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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Cheng N. W. <nan...@ho...>]

Thanks for your information.

Your explanation is very clear.


 
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:54:12 +0200
> From: ald...@go...
> To: nan...@ho...; ald...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10
> 
> No, the last argument passed to memset() should be the size in bytes of
> the supplied buffer, not the index of the last byte.
> 
> Manual page says:
> 
> void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
> 
> DESCRIPTION
> The memset() function fills the first n bytes of the memory area
> pointed to by s with the constant byte c.

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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Luis M. - A. K. S. <ald...@go...>]

No, the last argument passed to memset() should be the size in bytes of
the supplied buffer, not the index of the last byte.

Manual page says:

void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
The memset() function fills the first n bytes of the memory area
pointed to by s with the constant byte c.

Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Cheng N. W. <nan...@ho...>]

Hi Luis,
 
Thanks for your quick response.
I have made the change and the result look good.
 
But, I think you have made something mistake in the solution.
Or it is just a typing error.
 
The memory set function should apply to a range from 0 to 23, not 24.
memset(tmpbuff, 0, 23);
Please verify if it is correct.
 
It is the output. No error is found.
 
[root@sit01 aldabad]# aldabad start
<-> All arguments were parsed correctly.
<-> Configuration:
   <!> Listening Interface = eth1
   <!> Promiscuous mode = no
   <!> Daemonize = no
   <!> Listening Port[0]= 65535
   <!> Listening Port[1]= 65534
   <!> Listening Port[2]= 65533
   <!> Listening Port[3]= 65532
   <!> Knocking Technique = IP-Id
   <!> Encryption Algorithm = Twofish
   <!> Encryption Key = 3da6............................0f2a
   <!> Verbosity level = 9
   <!> Logging level = 9

I am happy to get your support.
 
Thanks,
Raymond

 
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:18:46 +0200
> From: ald...@go...
> To: nan...@ho...
> Subject: Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10
> 
> Hey, sorry, I dunno why but my email client introduced "**" before the
> new code. Please ignore it..
> 
> 
> The could you should place is:
> 
> char tmpbuff[24]; /* Enough bytes to hold "or dst port 65535" + 1 */
> memset(tmpbuff, 0, 24);
> 
> 
> By the way, thanks for reporting the bug. Your name will appear in the
> next changelog.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Luis.



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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Luis M. - A. K. S. <ald...@go...>]

OK, I think I have found one error that might be causing memory corruption.

Right now I don't really have time to release a new version that fixes
the problem but I can tell you what to do:

Go to file ipid_server.c, function Ip_Id_getFilterString()

Where it says:

char tmpbuff[18]; /* 18 = lenght of string "or dst port 65535" + 1 */
memset(tmpbuff, 0, 17);

Change it to:

**char tmpbuff[24]; /* Enough bytes to hold "or dst port 65535" + 1 */
memset(tmpbuff, 0, 24);


Compile and run. Please let me know if that solves the problem.

Regards,


Luis.

Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Luis M. - A. K. S. <ald...@go...>]

Hi!

It's quite weird but you are right, i've just tested it in Fedora10 and
I get the same result. I'll have a look to it.

Regards,

Luis MartinGarcia.


