 'mixed network", that is: with both UnrealIRCd 5 and UnrealIRCd 6 servers on the same network.
See also
The
release notes
for UnrealIRCd 6
What's new in UnrealIRCd 5
(the
previous
series!)
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