openNDS/ChangeLog

opennds (9.4.0)

  * This version adds new functionality, and fixes some issues
  * Add - Error message in fas-aes-https if shared key is mismatched [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - and refactor error 511 page generation[bluewave.net]
  * Fix - and refactor dnsmasq configuration [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Typographic error preventing RFC8910 disable [bluewave.net]
  * Add - gateway address and gatewayfqdn to ndsctl json output [bluewave.net]
  * Add - RFC8910 housekeeping on startup and shutdown [bluewave.net]
  * Add - correctly apply dhcp option 114 for generic Linux [bluewave.net]
  * Add - reading of configured ndsctlsocket in ndsctl utility[bluewave.net]
  * Add - use send_error 200 for MHD watchdog [bluewave.net]
  * Add - generation of page_511 html by library script [bluewave.net]
  * Add - extend debuglevel support to library scripts [bluewave.net]
  * Refactor - fas-aes-https to simplify and make customisation of http easier [bluewave.net]
  * Add - library script for error 511 page, allowing customisation [bluewave.net]
  * Add - make authmon report connection error details [bluewave.net]
  * Fix- remove unwanted debug message in ndsctl [bluewave.net]
  * Add - RFC8910 support by default [bluewave.net]
  * Add - display status page when accessing /login when authenticated [bluewave.net]
  * Add - MHD response to RFC8910 requests [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Dnsmasq RFC8910 configuration [bluewave.net]
  * Add - send error 511 in response to unsupported http method [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Check for ca-bundle on OpenWrt, if not installed, add syslog messages and terminate [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Make ndsctl use the configured value for socket path if set and deprecate -s option [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Warning message when Walled Garden port 80 is allowed [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - remove un-needed pthread_kill in termination_handler() [bluewave.net] [T-X]
  * Fix - debug messages from authmon.sh [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Allow disabling gateway fqdn, facilitating access to router port 80 [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Segfault in ndsctl when -s option is used incorrectly [bluewave.net] [T-X]
  * Fix - Typo making calculation of ul/dl rates incorrect [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Allow port 80 to be configured in the Walled Garden [bluewave.net]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net>  Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:39:08 +0000

opennds (9.3.0)

  * This version adds new functionality, and fixes some issues
  * Add - firewall passthrough mode for authenticated users [bluewave.net]
  * Add - use configured debuglevel in authmon [bluewave.net]
  * Add - automated log rotation and client_zone to binauth_log [bluewave.net]
  * Add - increased timeout interval for file downloads [bluewave.net]
  * Add - local interface to MeshZone and remove unneeded call to ip utility [bluewave.net]
  * Add - log_mountpoint and max_log_entries options [bluewave.net]
  * Add - config variables ext_interface and ext_gateway [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Start initial download of remotes only if online [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Router online/offline watchdog [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Segfault when gatewayfqdn is disabled [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - missing clientmac when not using themespec [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - some compiler warnings [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - use configured value for webroot for remote image symlink to images folder [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - remove refrences to login.sh in documentation and comments [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Prevent potential read overrun within the MHD page buffer [bluewave.net]
  * Remove - legacy get_ext_iface() function [bluewave.net]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net>  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 09:58:02 +0000

opennds (9.2.0)

  * This version adds new functionality, improves performance, adds documentation and fixes an issue
  * Add - new config options to ndsctl status [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Readthedocs / man documentation for configuration options [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Faster convergence of average rates to configured rate quotas [bluewave.net]
  * Add - BinAuth parse authenticated client database for client data [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Use heap allocation for http page buffer allowing large page sizes [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - fail to serve downloaded images on custom themespec [bluewave.net]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net>  Sun, 11 July 2021 15:05:39 +0000

opennds (9.1.1)

  * This version fixes a compiler error, some compiler warnings and mutes a debug message
  * Fix - Compiler error, missing mode in call to open() [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Compiler warning, ignored return value from call to lockf() [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Compiler warning, ignored return value from call to system() [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Compiler warning, ignored return value from call to fgets() [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Remove debug message from call to get_client_interface library [bluewave.net]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Sun, 4 July 2021 21:07:21 +0000

opennds (9.1.0)