Cheng Nang Wai wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> A new finding here.
>
> The problem is due to the large port number.
> When I use 23100, 1, 2, 3, problem does not exist.
>
> Is there any limitation on the port number?
> For example, the sum of all port number should not larger than some value.
> Please specify.
>
> Thanks,
> Raymond
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: nan...@ho...
> To: ald...@go...
> CC: ald...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7
> in Fedora 10
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:59:38 +0000
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I still find problem when starting aldabad server.
> Please find my log here.
>
> [root@sit01 aldabad]# aldabad start
> <-> All arguments were parsed correctly.
> <-> Configuration:
> <!> Listening Interface = eth1
> <!> Promiscuous mode = no
> <!> Daemonize = no
> <!> Listening Port[0]= 23100
> <!> Listening Port[1]= 23200
> <!> Listening Port[2]= 23300
> <!> Listening Port[3]= 23400
> <!> Knocking Technique = IP-Id
> <!> Encryption Algorithm = Twofish
> <!> Encryption Key = 3da6............................0f2a
> <!> Verbosity level = 9
> <!> Logging level = 9
> <E> ERROR: pcap_compile(): Error compiling the BPF filter.
> <-> Cleaning up: User supplied data overwritten successfully.
> <-> Cleaning up: buffers of crypto functions overwritten successfully.
>
> Regards,
> Raymond
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:20:49 +0200
> > From: ald...@go...
> > To: nan...@ho...
> > CC: ald...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite
> 0.1.7 in Fedora 10
> >
> > Hi again,
> >
> > I just tested Aldaba in a fresh Fedora10 install and it seems to work
> > just fine.
> >
> > All I did is:
> >
> > yum install libpcap-devel
> > make
> > make install
> >
> > Please, make sure you've installed package libpcap-devel and try again.
> > Also make sure you are using the correct network interface name in
> > aldabad.conf. Please report any error you find through the mailing list,
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Luis MartinGarcia.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheng Nang Wai wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10.
> > > Could anyone know the solution? thanks~
> > >
> > > At the begining, "make server" is not successful.
> > > I need to install libpcap-devel package myself.
> > >
> > > The packgae version is listed as the following.
> > > libpcap.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> > > libpcap-devel.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> > >
> > > Then, I can install the server successfully.
> > > After that, I find an error when starting server by using "aldabad
> > > start" command.
> > >
> > > The following error is found in file /var/log/messages.
> > > Mar 31 08:20:12 localhost aldabad[2054]: Error in pcap_compile()
> > >
> > > This is the problem I have not found out the solution.
> > >
> > > Please help~
> > >
> > > Raymond
> > >
> > >
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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Cheng N. W. <nan...@ho...>]

Hi again,

 

A new finding here.

 

The problem is due to the large port number.

When I use 23100, 1, 2, 3, problem does not exist.

 

Is there any limitation on the port number?

For example, the sum of all port number should not larger than some value.

Please specify.

 

Thanks,

Raymond

 


From: nan...@ho...
To: ald...@go...
CC: ald...@li...
Subject: RE: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:59:38 +0000



Hi,
 
Thanks for your reply.
 
I still find problem when starting aldabad server.
Please find my log here.
 
[root@sit01 aldabad]# aldabad start
<-> All arguments were parsed correctly.
<-> Configuration:
   <!> Listening Interface = eth1
   <!> Promiscuous mode = no
   <!> Daemonize = no
   <!> Listening Port[0]= 23100
   <!> Listening Port[1]= 23200
   <!> Listening Port[2]= 23300
   <!> Listening Port[3]= 23400
   <!> Knocking Technique = IP-Id
   <!> Encryption Algorithm = Twofish
   <!> Encryption Key = 3da6............................0f2a
   <!> Verbosity level = 9
   <!> Logging level = 9
<E> ERROR: pcap_compile(): Error compiling the BPF filter.
<-> Cleaning up: User supplied data overwritten successfully.
<-> Cleaning up: buffers of crypto functions overwritten successfully.

