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  29 December 2022 - PtokaX 0.5.3.0 (20th anniversary edition) released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Support for Lua 5.4.
  • Fixed: Missing reason from !tembanip and !fulltempbanip command (thx The-Master for report).
  • Fixed: Move up/down script in gui caused invalid memory usage for disabled script (thx The-Master for report).
  • Fixed: Not working SQL wildcards in !getipinfo command (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Crash when script stopped next running script in some cases (thx Cęńoßy†ę for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on script error in OnTimer when timer was removed (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixes: C stack overflow, invalid share and user count. Caused by Disconnect from Lua scipt called in (Op, Reg, User)Disconnect (thx Cęńoßy†ę for report).
  • Fixed: Issues with Ban commands caused wrong nick and reason length counting (thx [NL]-Quasar for report).
  • Fixed: OP was able to redirect yourself (thx Cęńoßy†ę for report).



11 April 2017 - PtokaX 0.5.2.2 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Reconnect to database on connection failure or connection lost.
  • Fixed: Compile for Windows 10 IoT.
  • Fixed: Typo in server manager and resource leak in sqlite on exit (thx Pavel Pimenov for report).
  • Fixed: Incorrect long length message when incomplete search command was received (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Search request was sent to users without share (thx Pavel Pimenov for report).
  • Fixed: Missing $ValidateDenide when user use nick that is in reserved nicks (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Extra pipe in !checknickban result (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: IP and Port check in DC commands. (thx Mank and Rolex for report).
  • Fixed: Missing IP check for validity in some hub commands.
  • Fixed: Empty password received from user was not checked properly and accepted as new password for reg.
  • Fixed: Bandwidth waste, when IPv6 user send search request with IPv4 address.
  • Fixed: Possible crash on hublist registration (thx Pavel Pimenov for report).
  • Fixed: Bind to single IP caused bind to all addresses when IPv6 address was empty.
  • Fixed: Typo in scripting interface. MaxSlotsLimt -> MaxSlotsLimit (thx Cęńoßy†ę for report).
  • Changed: Log script errors is enabled by default for PtokaX versions without GUI.



28 September 2015 - PtokaX 0.5.2.1 for Windows 10 IoT released.


3 September 2015 - PtokaX 0.5.2.1 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Support to build with Lua 5.3 on Debian (Ubuntu, Mint, Dyson...) to makefile (make without param).
  • Added: Disable registration to hublist, when hub address is local/private IP.
  • Changed: Build with Lua 5.1 on Debian (Ubuntu, Mint, Dyson...) now have lua51 param (make lua51).
  • Fixed: Crash when redirect on permanent ban is enabled and permban redirect address is empty and main redirect addres is empty.
  • Fixed: Possible crash or memory corruption on settings messages with possibility to use settings value(s) in them.
  • Fixed: String 'unlimited' was not translated in some settings messages.
  • Fixed: Crash when timer was removed in OnTimer Lua function (thx Cęńoßy†ę for report).



16 August 2015 - PtokaX 0.5.2.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Support to compile PtokaX on FreeBSD with Lua 5.3.
  • Added: Support to compile PtokaX on Solaris, Fedora, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Mac OS X.
  • Added: Command line menu with configuration and add registered user options to PtokaX service and non-Windows version (-m cmd param).
  • Fixed: Few minor issues in Lua api.
  • Fixed: Compile on FreeBSD 10.1, Haiku, Solaris and illumos.
  • Fixed: Missing checks for $, |, space and length for many settings strings.
  • Fixed: Ban message on some places was truncated to 255 bytes instead of 511.
  • Changed: Timer handling on Unixes.
  • Changed: Settings, Reserved Nicks and Scripts settings files from xml to simple text format.
  • Changed: Profiles and bans files from xml to binary format.
  • Improved: Performance for strings sent to UDP Debug.



30 June 2015 - PtokaX 0.5.1.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Support for PostgreSQL database to store info about users.
  • Added: Chat command !getipinfo to get info about ip(s) from Database.
  • Added: Support for CTM2HUB.
  • Added: Little time delay before $Lock is sent by hub. That way hub don't sending $Lock if new connection is CTM DDOS (idea from original NeoModus Direct Connect Hub 1.0.25).
  • Added: -p command line param for pid file.
  • Added: Support for SQLite database to store info about users.
  • Added: Support for MySQL/MariaDB database to store info about users.
  • Fixed: Missing settings and profiles identificator tables with Lua 5.1.
  • Fixed: Few bad possitions of gui items in settings window (thx keep_clear for report).
  • Changed: Chat command !getinfo to get info about offline user(s) from Database.
  • Updated: Lua 5.3 to 5.3.1.