  * This version introduces new functionality, some changes and fixes
  * Add - option statuspath to enable alternate status page scripts [bluewavenet]
  * Add - ndsctl lockf() file locking [bluewavenet] [T-X]
  * Add - b64encode to ndsctl [bluewavenet]
  * Add - option max_page_size for MHD [bluewavenet]
  * Add - option remotes_refresh_interval [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Pre-download remote files in background after startup [bluewave.net]
  * Add - client id data files created by openNDS on client connect [bluewave.net]
  * Add - check routing is configured and up [bluewave.net]
  * Add - support for Preemptive Authentication for connected client devices. [bluewave.net]
  * Add - Gateway interface watchdog [bluewave.net]
  * Remove - deprecated IFB config [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - ndsctl, send return codes [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - MHD Watchdog Use uclient-fetch in OpenWrt [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - Improve MHD watchdog [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - update legacy code in ndsctl_thread [bluewave.net]
  * Fix - edge case where MHD returns (null) as host value [bluewave.net]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Thu, 24 June 2021 15:06:30 +0000

openNDS (9.0.0)

  * This version introduces major new functionality, some changes and fixes
  * Add - post-request - add upstream payload [bluewavenet]
  * Add - post-request - base64 encode payload [bluewavenet]
  * Add - authmon add more status checking and default to view mode for upstream processing [bluewavenet]
  * Add - authmon add housekeeping call, limit concurrent authentications, send auth-ack [bluewavenet]
  * Add - fas-aes-https add housekeeping call, add auth-ack support, add "try again" button [bluewavenet]
  * Add - "$" character added to htmlentityencode [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Theme support - theme_click-to-continue [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Themespec, custom variables and custom images options to OpenWrt config [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Support for ThemeSpecPath, FasCustomParametersList, FasCustomVariablesList, FasCustomImagesList [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Example theme - click-to-continue-custom-placeholders [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Increase Buffer sizes to support custom parameters [bluewavenet]
  * Add - themespec_path argument [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Increase buffers for custom vars and images [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Increase command buffer for custom vars and images [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Increase HTMLMAXSIZE [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Use MAX_BUF for fasparam, fasvar and fasimage [bluewavenet]
  * Add - support for ThemeSpec files and placeholders [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Theme Click to Continue with Custom Placeholders [bluewavenet]
  * Add - make custom field a required entry [bluewavenet]
  * Add - bash/ash check and simplify image download config [bluewavenet]
  * Add - example custom images and text placeholders to click-to-continue-custom [bluewavenet]
  * Add - theme_user-email-login-custom-placeholders [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Status page for login failure [bluewavenet]
  * Add - fas_custom_files_list and update Makefiles [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Autoconfiguration of ndsctl socket file to use tmpfs mountpoint [bluewavenet]
  * Add - example custom images and custom html [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Set default gateway interface br-lan [bluewavenet]
  * Add - libopennds, set wget timeout [bluewavenet]
  * Add - allow disabling of gatewayfqdn [bluewavenet]
  * Add - packet rate limiting for upload/download rate quotas [bluewavenet]
  * Add - get custom resources from Github branch [bluewavenet]
  * Add - functions start_mhd() and stop_mhd() [bluewavenet]
  * Add - MHD Watchdog - restart MHD if required [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Pause and retry popen on failure [bluewavenet]
  * Add - function get_key_from_config() [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - deprecated traffic control code [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - deprecated binauth scripts [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - deprecated legacy splash page support [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - deprecated ndsctl clients [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - outdated PreAuth scripts [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor - Move hid to head of query string [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor - Move libopennds to libs
  * Fix - ndsctl auth crashed opennds if session duration argument was null [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - fas-aes-https - correctly set path for authlist for most server types [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - suppress BinAuth syslog notice message [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - setting gw_fqdn in hosts file if gw_ip is changed [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - add missing comma before trusted list in ndsctl json [bluewavenet] [gueux]
  * Fix - Improve Shell detection [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Improve b64decode performance [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - ndsctl -s option [bluewavenet] [gueux]
  * Fix - Adjust config defaults to good real world values [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - don't override ndsparamlist in ThemeSpec files [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Check ndsctl lock to prevent calling from Binauth [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Clean up syslog messages at info level (2) [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Debian changelog format to allow package building [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - numerous compiler errors and BASH compatibility issues [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - ndsctl auth, ensure if session timeout = 0 then use global value [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - setting of gatewayport, caused by typo in conf.c [bluewavenet] [Ethan-Yami]
  * Fix - remove unused credential info from log [bluewavenet]
  * Deprecate - the legacy opennds.conf file [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Thu, 2 May 2021 17:32:43 +0000

openNDS (8.1.1)

  * Fix - remove legacy code where option preauthenticated_users containing the keyword "block" would cause openNDS to fail to start [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Thu, 21 Feb 2021 16:33:34 +0000

openNDS (8.1.0)

