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417 lines
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Version 2.0.0-pre0 (2016-12-07)
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o Integrated IPv4 + IPv6 design
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o Major BGP protocol redesign
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o BGP multicast support (SAFI 2)
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o BGP flowspec support (RFC 5575)
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o New RPKI-Router protocol
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o New build system
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o Unit tests
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Notes:
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Protocols and tables are now connected using explicit channels, most related
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protocol options (table, import, export, ...) are now channel options. See
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doc/bird.conf.example2 for configuration examples.
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Version 1.6.2 (2016-09-29)
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o Fixes serious bug introduced in the previous version
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Version 1.6.1 (2016-09-22)
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o Support for IPv6 ECMP
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o Better handling of IPv6 tentative addresses
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o Several updates and fixes in Babel protocol
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o Filter: New !~ operator
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o Filter: ASN ranges in bgpmask
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o KRT: New kernel protocol option 'metric'
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o KRT: New route attribute 'krt_scope'
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o Improved BIRD help messages
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o Fixes memory leak in BGP multipath
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o Fixes handling of empty path segments in BGP AS_PATH
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o Several bug fixes
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Version 1.6.0 (2016-04-29)
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o Major RIP protocol redesign
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o New Babel routing protocol
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o BGP multipath support
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o KRT: Add support for plenty of kernel route metrics
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o KRT: Allow more than 256 routing tables
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o Static: Allow to specify attributes for static routes
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o Static: Support for BFD controlled static routes
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o FreeBSD: Setup password for BGP MD5 authentication
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o IO: Remove socket number limit
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o Plenty of bug fixes
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Upgrade notes:
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For RIP, most protocol options were moved to interface blocks.
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Version 1.5.0 (2015-04-20)
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o Major OSPF protocol redesign.
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o OSPFv2 multi-instance extension (RFC 6549).
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o BGP AS-wide unique router ID (RFC 6286).
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o BGP enhanced route refresh (RFC 7313).
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o Link state support in BGP.
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o Latency tracking and internal watchdog.
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o Uses high port range for BFD on BSD.
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o Increase max symbol length to 64.
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o Allows to define unnamed protocols from templates.
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o Fixes two serious bugs in BGP.
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o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
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o Several minor option changes:
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- OSPF: Protocol-wide 'instance id' option added.
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- BGP: Parameters to option 'neighbor' extended.
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- BGP: Separate option 'interface' added.
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- BGP: Option 'start delay time' renamed to 'connect delay time'.
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- BGP: Option 'route limit' deprecated.
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Upgrade notes:
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For OSPF, there are deep internal changes, but user-visible changes
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are limited to log messages and minor changes in formatting of command
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output.
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For BGP, version 1.5.0 is essentially a minor release. There are two
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deprecated options ('start delay time' and 'route limit') and some
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minor formatting changes.
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Version 1.4.5 (2014-10-06)
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o New 'show route noexport' command option.
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o Port option for BGP sessions.
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o Better constant handling in set literals.
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o Better rate filtering of log messages.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.4.4 (2014-07-09)
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o Extended OSPF multipath support.
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o Default router preference for RAdv.
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o Significant changes in socket layer.
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o Important bugfix in BGP.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.4.3 (2014-04-14)
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o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
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Version 1.4.2 (2014-04-02)
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o Important bugfix in BFD.
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Version 1.4.1 (2014-03-31)
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o BGP add-path support (RFC draft).
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o BGP graceful restart (RFC 4724).
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o OSPF: many changes in socket layer.
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o OSPF: support for secondary addresses in BSD.
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o OSPF: names for vlink pseudointerfaces (vlinkX).
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o Several bugfixes.
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Version 1.4.0 (2013-11-25)
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o BFD protocol (RFC 5880).
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o BFD support for OSPF and BGP.
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o New 'allow local as' option for BGP.
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o Filters allows setting gw, ifname and ifindex.
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o Filter operator 'delete/filter' extended to bgp_paths.
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o Filter operator 'len' extended to [e]clists.
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o BIRD client now allows shorthands for noninteractive commands.
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o Flag -P for PID file support.
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o Flag -f added to force BIRD to run in foreground.
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o Protocol export/import/receive limits are checked during reconfiguration.
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o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
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o Several minor but incompatible changes:
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- IBGP is multihop by default.
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- Changes primary address selection on BSD to the first one.
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- Integers in filters are handled as unsigned.
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- ISO 8601 time formats used by default.
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- Import of device routes from kernel protocol allowed.
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- Last state change now tracks just protocol state change.
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- Minor changes to default router ID calculation.
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Version 1.3.11 (2013-07-27)
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o OSPF stub router option (RFC 3137).
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o TTL security for OSPF and RIP.
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o Protocol packet priority and traffic class handling.
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o Multiple routing tables support for FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
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o Extends constants to all filter data types.
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o Implements eval command.
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o 'bgppath ~ int set' filter operation.