30 April 2015 - Crowdfunding for ADC protocol support in PtokaX.

More info on PtokaX forum.


20 February 2015 - PtokaX 0.5.0.3 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: install part to makefile including setcap allowing PtokaX to listen on ports below 1024 without running as privileged user (require capabilities support, libcap2-bin in debian).
  • Added: hublist.te-home.net and dc.gwhublist.com to default hublist register addresses.
  • Added: init script for *nix.
  • Added: Port validity checking in commands to disallow exploit that can be used to ddos in dc++ core.
  • Added: Tables with definitions for SetMan booleans, numbers and strings identificators.
  • Added: Table with definitions for ProfMan permissions identificators.
  • Fixed: User profile is set after correct password is received to disable possible exploit in scripts (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Missing hub bot key after nick change when opchat have same nick.
  • Fixed: Possible crash on closing some gui windows (thx Alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: Directory/file permissions on *nix.
  • Fixed: Partial IP was shown as wrong when IPv6 user without IPv4 connection sent IPv4 address in command (thx Mank for report).
  • Fixed: Possible crash when new throw exception on memory failure.
  • Fixed: Few possible issues found by PVS studio (thx Pavel Pimenov for report).
  • Fixed: Memory access outside array in script editor window on load/save (thx Pavel Pimenov for report).
  • Fixed: User who was allowed to kick can ban and tempban user without permissions for ban and tempban (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Range ban and range temp ban command was not working for IPv6 addresses longer than 15 characters (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Few possible memory leaks when memory allocation fail.
  • Fixed: On !rangeban command when range was already banned was sent wrong second message (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Active search character counting for ipv6 request when ip is very short.
  • Other: Some minor performance improvements.



13 April 2014 - PtokaX 0.5.0.2 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Makefile recursion to automatically compile skein and tinyxml on unix os.
  • Fixed: When xml file fail to load then it is reported and not silently replaced with default (thx dmvn for report).
  • Fixed: Missing $MyINFO for bot in some cases (thx Alexey and alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: Not working change password in some cases (thx zog for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on bans loading in some cases.
  • Fixed: Max users logins in gui range (thx alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: NoBadCharsInNick language string has obsolete chars (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: !tempban with offline user and wrong time value was returning !nicktempban message (thx sphinx for report).
  • Fixed: Change password for registered user from Lua (thx alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: When hub description was removed then after restart was changed to default one (thx alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: Missing $OpList and/or $UserIP in some cases (thx alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: Few compiler warning in ubuntu.
  • Changed: os.exit in Lua now correctly shutdown PtokaX.



11 December 2013 - PtokaX 0.5.0.1 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: White space characters (ascii chars below 32) are not allowed in nicks anymore.
  • Added: Option to store passwords for registered users as hashes.
  • Added: Registered users autosave after every 100 regs changes and every 15 minutes when regs change.
  • Added: AddTimer(iTimerInterval, fFunction) to Lua api.
  • Added: ProfMan.RemoveProfile in Lua api now accept profile number as param.
  • Added: Error message on script error now contains traceback, when available.
  • Fixed: IpToCountry for IPv4 ignored first and last ip in country range (thx Alexey and alex82 for report).
  • Fixed: Crash in windows version when script send some global data as reaction to chat without blocking it (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Wrong chat lines order when multiple messages was received in one loop and script send global data reply for one of them.
  • Fixed: On hub bot nick change old bot was not removed from userlist (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Few other issues related to hub bot nick and info changes.
  • Fixed: Issues related to OpChat bot nick and info changes.
  • Fixed: 64bit windoze build was limited to only 2 GB of memory.
  • Fixed: Lua float/integer types for better performance with Lua 5.3.
  • Fixed: Issues with signals on unix (thx dmvn for report).
  • Fixed: Broken text input boxes in settings window in some cases.
  • Fixed: Never ending loop on reading of registered users file longer than 128 kB (thx dmvn for report).



