LibHideIP - An IP-hiding library / The LHIP Blog: Recent posts

The project ticket tools (Defects and Tickets) have been recreated, hopefully this time for good.

LibHideIP version 2.3 has just been released!
Important changes:

• Fixed compile errors after name randomisation.
• Checking for more compile warnings.
• Portability updates - LibHideIP now compiles on Solaris/SunOS.
• Added support for systems with a less advanced /proc filesystem.
• Code quality updates.
• Updates in the build system.
• Updates in unit tests and new tests.
• Documentation updates.

The project ticket tools (Defects and Tickets) have disappeared again.
I've reported this to SF.

According to the ChangeLog file, the first version of LibHideIP, 0.1, was created on 2008-12-23.
Not much traffic recently, but a new version is in production now.

According to the ChangeLog file, the very first version of LibHideIP, 0.1, was published on 2008-12-23.
Helping users protect their privacy (at least a bit) for 15 years!

The problem with disappearing "Tickets"/"Defects" seems to be resolved now.

According to the ChangeLog file, the very first version of LibHideIP, 0.1, was published on 2008-12-23 (not on SF, though).
So, it's been 14 years of helping users protect their privacy (at least a bit).

There seems to be some temporary problem with project tickets (Defects and Tickets): they disappear after a few days after being created.
I've reported this to SF.

Significant portability updates. LibHideIP now compiles on FreeBSD and macOS (as provided by Travis CI): https://app.travis-ci.com/github/bogdro/libhideip.
Intercepting new functions and improvements in the old.
More checking for banned programs.
Safer checking and wiping of data.
New unit tests.
Code quality improvements.
Improvements in the build system.
Other small changes.

LibHideIP has been checked by Codacy and got the "A" grade. Current status:

LibHideIP has been uploaded to a test repository on GitHub, has passed a build on their system and a code security check.

The documentation in the TeXinfo format (which normally resides only inside the packages) has been converted to HTML and provided on the project website at https://libhideip.sourceforge.io/docs/ for convenience. This documentation should provide more information to current and potential users.
Remember that the most up-to-date documentation is always in the software package.

This is a bugfix- and compatibility-improvement-only release. No new features are added.
Fixed compile errors on newer systems.
Fixed errors related to special situations, found by Cppcheck.
Updated copyright and license blocks.
Other fixes.
Documentation updated.

According to the ChangeLog file, the very first version of LibHideIP, 0.1, was published on 2008-12-23.
It wasn't on SourceForge from the beginning (my projects need to have at least a few versions and a forseeable future to be promoted to SF), but nevertheless 2008-12-23 is LibHideIP's "birthday".

The LibHideIP's website (https://libhideip.sourceforge.io/) got a content listing at the top. The order of the sections has also been changed to hopefully provide information in the most important order (which is subjective for the reader).

As a result of SF's encouragement to using icons, I've decided to do some experiments with the Inkscape program.
I chose Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) because I wanted the icon to be scalable to any size without losing quality and the only way to achieve that is with vector graphics.
The icon may be "tuned" or even fully changed later, but for now you can enjoy the current looks on the project page on SF and on the LibHideIP's homepage at https://libhideip.sourceforge.io/ (both in the content and as the site icon). These icons are in the PNG format (another open standard), because this is what SF allows here, but the source is still SVG.

Encouraged by SF, I've decided to launch blogs for my software hosted here (IMYplay, LibHideIP, LibNetBlock, LibSecRm, JYMAG and WipeFreeSpace).
The blog will be a place where I will announce noteworthy changes to LibHideIP or its website, and new releases.
Remeber that the first place that gets notifed of a new release is ... the release page on SF (called "Files"), so be sure to watch that one as a first source of information on new releases. The page also has a data feed!