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o Several bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.10 (2013-04-30)
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o Lightweight BIRD client for embedded environments.
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o Dynamic IPv6 router advertisements.
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o New 'next hop keep' option for BGP.
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o Smart default routing table for 'show route export/preexport/protocol'.
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o Automatic router ID selection could be configured to use address of loopback.
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o Allows configured global addresses of NBMA neighbors in OSPFv3.
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o Allows BIRD commands from UNIX shell even in restricted mode.
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o Route limits inherited from templates can be disabled.
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o Symbol names enclosed by apostrophes can contain dots.
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o Several bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.9 (2013-01-11)
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o BIRD can be configured to keep and show filtered routes.
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o Separate receive and import limits.
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o Several new reconfiguration cmd options (undo, timeout, check).
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o Configurable automatic router ID selection.
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o Dragonfly BSD support.
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o Fixed OSPFv3 vlinks.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.8 (2012-08-07)
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o Generalized import and export route limits.
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o RDNSS and DNSSL support for RAdv.
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o Include in config file support wildcards.
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o History deduplication in BIRD client.
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o New route attributes krt_source, krt_metric.
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o Different instance ID support for OSPFv3.
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o Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.7 (2012-03-22)
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o Route Origin Authorization basics.
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o RIPng working again.
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o Extended clist operations in filters.
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o Fixes several bugs in BSD iface handling.
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o Several minor bugfixes and enhancements.
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Version 1.3.6 (2012-01-20)
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o Important bugfix in BGP.
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Version 1.3.5 (2012-01-10)
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o Protocol templates.
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o Deterministic MED option for BGP.
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o Support for link-local addresses in BGP and static protocols.
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o Several bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.4 (2011-10-10)
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o Static recursive routes.
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o Several bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.3 (2011-09-11)
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o OSPF NSSA.
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o BGP extended communities.
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o BGP TTL security.
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o Configuration option "include" added (based on patch from Alexander V. Chernikov).
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o Some minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.2 (2011-07-08)
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o Allows run with restricted privileges.
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o Community list filter operation.
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o Fixes several problems in filter syntax:
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- Fixes several conflicts in the grammar.
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- Fixes a bug in (a..b, c) pair patterns.
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- Makes pair patterns orthogonal.
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- Allows term expressions in pair patterns without additional ( ).
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- Allows several comma separated values in switch cases.
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o Many bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.1 (2011-05-02)
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o Added Linux kernel route attributes krt_prefsrc and krt_realm.
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o Added BGP option 'med metric' related to MED handling.
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o Allows to use constants from /etc/iproute2/rt_* files.
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o Several bugfixes.
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Version 1.3.0 (2011-03-31)
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o Proper iBGP (can be used with IGP).
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o Multipath support (OSPF and static).
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o L2 link state detection.
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o IPv6 router advertisements.
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o Much improved OSPF reconfiguration.
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o Point-to-MultiPoint interfaces (OSPF).
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o Minor changes and improvements in config file grammar.
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o Better community list matching.
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o Changes default behavior of BGP IPv6 socket to v6only.
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Use 'listen bgp dual' for the old behavior.
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o Changes default for handling missing link-local addresses on
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route servers. Use 'missing lladdr drop' for the old behavior.
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o Important bugfix for OSPF.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.2.5 (2010-10-10)
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o Several mostly minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.2.4 (2010-08-03)
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o Added 'show memory' command.
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o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.2.3 (2010-06-01)
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o Pattern matching for community lists.
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o Many fixes in OSPF protocol (esp. in multi-areas and vlinks).
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.2.2 (2010-04-10)
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o Much better BSD kernel support (IPv6, alien routes, ...).
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o Deep OSPF socket changes, fixes OSPFv2/v3 behavior on BSD.
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o OSPFv2 in Linux now supports more non-stub IP prefixes
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on one physical iface.
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o Export of device routes to the kernel is more restricted.
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o Routes with strange scope not allowed in BIRD routing tables.
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o New filterable route attributes bgp_originator_id,
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bgp_cluster_list and ospf_router_id.
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o Restricted read-only CLI (option -r).
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o Pattern matching for 'show protocols' command.
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o BGP protocol details in 'show protocols all' command.
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o Configurable syslog name (and default on IPv6 changed).
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o Statistic counters for pipes were fixed.
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o Many bugfixes in BGP, OSPF, filters, ...
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Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11)
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o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling
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of well-known communities.
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o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change.
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o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute.
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o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID.
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o Configurable date/time formats.
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o Symbol names can be enclosed by '' and so include hyphen and start with number.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05)
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o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is
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shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest
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caution during upgrade to OSPF users. Some advanced features
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(like NSSA, vlinks and authentication) are not yet implemented.
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o Implements MRTdump - binary logging protocol compatible with other
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routing daemons. Only BGP part of MRTdump is yet implemented.
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o Changes default value of BGP attribute LOCAL_PREF from 0 to 100.