23 December 2012 - PtokaX 0.5.0.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Core.SetUserInfo call to Lua api.
  • Added: IDs 28 - 42 for Core.GetUserValue Lua api call (see Lua API docs).
  • Added: IPv6 support to sockets.
  • Added: IPv6 support to bans and range bans.
  • Added: IPv6 country database support.
  • Added: IPv6 client to client connections support.
  • Added: IPv6 search support.
  • Added: IP64 and IPv4 protocol extensions support.
  • Added: Check for IPv4 connection for user connected to hub by IPv6.
  • Added: IPv4 client connection support for users connected to hub by IPv6 when IPv4 connection check success.
  • Added: IPv4 search support for users connected to hub by IPv6 when IPv4 connection check success.
  • Added: Setting for manual IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
  • Added: Both IP addresses to !getinfo command for users with IPv6 and IPv4 connection available.
  • Added: Both IP addresses to !myip command for users with IPv6 and IPv4 connection available.
  • Added: Core.GetHubIPs to Lua API.
  • Added: tUser.tIPs to Lua API.
  • Added: Missing end line dots on some hub commands reply (thx Alexey for report).
  • Added: RegUser hub command. OP need to provide online nick and profile. Hub will ask user for password and after password is entered then user is added to registered users.
  • Added: IP in $Search and $ConnectToMe commands is replaced with correct one when user send wrong IP.
  • Added: Smart searching for IPv6 users with IPv4 support.
  • Added: IP2Country now work for 6to4 and Teredo connections.
  • Added: IP2Country.Reload to Lua api.
  • Added: RegMan.AddReg now support second syntax RegMan.AddReg(sNick, nProfileNumber). That way user is asked for password and registered after he send it.
  • Added: Users connected with IPv6 using 6to4 or teredo tunneling have automatically IPv4 active connection available without need to support any protocol extension.
  • Added: Targets to makefile.
  • Added: Lua 5.2.x support.
  • Changed: Country database for IPv4 from ip-to-country to IpToCountry (http://software77.net/geo-ip/).
  • Changed: Not allowed chars in nick to only space, pipe and dollar. Only those protocol disallow. Issues with other chars is client work.
  • Changed: Max simultaneous logins value from 500 to 1000.
  • Changed: UserDisconnected is now called when user is disconnected by script in User/Reg/OpConnected.
  • Changed: Max send buffer size on small hubs from 128 kB to 256 kB.
  • Changed: Disabled keep slow client online for clients with zpipe support.
  • Changed: Memory allocation failures checking. When memory allocation fail then user who caused that is disconnected and hub not crash.
  • Changed: Line ending to \n on windoze.
  • Changed: Registered users are now stored in binary file instead of xml.
  • Changed: !ban and !tempban now working for offline nicks and create nickban for them.
  • Fixed: TmrMan.RemoveTimer Lua api call in windoze version (thx Cęńoßy+ę for report).
  • Fixed: MOTD was not updated after change in gui (thx mappy for report).
  • Fixed: Few settings was not updated after change in gui.
  • Fixed: Buggy chat input line after using some settings pages (thx The-Master for report).
  • Fixed: All strict aliasing issues with GCC 02 and higher optimization level compile.
  • Fixed: Core.GetUsersCount can in rare cases have different user count than number of users returned by Core.GetOnlineUsers.
  • Fixed: Crash on script error loging in some cases.
  • Fixed: Memory leak in users and bans ip hashtables.
  • Fixed: Bug in gui initialisation causing rare termination on startup.
  • Fixed: Incorrect translation of "full" in ban commands (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Shutdown with ctrl+c on non-windows OS (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Crash in Lua 5.1 on invalid conversion specifier in os.date (fix from Lua 5.2).
  • Fixed: Buggy search length checking for active and passive users (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Compile with Clang compiler on Linux.
  • Fixed: Message returned on !clrrangetempbans (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Rare case when short myinfo was sent to ops when they should get long myinfo.
  • Fixed: Error message on script syntax checking when PtokaX api call is outside function.
  • Fixed: Doubleclick in gui on script now open script editor only when it is not on checkbox.
  • Fixed: !nickban and !nicktempban allowed to ban user with higher profile when he was offline.
  • Fixed: Reply to chat from Lua script was sent before that chat (ie from talkbot).
  • Fixed: Missing GB translation in !getinfo command (thx Alexey for report).
  • Fixed: Compile errors on Haiku OS.
  • Removed: All info related to old ip-to-country database.
  • Removed: Obsolete client tags.
  • Removed: Obsolete setting to accept unknown tag.
  • Rewritten: Global data queues for better IPv6 support.
  • Updated: makefile to work with buggy gold linker.
  • Updated: zlib to 1.2.7.
  • Updated: Lua 5.1 to 5.1.5.