Regards,
Raymond

 
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:20:49 +0200
> From: ald...@go...
> To: nan...@ho...
> CC: ald...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> I just tested Aldaba in a fresh Fedora10 install and it seems to work
> just fine.
> 
> All I did is:
> 
> yum install libpcap-devel
> make
> make install
> 
> Please, make sure you've installed package libpcap-devel and try again.
> Also make sure you are using the correct network interface name in
> aldabad.conf. Please report any error you find through the mailing list,
> thanks!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Luis MartinGarcia.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheng Nang Wai wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10.
> > Could anyone know the solution? thanks~
> >
> > At the begining, "make server" is not successful.
> > I need to install libpcap-devel package myself.
> >
> > The packgae version is listed as the following.
> > libpcap.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> > libpcap-devel.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> >
> > Then, I can install the server successfully.
> > After that, I find an error when starting server by using "aldabad
> > start" command.
> >
> > The following error is found in file /var/log/messages.
> > Mar 31 08:20:12 localhost aldabad[2054]: Error in pcap_compile()
> >
> > This is the problem I have not found out the solution.
> >
> > Please help~
> >
> > Raymond
> >
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> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > Ald...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aldaba-devel
> > 
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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Cheng N. W. <nan...@ho...>]

Hi,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

I still find problem when starting aldabad server.

Please find my log here.

 

[root@sit01 aldabad]# aldabad start
<-> All arguments were parsed correctly.

<-> Configuration:
   <!> Listening Interface = eth1
   <!> Promiscuous mode = no
   <!> Daemonize = no
   <!> Listening Port[0]= 23100
   <!> Listening Port[1]= 23200
   <!> Listening Port[2]= 23300
   <!> Listening Port[3]= 23400
   <!> Knocking Technique = IP-Id
   <!> Encryption Algorithm = Twofish
   <!> Encryption Key = 3da6............................0f2a
   <!> Verbosity level = 9
   <!> Logging level = 9

<E> ERROR: pcap_compile(): Error compiling the BPF filter.
<-> Cleaning up: User supplied data overwritten successfully.
<-> Cleaning up: buffers of crypto functions overwritten successfully.


Regards,

Raymond


 
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:20:49 +0200
> From: ald...@go...
> To: nan...@ho...
> CC: ald...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> I just tested Aldaba in a fresh Fedora10 install and it seems to work
> just fine.
> 
> All I did is:
> 
> yum install libpcap-devel
> make
> make install
> 
> Please, make sure you've installed package libpcap-devel and try again.
> Also make sure you are using the correct network interface name in
> aldabad.conf. Please report any error you find through the mailing list,
> thanks!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Luis MartinGarcia.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheng Nang Wai wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10.
> > Could anyone know the solution? thanks~
> >
> > At the begining, "make server" is not successful.
> > I need to install libpcap-devel package myself.
> >
> > The packgae version is listed as the following.
> > libpcap.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> > libpcap-devel.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> >
> > Then, I can install the server successfully.
> > After that, I find an error when starting server by using "aldabad
> > start" command.
> >
> > The following error is found in file /var/log/messages.
> > Mar 31 08:20:12 localhost aldabad[2054]: Error in pcap_compile()
> >
> > This is the problem I have not found out the solution.
> >
> > Please help~
> >
> > Raymond
> >
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> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
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> > Ald...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aldaba-devel
> > 
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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Luis M. - A. K. S. <ald...@go...>]

Hi again,

I just tested Aldaba in a fresh Fedora10 install and it seems to work
just fine.

All I did is:

yum install libpcap-devel
make
make install

Please, make sure you've installed package libpcap-devel and try again.
Also make sure you are using the correct network interface name in
aldabad.conf. Please report any error you find through the mailing list,
thanks!


Regards,


Luis MartinGarcia.




Cheng Nang Wai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10.
> Could anyone know the solution? thanks~
>
> At the begining, "make server" is not successful.
> I need to install libpcap-devel package myself.
>
> The packgae version is listed as the following.
> libpcap.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> libpcap-devel.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
>
> Then, I can install the server successfully.
> After that, I find an error when starting server by using "aldabad
> start" command.
>
> The following error is found in file /var/log/messages.
> Mar 31 08:20:12 localhost aldabad[2054]: Error in pcap_compile()
>
> This is the problem I have not found out the solution.
>
> Please help~
>
> Raymond
>
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Re: [Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Luis M. - A. K. S. <ald...@go...>]

Hi!