  * This version introduces some new functionality and some fixes/enhancements
  * Fix - Add default values for gatewayfqdn. If not set in config could result in crash on conection of first client [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Authenticated users are now granted access to the router by entry in "list authenticated_users" [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - option preauth was being ignored [bluewavenet]
  * Add - query string validity check and entity encode "$" character. Generate error 511 if query string is corrupted [bluewavenet]
  * Add - a "Try Again" button to the login.sh script, to be displayed if the client token has expired before login. [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:03:23 +0000

openNDS (8.0.0)

  * This version introduces major new functionality and some major changes
  * Rationalisation of support for multiple Linux distributions [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor login.sh script introducing base64 encoding and hashed token (hid) support [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor fas-hid script introducing base64 encoding and simplifying customisation of the script [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor binauth_log.sh and log BinAuth custom data as url encoded [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor fas-aes, simplifying customisation of the script [bluewavenet]
  * Refactor fas-aes-https, simplifying customisation of the script [bluewavenet]
  * Change - Use hid instead of tok when fas_secure_enabled >= 1 [bluewavenet]
  * Add - base64 encoding to fas_secure_enabled level 1 [bluewavenet]
  * Add - gatewyname, clientif, session_start, session_end and last_active to ndsctl json [bluewavenet]
  * Add - support for RFC6585 Status Code 511 - Network Authentication Required [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Client Status Page UI with Logout [bluewavenet]
  * Add - GatewayFQDN option [bluewavenet]
  * Add - client interface to status page query string [bluewavenet]
  * Add - support using base 64 encoded custom string for BinAuth and replace tok with hid [bluewavenet]
  * Add - base 64 decode option to ndsctl [bluewavenet]
  * Add - b64 encoding of querystring for level 1 [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Improved performance/user-experience on congested/slow systems using php FAS scripts [bluewavenet]
  * Add - support for ndsctl auth by hid in client_list [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Ensure faskey is set to default value (always enabled) [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Display error page on login failure in login.sh [bluewavenet]
  * Add - splash.html, add deprecation notice [bluewavenet]
  * Add - authmon, improved lock checking and introduce smaller loopinterval [bluewavenet]
  * Add - client_params, wait for ndsctl if it is busy [bluewavenet]
  * Add - fas-aes-https, allow progressive output to improve user experience on slow links [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Block access to /opennds_preauth/ if PreAuth not enabled [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - On startup, call iptables_fw_destroy before doing any other setup [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - missing final redirect to originurl in fas-hid [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - ensure gatewayname is always urlencoded [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - client session end not set by binauth [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Session timeout, if client setting is 0, default to global value [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - missing trailing separator on query and fix some compiler errors [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - ensure authmon daemon is killed if left running from previous crash [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - add missing query separator for custom FAS parameters [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - ndsctl auth, do not set quotas if client is already authenticated [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - client_params, show "Unlimited" when "null" is received from ndsctl json [bluewavenet]
  * Update configuration files [bluewavenet]
  * update documentation [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Sat, 2 Jan 2021 16:38:14 +0000

openNDS (7.0.1)

  * This version contains fixes and some minor updates
  * Fix - Failure of Default Dynamic Splash page on some operating systems [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - A compiler warning - some compiler configurations were aborting compilation [bluewavenet]
  * Update - Added helpful comments in configuration files [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - references to deprecated RedirectURL in opennde.conf [bluewavenet]
  * Update - Documentation updates and corrections [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Wed, 7 Nov 2020 12:40:33 +0000

openNDS (7.0.0)

  * This version introduces major new enhancements and the disabling or removal of deprecated functionality
  * Fix - get_iface_ip in case of interface is vif or multihomed [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Add missing client identifier argument in ndsctl help text [bluewavenet]
  * Deprecate - ndsctl clients option [bluewavenet]
  * Add - global quotas to output of ndsctl status [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - fix missing delimiter in fas-hid [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Report Rate Check Window in ndsctl status and show client quotas [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Quota and rate reporting to ndsctl json. Format output and fix json syntax errors [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - get_client_interface for case of iw utility not available [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - php notice for pedantic php servers in post-request [bluewavenet]
  * Add - built in autonomous Walled Garden operation [bluewavenet]
  * Remove - support for deprecated RedirectURL [bluewavenet]
  * Add - gatewaymac to the encrypted query string [bluewavenet]
  * Deprecate - legacy splash.html and disable it [bluewavenet]
  * Add - support for login mode in PreAuth  [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Support for Custom Parameters [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Wed, 5 Nov 2020 18:22:32 +0000

openNDS (6.0.0)

  * This version - for Openwrt after 19.07 - for compatibility with new MHD API
  * Set - minimum version of MHD to 0.9.71 for new MHD API [bluewavenet]
  * Set - use_outdated_mhd to 0 (disabled) as default [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Multifield PreAuth login script with css update [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Documentation and config option descriptions for configuring Walled Garden IP Sets