11 September 2011 - PtokaX 0.4.2.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Missing PtokaX icon to 64bit service binary.
  • Added: Project files for visual studio 2010.
  • Added: Crash log generation to new gui windows version.
  • Added: Core.GetUserValue(tUser, 27) return user MAC Address when it is possible.
  • Added: Enabled Data Execution Prevention for 32bit windoze version when system support that.
  • Added: Line numbers to script editor.
  • Added: Column sorting to registered users list in registered users window.
  • Added: Filter to registered users window.
  • Added: Column sorting to ban list in bans window.
  • Added: Filter to bans window.
  • Added: Build numbering.
  • Added: Column sorting to range ban list in range bans window.
  • Added: Filter to range bans window.
  • Added: DPI awareness.
  • Added: Resizeable splitter to Users/Chat and Scripts pages.
  • Added: Core.BuildNumber returning PtokaX build number to Lua api.
  • Added: Saving of window sizes, column sizes, checkbox states and splitter positions in gui.
  • Added: Command line command /generatexmllanguage to generate english language example.
  • Fixed: Compile with Lua 5.2.0 (beta)
  • Fixed: Missing user input length checking in some commands (thx Rahim for report).
  • Fixed: Multiple class member variables not initialized in the constructor.
  • Fixed: Multiple memory leaks when realloc fails.
  • Fixed: Multiple obsolete usleep functions replaced with nanosleep.
  • Fixed: Multiple redundant check for NULL before free/delete.
  • Fixed: Multiple memory leaks when ip-to-country loading fails.
  • Fixed: Memory leak when script try to reg bot with nick that already exist.
  • Fixed: Memory leak when text file creating fails.
  • Fixed: Integer overflow for temp ban expiring after 03:14:07, January 19, 2038 in 32bit version or 23:59:59, December 31, 3000 in 64bit version (thx Saymon for report).
  • Changed: Windows GUI, from GUI created with Borland VCL to WinAPI GUI.
  • Changed: Some min/max setting values.
  • Changed: Times and dates are now shown in system locale format.
  • Changed: GUI layout to correctly use system font and DPI settings.
  • Changed: On windoze memory allocator for Lua is not part of Lua lib anymore, it is now part of PtokaX.
  • Changed: Default redirect setting and redirect address. Redirect address point to PtokaX alpha test hub.
  • Improved: Update checking. Now using HTTP 1.1, update file is simple text file instead of xml.
  • Removed: Setting for send userip to user on login, it is send always when user corretly indicate UserIP2 in supports.
  • Removed: Setting to popup scripts window on script error, it is obsolete with new GUI.
  • Rewritten: Resolve code from deprecated gethostbyname to getaddrinfo.
  • Updated: TinyXML to 2.6.2.
  • Updated: Zlib to 1.2.5.
  • Patched: Lua with official patch from http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general/76868



9 Jan 2010 - PtokaX 0.4.1.2 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: http://forum.ptokax.org/index.php?topic=7477 with default disabled.
  • Added: Crash log generation to 64bit windows version.
  • Added: Detection of Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2 and improved Windows XP x64 detection.
  • Added: ProfMan.Save() to lua interface.
  • Added: Missing setlocale.
  • Fixed: Numbers instead of boolean in some lua values.
  • Fixed: Crash in 64bit windows version.
  • Fixed: Wrongly disallowed $ in password, protocol allow it.
  • Fixed: Compilation on Nexenta.
  • Removed: Auto save of regs after add/change/del Reg.



21 Jun 2008 - PtokaX 0.4.1.1 released.

Changelog:
  • Fixed: High cpu usage when udp port bind failed (thx §hĺdýlĺdý™ for report).
  • Fixed: Missing password checking for not allowed pipe char, removed checking for other chars.
  • Fixed: Missing nick checking for not allowed chars in !addreguser command.
  • Fixed: Freeze on year or longer tempban in win versions (thx dmvn for report).