I don't have access to a Fedora10 box right now but I have just started
downloading a virtual machine so I can test Aldaba on that platform. As
soon as I test it, I will let you know.

However, it would be great if you could run Aldabad in full debug mode.
For that, edit your /etc/aldabad/aldaba.conf file and set the
appropriate fields like this:

daemonize="no"
verbosity="9"
logging="9"


Then run "aldabad start", copy the output and paste in a new message
addressed to the aldaba-devel list.


Regards,


Luis MartinGarcia.



Cheng Nang Wai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10.
> Could anyone know the solution? thanks~
>
> At the begining, "make server" is not successful.
> I need to install libpcap-devel package myself.
>
> The packgae version is listed as the following.
> libpcap.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
> libpcap-devel.i386 14:0.9.8-3.fc10
>
> Then, I can install the server successfully.
> After that, I find an error when starting server by using "aldabad
> start" command.
>
> The following error is found in file /var/log/messages.
> Mar 31 08:20:12 localhost aldabad[2054]: Error in pcap_compile()
>
> This is the problem I have not found out the solution.
>
> Please help~
>
> Raymond
>
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[Aldaba-devel] Problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10

[Cheng N. W. <nan...@ho...>]

Hi,

 

I have a problem when installing Aldaba Suite 0.1.7 in Fedora 10.

Could anyone know the solution? thanks~

 

At the begining, "make server" is not successful.

I need to install libpcap-devel package myself.

 

The packgae version is listed as the following.

libpcap.i386                      14:0.9.8-3.fc10

libpcap-devel.i386             14:0.9.8-3.fc10

 

Then, I can install the server successfully.

After that, I find an error when starting server by using "aldabad start" command.

 

The following error is found in file /var/log/messages.

Mar 31 08:20:12 localhost aldabad[2054]: Error in pcap_compile()

 

This is the problem I have not found out the solution.

 

Please help~

 

Raymond

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[Aldaba-devel] Aldaba Server 0.1.3 and Aldaba Client 0.1.5 Released

[<ald...@go...>]

Hi!

I am pleased to announce the release of Aldaba Knocking Server 0.1.3 and
version 0.1.5 of Aldaba Knocking Client.

Please download it from Aldaba's project page in Sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197837

To install follow these installation instructions: [Server
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_server.txt]
<http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_server.txt%5D>
[Client
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_client.txt]
<http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_client.txt%5D>

Please test it and report any bugs you find through the mailing list or
using the trackers at Sourceforge.

CHANGELOG ALDABA CLIENT:

Version 0.1.5 Dec 24, 2007.

- New checksum format. From now on, SPA packets will use SHA256
checksums as MD5 is not secure anymore.

- SPA "command" field has been reduced from 200 bytes to 184 due to the
use of SHA256 checksums that take 16 bytes more than MD5.

- Added support for new encryption algorithms. Now, the following
ciphers can be used to encrypt/decrypt SPA packets:
        - Rijndael (AES contest winner)
        - Twofish  (AES contest third position)
        - Serpent  (AES contest second position)
        - Blowfish

Note that IP-Id technique needs to use blowfish because it needs ciphers
with a block size of 64bits or less.



CHANGELOG ALDABA SERVER:

Version 0.1.3 Dec 24, 2007.

- New checksum format. From now on, SPA packets will use SHA256
checksums as MD5 is not secure anymore.

- SPA "command" field has been reduced from 200 bytes to 184 due to the
use of SHA256 checksums that take 16 bytes more than MD5.

- Added support for new encryption algorithms. Now, the following
ciphers can be used to encrypt/decrypt SPA packets:
        - Rijndael (AES contest winner)
        - Twofish  (AES contest third position)
        - Serpent  (AES contest second position)
        - Blowfish

Note that IP-Id technique needs to use blowfish because it needs ciphers
with a block size of 64bits or less.

- Fixed typo in --help output

[Aldaba-devel] Aldaba Server 0.1.2 and Aldaba Client 0.1.4 Released

[<ald...@go...>]

Hi!