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Wed, 21 Aug 2020 15:43:47 +0000

openNDS (5.2.0)

  * This version - for backport to Openwrt 19.07 - for compatibility with old MHD API
  * Fix - Failure of MHD with some operating systems eg Debian [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - potential buffer truncation in ndsctl
  * Set - use_outdated_mhd to 1 (enabled) as default [bluewavenet]
  * Set - maximum permissible version of MHD to 0.9.70 to ensure old MHD API is used [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:43:57 +0000

openNDS (5.1.0)

  * Add - Generic Linux - install opennds.service [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Documentation updates [bluewavenet]
  * Add - config file updates [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Install sitewide username/password splash support files [bluewavenet]
  * Add - quotas to binauth_sitewide [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Splash page updates [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Implement Rate Quotas [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - check if idle preauthenticated [bluewavenet]
  * Add - support for rate quotas [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Correctly compare client counters and clean up debuglevel messages [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Implement upload/download quotas Update fas-aes-https to support quotas [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Rename demo-preauth scripts and install all scripts [bluewavenet]
  * Add - fas-aes-https layout update [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Set some defaults in fas-aes-https [bluewavenet]
  * Add - custom data string to ndsctl auth [bluewavenet]
  * Add - custom data string to fas-hid.php [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Send custom data field to BinAuth via auth_client method [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - missing token value in auth_client [bluewavenet]
  * Add - upload/download quota and rate configuration values [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Send client token to binauth [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Rename upload_limit and download_limit to upload_rate and download_rate [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Pass correct session end time to binauth [bluewavenet]
  * Add - some debuglevel 3 messages [bluewavenet]
  * Add - description of the favicon and page footer images [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Authmon collect authentication parameters from fas-aes-https [bluewavenet]
  * Add - sessionlength to ndsctl auth [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Page fault when ndsctl auth is called and client not found [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Enable BinAuth / fas_secure_enabled level 3 compatibility [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Correctly set BinAuth session_end [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Updates to Templated Splash pages [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Community Testing files [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - BinAuth error passing client session times [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - PHP notice - undefined constant [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - OpenWrt CONFLICTS variable in Makefile [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:55:18 +0000

openNDS (5.0.1)

  * Fix - Path Traversal Attack vulnerability allowed by libmicrohttpd's built in unescape functionality [bluewavenet] [lynxis]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Wed, 06 May 2020 19:56:27 +0000

openNDS (5.0.0)

  * Import - from NoDogSplash 4.5.0 allowing development without compromising NoDogSplash optimisation for minimum resource utilisation [bluewavenet]
  * Rename - from NoDogSplash to openNDS [bluewavenet]
  * Create - openNDS avatar and splash image [bluewavenet]
  * Move - wait_for_interface to opennds C code ensuring consistent start at boot time for all hardware, OpenWrt and Debian [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Enable https protocol for remote FAS [bluewavenet]
  * Add - trusted devices list to ndsctl json output [bluewavenet]
  * Add - option unescape_callback_enabled [bluewavenet]
  * Add - get_client_token library utility [bluewavenet]
  * Add - utf-8 to PreAuth header [bluewavenet]
  * Add - PreAuth Support for hashed id (hid) if sent by NDS [bluewavenet]
  * Add - library script shebang warning for systems not running Busybox [bluewavenet]
  * Add - htmlentityencode function, encode gatewayname in templated splash page [bluewavenet]
  * Add - htmlentity encode gatewayname on login page (PreAuth) [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Simple customisation of log file location for PreAuth and BinAuth [bluewavenet]
  * Add - option use_outdated_mhd [bluewavenet]
  * Add - url-encode and htmlentity-encode gatewayname on startup [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Allow special characters in username (PreAuth) [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Documentation updates [bluewavenet]
  * Add - Various style and cosmetic updates  [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Change library script shebang to bash in Debian [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Remove unnecessary characters causing script execution failure in Debian [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Add missing NULL parameter in MHD_OPTION_UNESCAPE_CALLBACK [skra72] [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Script failures running on Openwrt 19.07.0 [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Preauth, status=authenticated [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Prevent ndsctl from running if called from a Binauth script. [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Minor changes in Library scripts for better portability [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Prevent php notices on pedantic php servers [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - broken remote image retrieval (PreAuth) [bluewavenet]
  * Fix - Allow use of "#" in gatewayname [bluewavenet]

 -- Rob White <dot@blue-wave.net> Sat, 03 Apr 2020 13:23:36 +0000