1 Jun 2008 - PtokaX 0.4.1.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Core.ResumeAccepts() to resume listening thread(s) when they are suspended.
  • Added: 2 level limit of received kB of data from user per time.
  • Added: Second deflood level for most old defloods.
  • Added: 2 level ConnectToMe and RevConectToMe deflood.
  • Added: 2 level search reply deflood.
  • Added: Main chat, private message and search intervals.
  • Added: Profile permissions for no CTM/RCTM/SR defloods.
  • Added: Profile permissions for no received kB of data deflood from user.
  • Added: Profile permissions for no Chat/PM/Search intervals.
  • Added: Command length limits for MyINFO/CTM/RCTM/SR.
  • Added: Hub name to PtokaX window caption.
  • Added: Max connected users limit from same IP + profile permission for that.
  • Added: Core.GetUsers returning online users with given IP.
  • Added: Minimum reconnect time + profile permission for that.
  • Added: Profile rename to gui.
  • Added: ScriptMan.GetScript() to lua interface.
  • Added: IP-to-Country support.
  • Added: sCountryCode to user table in lua.
  • Added: IP2Country to lua with functions to get country code and country name.
  • Added: Country code to string returned by !getinfo command.
  • Added: ScriptMan.Refresh() to lua interface.
  • Added: Option to log script errors.
  • Added: -c command line parameter to service/nix version to set config directory.
  • Added: -d command line parameter to nix version to run as daemon.
  • Added: When PtokaX is terminated on nix by signal then it is saved to log.
  • Added: Script memory usage to !getscripts.
  • Added: Few working hublist register addresses.
  • Fixed: Initial temp ban year in gui was always 2007 instead of actual year.
  • Fixed: Crash in gui version on ScriptMan.MoveUp and ScriptMan.MoveDown when script use them in OnStartup and scripts window is opened (thx Z˙gđ†† and Twisted-devil for report).
  • Fixed: Never ending loop caused by multiple script processing when using MoveDown (thx Z˙gđ†† for report).
  • Fixed: Lua was able to change language to not existant one (thx CrazyGuy for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on exit when default hub-security nick was used (thx ']['yphoon for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on loading xml file with comments (thx Rag3Rac3r for report).
  • Fixed: Some ScriptMan functions not working in OnStartup (thx CrazyGuy for report).
  • Changed: Core.SuspendAccepts can be now used without value to suspend listening thread(s).
  • Changed: When user send incorrect ip in CTM/Search is now disconnected.
  • Changed: Chat commands to ban ip now cause disconnect of all users with that ip address.
  • Changed: UDP port now can be disabled by set it to 0 and it is disabled by default.
  • Changed: Default profile permissions.
  • Improved: Message when user send incorrect ip in CTM/Search now contains ip from command, user ip.
  • Rewritten: Deflood internals, less code, maybe better performance, fixed multiple bugs in old deflood.
  • Rewritten: Threads and critical sections from borland components to clean winapi.
  • Rewritten: Nick hashtables (for userlist, reglist, nickbanlist) for better performance.
  • Rewritten: Last few borland components in core replaced with winapi calls.
  • Rewritten: Receiving of data to UDP port, moved from main thread to new thread.
  • Removed: Reading of old ini and dat config files.
  • New version: Version for windows without gui running from console or as windows service.
  • New version: Version for posix compatible os (tested on Linux x86, Linux x86-64, freeBSD x86).
  • New version: x86-64 version for windows without gui running from console or as windows service.



24 Feb 2008 - PtokaX 0.4.0.0 released.

SCRIPTS FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS NOT WORKING WITH THIS NEW VERSION !