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Use 'default bgp_local_pref 0' BGP protocol option for the old
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behavior. The new value is suggested by RFC 4277.
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o Changes default mode of pipes from opaque to transparent.
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Use 'mode opaque' protocol option if the old behavior is needed.
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Opaque pipe mode is deprecated and might be removed in the future.
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Version 1.1.7 (2009-12-20)
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o Implements BGP Route Refresh (RFC 2918).
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o Implements route reload command.
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o Deep changes and bugfixes in pipe protocol.
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o Bugfix in OSPF premature aging of LSA.
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o Bugfix in OSPF next hop calculation.
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o Bugfix in core related to route withdraws.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.1.6 (2009-11-19)
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o Implements RFC 5004 - prefer older external routes.
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o There is a change how route servers handle missing IPv6 link
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local addresses in next hop atribute - see 'missing lladdr'
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option.
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o Several minor features (description field, parse check option).
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.1.5 (2009-10-29)
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o Better scalability of BGP.
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o New accessors for AS path - first and last.
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o Allows to set protocol-specific router ID.
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o Allows import kernel 'onlink' routes.
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o Endianity check in buildsystem changed.
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Version 1.1.4 (2009-10-02)
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o BGP passive option.
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o Several minor bugfixes.
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Version 1.1.3 (2009-09-11)
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o Bugfix in core
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o Bugfix in BGP related to AS2->AS4 conversion.
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Version 1.1.2 (2009-08-23)
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o Allow more kernel routing tables in IPv6.
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o Bugfix in core
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Version 1.1.1 (2009-08-14)
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o 'more' style paging in BIRD client.
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o Important core bug fixed.
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o Portability to non-x86 related bugfixes.
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o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
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Version 1.1.0 (2009-06-28)
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o Parametrized pair and path mask expressions in the filter language.
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o Transparent pipe mode allows to implement BGP route server with
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independent route policy for each peer.
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o Kernel route table synchronization does not allow overwriting
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of alien routes.
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o Configurable BGP import route limits.
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o During BGP error delay, incoming connections are rejected.
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o BGP route statistics.
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o Better support for multiple network addresses on OSPF interfaces.
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o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
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Version 1.0.15 (2009-05-25)
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o FreeBSD and NetBSD port renewed. OpenBSD port introduced.
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o import/preimport 'show route' modifiers was renamed to export/preexport
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for consistency with filters.
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o Minor change in the grammar of 'interface' config option.
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o Many bugfixes in IPv6 BGP.
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o As usual, miscellaneous bugfixes.
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Version 1.0.14 (2009-04-28)
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o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core.
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o A bugfix in filters in the pipe protocol. It is recommended to
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check whether the new behavior of used pipe filters is consistent
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with expectations.
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o Reimplementation of prefix sets and a slight change in the meaning
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of some prefix set patterns.
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Version 1.0.13 (2009-03-14)
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o A lot of bugfixes in BGP, OSPF and core
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o A new syntax for BGP masks
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Version 1.0.12 (2008-11-12)
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o new BGP features: BGP MD5, ASN32, BGP route reflector
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o BGP bugfixes
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Version 1.0.9 (2004-07-15)
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o Minor bugfix in RIP
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o A lot of OSPF code rewritten, OSPF supports multiple areas,
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virtual links, MD5 authentication. It is fully compatible
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with rfc2329.
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Version 1.0.8 (2004-06-07)
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o A lot of bug fixes in RIP, OSPF and BGP (thanx to Andreas Steinmetz)
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o FreeBSD and NetBSD port introduced
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o Complete code clean up
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Version 1.0.7 (2003-08-20)
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o OSPF bug fixes
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Version 1.0.6 (2003-04-06)
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o No more byte order problems in RIP authentication. Thanks to
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Eric Leblond <eleblond@init-sys.com> for a patch.
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o Fixed interoperability problems with Cisco and Zebra when talking
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IPv6 BGP.
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o Handle more primary addresses with different scopes gracefully.
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IPv6 needs that.
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o Comparison of prefixes in filters doesn't ignore their lengts.
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o As usually, OSPF bug fixes.
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o Documentation building tools now work with recent linuxdoc-tools.
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Version 1.0.5 (2001-06-09)
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o Minor cleanups in the libraries.
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o Removed a couple of warnings when compiling with newer glibc.
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o OSPF bug fixes.
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Version 1.0.4 (2000-09-04)
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o Fixed a serious bug in 1.0.3.
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Version 1.0.3 (2000-09-03)
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o OSPF works better on NBMA networks. Some configuration tags added.
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Version 1.0.2 (2000-08-24)
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o Minor bug fixes to OSPF.
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Version 1.0.1 (2000-06-22)
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o Updated documentation and fixed a couple of bugs.
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Version 1.0.0 (2000-06-09)
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o First stable release.
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Version 0.0.0 (2000-05-13)
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o First public development release.
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