I am pleased to announce the release of Aldaba Knocking Server 0.1.2 and
version 0.1.4 of Aldaba Knocking Client.

Please download it from Aldaba's project page in Sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197837

To install follow these installation instructions: [Server
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_server.txt]
[Client http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_client.txt]

Please test it and report any bugs you find through the mailing list or
using the trackers at Sourceforge.

CHANGELOG ALDABA CLIENT:

Version 0.1.4 Nov 19, 2007.

- Added option --dont-send. This option prevents Aldaba-client from
actually sending any packet. It simulates it does but no information is
sent to the network. Note that this option only disables Knock and SPA
packets. DNS lookups and HTTP requests for option --resolve-IP will
still be sent.

- Added support for new version of Aldaba SPA Protocol. Currently this
protocol does the same as the previous one but it will support a lot of
interesting features in future releases. These include support for one
time passwords, challenge/response authentication, timestamp based
authentication remote command execution etc.

- Source files were completely reorganized.

- Minor bugfixes.


CHANGELOG ALDABA SERVER:

Version 0.1.2 Nov 19, 2007.

- Added basic support for other data-link types than Ethernet. Currently
supported data-link types are: 802.3, 802.11, PPPoE, Loopback and FDDI.

- Fixed a possible buffer overflow while printing Ethernet headers.

- Added support for new version of Aldaba SPA Protocol. Currently this
protocol does the same as the previous one but it will support a lot of
interesting features in future releases. These include support for one
time passwords, challenge/response authentication, timestamp based
authentication remote command execution etc.

- Source files were completely reorganized.

- Minor bugfixes.

[Aldaba-devel] Aldaba Client 0.1.3 Released

[<ald...@go...>]

I am glad to announce the release of Aldaba Client 0.1.3. It has a lot
of new features like the possibility of sending noise packets or the use
of decoys. Check the man page for more details.

Please download it from Aldaba's project page in Sourceforge
(http://www.aldabaknocking.com/download.php?http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197837)

To install follow these installation instructions: [Server
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_server.txt]
[Client http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_client.txt]

Please test it and report any bugs you find through the mailing list or
using the trackers at Sourceforge.

CHANGELOG: ALDABA CLIENT 0.1.3

-Fixed a bug in the parser for args --knock-IP and --source-IP.

-Added support for noise packets. This is, extra packets sent to prevent
attackers with sniffing capabilities to guess the Knock sequence. A
positive integer may be specified using the --noise param.

-Changed the format IP-Id packets are displayed to stdout. Now they are
printed as rows of a table. Additional information is shown.

-Changed the way TCP/IP packets are crafted. Now there is a separate
function to do it, including computing checksum.

-Random number generator implemented. It is based on current pid,
current uid, current time and 4 random bytes read from /dev/random. This
should be enough for a port knocking client.

-Added support for decoys (additional IPs to send fake knocks from).
This adds some obscurity to the knocking process. This feature can be
combined with noise for extra effect.

-Added support for an external IP resolver. Now, the internet-side IP
address may be resolved using the service
http://whatismyip.aldabaknocking.com. This is useful in NATed networks
where the knocking information should not contain a local area network
address but an external IP.

[Aldaba-devel] Aldaba Server 0.1.1 and Aldaba Client 0.1.2 Released

[<ald...@go...>]

Hi!

I am pleased to announce the release of Aldaba Knocking Server 0.1.1 and
version 0.1.2 of Aldaba Knocking Client.

Please download it from Aldaba's project page in Sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197837

To install follow these installation instructions: [Server
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_server.txt]
[Client http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_client.txt]

Please test it and report any bugs you find through the mailing list or
using the trackers at Sourceforge.

CHANGELOG: ALDABA CLIENT 0.1.2
Version 0.1.2 Oct 11, 2007.

- Some functions were moved to different source files. (Mainly because
it did not make much sense to be where they used to.