Changelog:
  • Added: Setting manager, complete replacement for old setting system.
  • Added: Posibility to change 99.9% of settings without hub restart.
  • Added: Open in external editor to script menu (request by bastya_elvtars).
  • Added: Core.Shutdown() for clean hub shutdown (request by KofolaMaster).
  • Added: Core.GetBots() to get al bots registered by scripts (request by CrazyGuy).
  • Added: SetMan.Save(), RegMan.Save(), BanMan.Save().
  • Added: ScriptMan metatable with GetScripts, MoveUp/Down, Start/Stop/Restart script to lua.
  • Added: Script delete to script menu (request by (uk)jay).
  • Added: MoveUp and MoveDown to ProfMan in lua (request by Rag3Rac3r).
  • Added: Option to popup scripts frame on script error.
  • Added: Support for _BAN_ and _BAN_time in kick messages to add custom perm and temp ban after kick.
  • Added: Add, change and remove for (range)bans to gui.
  • Added: User count to welcome message (request by ptaczek).
  • Fixed: Small bug in tempban, causing delete of permbans on same ip (thx the_pest for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on rangeunban with bad parameters (thx amenay for report).
  • Fixed: Crash in same pm deflood (thx nikita800 for report).
  • Fixed: Duplicite ban message on nicktempban (thx fane for report).
  • Fixed: Accepting language, script or text file with wrong file extension.
  • Fixed: Bugs in registered user profile changing related to OP/OpChat permissions (thx plop for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on set all/clear all profile permissions in some cases (thx hanger 13 for report).
  • Fixed: Bugs in server thread causing memory corruption in some cases.
  • Fixed: Missing profile change when registered user was removed from gui and was online (thx CrazyGuy for report).
  • Fixed: Crashes on loading corrupted xml files.
  • Changed: Setting were removed from main frame and new setting frame for them was created.
  • Changed: Few small things in gui, many internal changes in code.
  • Changed: Component for debug log creating.
  • Changed: Update check complete rewritten to use winsock instead of indy component.
  • Changed: Lua interface, complete rewrite.
  • Changed: Profile moving is now possible when hub is running.
  • Changed: Tray icon tooltip message, now contains hubname.
  • Removed: Few things was lost on settings rewrite (chat log, nick rule, webserver...).
  • Removed: Possibility to use |, space and white chars in profile names (thx Hungarista for report).
  • Upgraded: Lua to 5.1.3.



12 May 2007 - PtokaX 0.3.6.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Missing $HubIsFull DC command (bug found by Hungarista).
  • Added: Possibility to make language translations.
  • Added: Mising $Close Direct Connect command + arrival to lua + permission for profiles.
  • Added: Debug output to debug.log when memory allocations failed, or some other things fail.
  • Added: Confirmation dialog for redirect all users from gui with line for redirect address (request by amenay).
  • Fixed: Update check no more block hub startup when new version is available (thx Typhoon for report).
  • Fixed: Crashing on some hub commands when you try to use them on yourself (thx CrazyGuy for report).
  • Fixed: Memory corrupting on registering to udp-debug.
  • Fixed: Memory corrupting on big hubs when opchat is enabled.
  • Fixed: Memory corrupting when script tryed to use user:something and user is no more online.
  • Fixed: Max private message length limit checking (thx CrazyGuy/Fane for report).
  • Fixed: Buffer overflow on some bad Direct Connect commands.
  • Fixed: Crash on !drop command when user is not online.
  • Fixed: Memory corrupting by "keep slow clients online".
  • Fixed: Few memory leaks in banlist when similar ban already exist.
  • Fixed: Memory leak caused by lua bot in reserved nicks.
  • Fixed: Long delay on userlist refresh when hub don't have other data to send.
  • Fixed: Bug in $GetNickList deflood (thx nikita800 for report).
  • Fixed: Wrong profiles (causing crashes) for online users when profile is deleted and it is not last profile.
  • Fixed: Wrong profiles (causing crashes when user login) in registered users list when profile is deleted and it is not last profile.
  • Fixed: Not working banip when ip have tempban (thx proud for report).
  • Fixed: 100 % cpu usage when one of secondary ports is already in use (thx Headbengertje for report).
  • Fixed: crash on divide by zero in lua (thx Rincewind for report).
  • Changed: Profile manager partially rewritten, splited to core and gui.
  • Improved: "keep slow clients online" to lower data loses.
  • Improved: Search requests caching...



