SILC Server 0.9

[Pekka R. <pri...@ik...>]

The SILC Server version 0.9 is now available!  The software is available
from the following sources:

        http://silcnet.org/
        ftp://ftp.silcnet.org/

And finally we have the new server version out as well.  This version now
implements the new SILC protocol version 1.1.  I will immediately upgrade
the silc.silcnet.org router and server to this version, and I will not
accept incoming connections to those servers from old 1.0 protocol
versions.  I know this causes inconvenience for you but since the older
version is not fully compatible I don't want to answer questions why it
doesn't work and so on.  Anyway, so upgrade the new client and you will
be able to connect again. :)  But then, let's go to this release...

There isn't much changes in the configuration file so upgrading from the
0.8.x version to 0.9 should be really simple.  However, there's some new
stuff there since this version has some new features.

o Detaching.  The detaching is the brand new feature in SILC which allows
  clients to detach from the server but still remain as valid user in the
  network.  After detaching they can then resume the session back from any
  server in the network.  But, you can control this as server
  administrator.  If you don't want to have the detach support in your
  server you can set "detach_disabled" config option to true and
  nobody can give the DETACH command in your server.  This don't prohibit
  for someone resuming a detached session into your server but at least
  no local user can detach.  By default the DETACH is enabled.

  Other option is to limit the time for how long a session can be
  detached.  If you don't do any changes to config file by default the
  detached sessions are persistent.  This means that they remain in your
  server as long as your server is up and running.  If you don't want this
  you can set a time limit.  This can be done with "detach_timeout" and
  to set the minutes value for how long they remain.  For example you
  could set it to 1440 (24 hours) so that if someone doesn't resume their
  session in 24 hours the server will automatically close the session.

o I could make a huge list of changes related to 1.1 protocol version but
  I just bundle them together and say that major changes regarding 1.1
  version were made.  So, caveat user!  There may be some problems with
  this version because this is major release.

I will be taking a little vacation from SILC after these releases,
probably couple of weeks.  To just recharge my batteries and so on.

Please test a lot, and report those bugs here on the mailing list.  And,
please refer to the ChangeLog on the website or the CHANGES file in the
package for complete list of changes.

	Pekka
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 Pekka Riikonen                                 priikone at silcnet.org
 Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC)       http://silcnet.org/