[hybrid] [coders] hybrid open proxy monitor (HOPM) release notification - hopm-1.0.7

[Michael Wobst]

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ircd-hybrid/hopm/hopm-1.0.7/hopm-1.0.7.tgz
md5: 0ceddf3d2915701ad4e2bfd6fc54ec8f  hopm-1.0.7.tgz
sha1: 2dc59ecc6751ec968aa111c32863031d1ac506e2  hopm-1.0.7.tgz

-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2015-06-06)
o) HOPM can now detect Dreamboxes with default root passwords
o) Fixed bug where the configuration parser would report syntax errors
    with invalid line numbers when there are multi-line C-style
    comments in the config file
o) Minor code cleanups


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2015-05-27)
o) HOPM now catches MikroTik HttpProxies


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2015-05-04)
o) Fixed bug where HOPM couldn't connect to the server specified
    in the irc {} block on some OS


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2015-03-17)
o) Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
o) Added 'protocols' command which dumps a list of configured scanners
    and their associated protocols/ports to a channel
o) Code cleanups and performance improvements


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2015-01-28)
o) Fixed bug where HOPM wouldn't try re-connecting to the server in
    case the connection got lost.
o) Added irc::notice configuration option


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2015-01-12)
o) Added options::negcache_rebuild configuration option
o) Added basic IPv6 support allowing HOPM to bind and
    connect to IPv6 addresses
o) Many code cleanups and optimizations


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (2015-01-06)
o) Fixed build on OS X
o) More code cleanups, no user-visible changes


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (2015-01-03)
o) Minor stabilization and performance improvements


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0beta2 (2014-12-31)
o) Added irc::readtimeout configuration option
o) Many code cleanups and optimizations
o) Worked towards IPv6 support
o) Fixed reference.conf from causing syntax errors
o) hopm now uses poll() for I/O event notification instead of select()


-- Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0beta1 (2014-12-25)
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o) NOTE:  this is the first release of the hybrid open proxy monitor (HOPM)
    fully based off the discontinued blitzed open proxy monitor (BOPM) 3.1.3
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o) Modernized and cleaned up build system
o) Modernized the example configuration file. Removed/updated blacklist 
entries.
o) The configuration parser now does support time and size units
o) The configuration parser now does support c++ style comments
o) Fixed a memory leak in conjunction with manual scans
o) Fixed weird behaviour in the command parser
o) Code hardening. Replaced occurences of strcpy/strcat with 
strlcpy/strlcat, etc.
o) Various code cleanups and optimizations
o) The irc::away configuration option is now optional


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BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
  the bug by EMAIL to bugs at ircd-hybrid.org
  Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your setup.h and
  hopm.conf with any report (with passwords and other sensitive
  information masked).

DISCUSSION: There is a mailing list for discussion of hopm issues,
  including betas. To subscribe, use this link:
     https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
  This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc.

Questions/comments directed to bugs at ircd-hybrid.org

Other files recommended for reading: README, INSTALL

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