1 November 2006 - PtokaX 0.3.5.2 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: GetDisableMOTD, SetDisableMOTD to lua interface (request by Snooze).
  • Added: GetMOTD, SetMOTD, GetSendMOTDinPM, SetSendMOTDinPM to lua interface.
  • Added: ChangeRegUser to lua.
  • Added: Save setting button to gui.
  • Added: SuspendAccepts(iTime) to lua for suspending listening sockets when hub is attacked.
  • Added: iLoginTime to userobject in lua.
  • Added: Option for reporting suspicious tags.
  • Added: Advanced password protection (thx plop for idea).
  • Added: SendToOpChat to luainterface.
  • Added: Option to accept tag from unknown client as valid when have all needed parts.
  • Added: Option to check ip in connect and search commands.
  • Added: Permission for profile to not check IP.
  • Fixed: Few bugs related to reserved nicks (thx -RICK- for report).
  • Fixed: Memory usage caused with deflood, when data no longer needed.
  • Fixed: $Multi Direct Connect Commands to be DC++ compatible.
  • Fixed: More bugs related to kick and ban from gui.
  • Fixed: Missing kick message when op kick user from inbuild client kick.
  • Fixed: Sending userip to user before userlist, now is corectly after (thx CrazyGuy for report).
  • Changed: Memory allocations, for lower memory usage.
  • Changed: Hublist registering, complete new code.
  • Changed: Result for !getinfo command + added login time.
  • Improved: Protocol commands parsing, faster and better catching corupted commands.
  • Removed: Possibility of AddRegUser in lua to overwrite existing reg.



15 July 2006 - PtokaX 0.3.5.1 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Limit of Private Messages received by one user per minute.
  • Fixed: Crash in deflood (thx -RICK- for report and testing).
  • Changed: Private Messages processing, for better deflooding.



24 June 2006 - PtokaX 0.3.5.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: ZPipe (and ZPipe0) support -> data compression using zlib (with saved data counter).
  • Added: GetAutoRegister to lua (request by Hungarista).
  • Added: Max users logins per 10 seconds settings to gui and Lua.
  • Added: UDPSRArrival to lua.
  • Added: Max limit (16) for script bots to disallow fake users.
  • Added: GetDefaultTempBanTime() and SetDefaultTempBanTime() to lua (request by UwV).
  • Fixed: Not working "no main chat deflood" and "no private message deflood" for multiline messages (thx ']['yphoon™ for report).
  • Fixed: Bug in changing registered nick in gui (thx GeceBekcisi and ruler for report).
  • Fixed: Not working address for hublist register with port (thx Pothead for report).
  • Fixed: Saving to system.log (thx plop for report).
  • Fixed: Buggy GetTempBannedItemTime (thx ']['yphoon™ for report).
  • Fixed: Bug in addreguser hub command and addreguser in lua (thx GeceBekcisi for report).
  • Fixed: Bug in nick hashing (thx [SK]2qq2q for report).
  • Fixed: Buffer overflow on !massmsg (thx netcelli for report).
  • Fixed: Buffer overflow on !opmassmsg.
  • Fixed: Not working frmHub:SetBanMsgAddMsg (thx Hungarista for report).
  • Fixed: Missing status messages if send status to OPs is enabled and user is not OP.
  • Fixed: Crash on bad $SR returned to UDP.
  • Fixed: Uptime counter.
  • Fixed: Problem with '\0' character in incoming data.
  • Fixed: "Lag" on !me hub command when text files are disabled (big thanks to NTF-Archive for testing).
  • Changed: Complete rewrite of data queues.
  • Changed: Send full myinfo to OPs is now to allowed profiles.
  • Updated: Lua to 5.1.1 ... but for now version with old Lua 5.0.2 is available.
  • Removed: Absolete Maxlogins setting.