- Output of --help changed. Now, instead of a big manpage a simple usage
message is displayed.

- Added support for config files. Because of this, the argparser was
rewritten to use separate functions to process each type of
argument.Config files can be specified using the --config="" parameter.

- Minor change in the way encryption keys were being displayed in
highverbosity modes. Now only first and last 2 bytes are displayed,
enough to check for errors.

CHANGELOG: ALDABA SERVER 0.1.1
Version 0.1.1. Oct 11, 2007.

- Some functions were moved to different source files. (Mainly because
it did not make much sense to be where they used to.

- Output of --help changed. Now, instead of a big manpage a simple usage
message is displayed.

- Added support for configuration files. A config file parser was
writtenusing a template created by tool GNU gengetopt.

- Minor changes in the argument parsing process were made.

- The "UDP technique" was renamed to "SPA technique". Many functions and
variable names were changed.

- Added option "start" that forces configuration to be read from
file/etc/aldabad/aldaba.conf

- Changed argparser: Now case is ignored when parsing long arg names.

- Minor change in the way encryption keys were being displayed in
highverbosity modes. Now only first and last 2 bytes are displayed,
enough to check for errors.

[Aldaba-devel] Aldaba Client 0.1.1 and Aldaba Server 0.1 Released

[<ald...@go...>]

I am pleased to announce first stable release of Aldaba Knocking Server
and version 0.1.1 of Aldaba Knocking Client.

Please download it from Aldaba's project page in Sourceforge at
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/download.php?http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197837.

Please test it and report any bugs you find through this mailing list or
using the trackers at Sourceforge.



CHANGELOG: ALDABA CLIENT 0.1.1
Version 0.1.1 Sep 30, 2007.

- Fixed a bug in the computation of IP, TCP and UDP checksums.

- Now when the parameter -t is supplied with only one port, the UDP
technique is assumed automatically.

- Fixed a bug in the parsing of the -i parameter. Before, the user was
being completely ignored and the interface "eth0" was being used in all
cases.

- Fixed a bug in the manpage and the --help output. Info about parameter
-t was missing.

- "Argparser rewritten. Added support for longer arg names like --source-IP.

- The way blowfish encryption keys were being used has changed. Now the
encryption key is the MD5 hash of the user-supplied passphrase (salted
with a 4-byte value).

CHANGELOG: ALDABA SERVER 0.1
Version 0.1. Sep 30, 2007.

- The way blowfish encryption keys were being used has changed. Now the
encryption key is the MD5 hash of the user-supplied passphrase (salted
with a 4-byte value).

- Added --debug switch. It sets maximum verbosity and disables daemon mode.

- Added --quiet switch. It sets verbosity and logging levels to zero.

- Argparser rewritten. Added support for longer arg names like --interface.

[Aldaba-devel] Aldaba Knocking Server 0.1.beta2 Released

[<ald...@go...>]

I am pleased to announce the release of the second beta version of
Aldaba Knocking Server.

Download from Aldaba's project page in Sourceforge
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197837) or
directly from
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/aldaba-server-0.1.beta2.tar.gz

To install follow these installation instructions:
http://www.aldabaknocking.com/development/install_notes_server.txt


Please test it and report any bugs you find through the mailing list or
using the trackers at Sourceforge.


CHANGELOG:

- Fixed a bug in the parsing of the -t parameter. The number of supplied
ports was not being checked. Now exactly 4 ports must be supplied for
the IP-Id technique and up to ten ports for the UDP technique.

- Now when the parameter -t is supplied with only one port, the UDP
technique is assumed automatically.

- Changed Makefile. Now scripts are installed in mode 751 so regular
users do not have permissions to read their contents.

- Fixed a bug in the manpage and the --help output. Info about parameter
-t was missing.

- Fixed a bug in the execution of the open/close scripts. Now scripts
are executed in the background. Otherwise they could hung the server if
they do not return immediatly.