24 December 2005 - PtokaX 0.3.4.0 released.

Changelog:
  • Added: Goofy++ to default client tags (request by Carraya).
  • Added: Better and faster banlist.
  • Added: !getbans, !getpermbans, !gettempbans.
  • Added: !clrtempbans, !clrpermbans.
  • Added: !tempbanip <ip> <time> <reason>, !nicktempban <nick> <time> <reason>.
  • Added: !fullban <nick> <reason>, !fullbanip <ip> <reason>.
  • Added: !fulltempban <nick> <time> <reason>, !fulltempbanip <ip> <time> <reason>.
  • Added: !rangeban <fromip> <toip> <reason>, !fullrangeban <froimip> <toip> <reason>.
  • Added: !rangetempban <fromip> <toip> <time> <reason>, !fullrangetempban <fromip> <toip> <time> <reason>
  • Added: !rangeunban <fromip> <toip>, !rangetempunban <fromip> <toip>.
  • Added: !getrangebans, !getrangepermbans, !getrangetempbans, !clrrangepermbans, !clrrangetempbans.
  • Added: !checknickban <nick>, !checkipban <ip>, !checkrangeban <fromip> <toip>.
  • Added: Profile permissions needed for new banlist related commands, check profilemanager !
  • Added: user:Ban(sReason, sBy, bFull), user:NickBan(sReason, sBy), user:TempBan(iTime, sReason, sBy, bFull) to lua.
  • Added: Global Ban(IP, sReason, sBy, bFull), NickBan(Nick, sReason, sBy), TempBan(IP, iTime, sReason, sBy, bFull) to lua.
  • Added: Reason from kick message is stored as reason for tempban after kick.
  • Added: NickTempBan(Nick, iTime, sReason, sBy) and user:NickTempBan(iTime, sReason, sBy) to lua.
  • Added: GetTempRangeBans() and GetPermRangeBans() to lua.
  • Added: RangeUnban(FromIP, ToIP), RangePermUnban(FromIP, ToIP) and RangeTempUnban(FromIP, ToIP) to lua.
  • Added: ClearRangeBans(), ClearRangeTempBans() and ClearRangePermBans() to lua.
  • Added: RangeBan(FromIP, ToIP, sReason, sBy, bFull) and RangeTempBan(FromIP, ToIP, iTime, sReason, sBy, bFull) to lua.
  • Added: Options for ban message.
  • Added: bHasSuspiciousTag to user object in lua.
  • Added: GetMaxPsvSrchRpl and SetMaxPsvSrchRpl to lua (request by plop).
  • Added: GetBanMsgShowIP, SetBanMsgShowIP, GetBanMsgShowRange, SetBanMsgShowRange to lua.
  • Added: GetBanMsgShowNick, SetBanMsgShowNick, GetBanMsgShowReason, SetBanMsgShowReason to lua.
  • Added: GetBanMsgShowWho, SetBanMsgShowWho, GetBanMsgAddMsg, SetBanMsgAddMsg to lua.
  • Added: PWDC++ to default client tags.
  • Added: Option to disable hub address resolve to allow hub start if connection is down.
  • Added: Option to disallow hublist pinger hub check.
  • Added: Search length limits, and option per profile to disable it.
  • Added: Option for action for brute force password protection.
  • Fixed: Crash on script error (thx madman for report).
  • Fixed: Missing kick message if status messages off (thx proud for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on out of memory.
  • Fixed: Crashing in lua on user:something after user leave hub.
  • Fixed: Mega-Big-Bug in myinfo changes dealying.
  • Fixed: Bugs related to "Enable scripting" checkbox (thx Star for report).
  • Fixed: Bug in lua and hubcommand to del reg user (thx GeceBekcisi for report).
  • Fixed: Missing tempban on kick from gui (thx DjSpider for report).
  • Fixed: Not kicking if no reason specified on kick from gui (thx DjSpider for report).
  • Fixed: Few bugs related to script bots.
  • Fixed: Crash in profilemanager if no profile selected and remove is pressed (thx NightLitch for report).
  • Fixed: Few crashes in lua if hub not running (thx Northwind for report).
  • Fixed: Crash on dblclick on script files (thx GeceBekcisi for report).
  • Fixed: Scripts state saving on exit (thx GeceBekcisi for report).
  • Fixed: Bug in nickban allowing to ban user with higher profile (thx •§k®•™ for report).
  • Fixed: Buffer overflow caused by sending of long data from lua. Added limits, check Scripting-Interface.txt !
  • Changed: Name of error.log to system.log, old name confusing users.
  • Changed: Memory management in data procesing for better performance (thx BigMuscle for hint).
  • Changed: Sendbuffer handling for lower memory usage.
  • Changed: GetTempBannedItemTime(IP) now return remaining time in seconds instead of minutes...
  • Changed: tempban lua object now have time in seconds instead of minutes...
  • Changed: !nickban, !banip and !drop now have optional reason.
  • Changed: Profile permission related with banlist, check profilemanager !
  • Changed: Ban messages to use all features of new banlist.
  • Changed: Because I've found hub running PtokaX with 4000+ users (Athlon 64 3000+ with <20 % cpu usage) changed max user limit from 5000 to 8000.
  • Changed: Gui for new banlist.
  • Changed: Nick length check is now processed only for unregistered users.
  • Removed: !getbanlist, !gettemopbanlist, !clrtempban, !clrpermban

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