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NetworkManager-1.7.90 (1.8-rc1)
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Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.6
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This is a snapshot of NetworkManager 1.8 development series.
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USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
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Notable changes included in this snapshot so far include:
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* Default routes set by devices that failed connectivity checks are now
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penalized with a higher metric
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* nmcli is now able to produce output more friendly for machine parsing
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* The slaves available at the time a master connection is activated are
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enslaved in a stable order, making the automatic MAC address for Bonding
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devices more predictable.
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* Hostname management is now more flexibly configured
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* Fixed detection of EAP-FAST support in wpa_supplicant
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* Support for handling PINs for PKCS#11 tokens as secrets
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* GSM and CDMA connections now have a MTU property
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* An option to disable selected TLS versions during EAP phase 1 authentication
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* The 802.1x authentication timeout is now configurable to allow a faster
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fallback to other connections
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* Introduced support for creating and managing dummy links
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* The teaming devices now support setting a hardcoded MAC address
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* Settings of bonding devices can now be modified on-the-fly, without the
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need to reactivate a connection
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* The failures to activate a connection now communicate better error
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responses to nmcli
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* Dropped dependency on libgudev
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* Reverse Path filtering is now disabled in multihoming configurations where
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it would interfere with legitimate network traffic
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* libcurl is used instead of libsoup for connectivity checking, resulting in
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a smaller dependency footprint
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* With DNS mode "rc-manager=symlink", don't write /etc/resolv.conf as
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a symlink if it already exists as a regular file.
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* Many bug fixes and improvements
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NetworkManager-1.6
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Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.4
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
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* Added support for managing the MACsec links. Requires support in
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wpa_supplicant (version newer than 2.6).
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* Support for configuration and discovery of Web Proxy settings with
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PacRunner service.
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* The ipv6.method=shared is now supported, utilizing DHCPv6 Prefix
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Delegation option to obtain prefixes for the interface.
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* Support for systemd-resolved local DNS forwarder backend.
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* The configuration is now read from /run/NetworkManager/conf.d as well.
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This is useful for handing over configuration discovered on system
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startup to NetworkManager.
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* The PPP manager can now be split into a separate package.
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* Added initial support for PKCS#11 tokens with 802.1x authentication.
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* Introduced Vala bindings for libnm.
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* NetworkManager would now keep most connections up on shutdown (except Wi-Fi
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connections, VPN connections and other kinds that can't be assumed on
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startup)
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* The checkpoint/restore connection can now also remove new connections and
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disconnect devices that were activated since the checkpoint was taken.
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* New connection.autoconnect_retries property that allows fine-tuning
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the autoconnect behavior.
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* Fix emission of NM-style PropertiesChanged signals and deprecate them
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for PropertiesChanged on "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" interface.
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* Change the meaning of unset "cloned-mac-address" settings from "permanent" to
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"preserve". This changes the default value and affects existing connections
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during upgrade that did not explicitly configure cloned-mac-address. This
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has the effect that externally configured MAC addresses are preserved
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by default instead of setting the permanent address (bgo#770611).
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* Avoid reading the permanent MAC address before the device is initialized
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by UDEV. This avoids a race where NetworkManager might detect the MAC
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address of the wrong interface.
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* The cloned.mac-address property can now be used with Bond and Bridge
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devices.
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* The ifcfg parsing code has been reworked for better compatibility with
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actual shell variable files.
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* nmtui now supports creating and editing IP tunnel connections.
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* The libnm client library now uses the D-Bus ObjectManager API that allows
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for quicker initialization of the clients.
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* nmtui now utilizes the asynchronous libnm client API to paralellize
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communication with the daemon, reducing the client startup time.
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* Ethernet devices now use "802-3.speed" and "802-3.duplex" properties to
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allow controlling overriding the negotiated link parameters.
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* Order in which IP addresses are configured is now preserved so that
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primary address is selected correctly.
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* Details of the DNS information obtained from the connections is now
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exposed on the D-Bus and can be inspected with nmcli.
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* Fixed race conditions when renaming interfaces, for example as done
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by UDEV for persistent interface naming. This could cause detecting
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devices as the wrong hardware type.
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* Added the support for DHCPV6_HOSTNAME and DHCPV6_SEND_HOSTNAME keys in
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ifcfg files that control "dhcp-hostname" and "dhcp-send-hostname"
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properties of the "ipv6" setting.
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* The stable-addressing for MAC address randomization and RFC7217 IPv6 stable
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privacy addressing can now be more flexibly configured using dynamic
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randomization seeds in "connection.stable-id".
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See "examples/nm-conf.d/30-anon.conf" for example use.
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* When the master of Team, Bridge and Bond devices is specified as a connection
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UUID, the ifcfg-rh plugin now writes the master connection's interface name
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into the ifcfg file for improved compatibility with the legacy network service.
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* Improve handling of MTU by resetting the previous MTU when the device deactivates
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and reset the MTU to a defined value on activation.
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* Improve tracking of parent devices for dependend devices like ip-tunnels, MACVLAN,
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VETH, VLAN, and VXLAN.
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* Many bug fixes and improvements
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NetworkManager-1.4
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Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.2
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
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* The MAC address assigned to a device can now be set according to
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different policies: preserve, permanent, random, stable
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* NetworkManager now waits for IPv6 DAD to terminate before completing
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the activation
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* Added support for setting IPv6 tokenized interface identifiers
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through the 'ipv6.token' connection property
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* Added a 'Reload' D-Bus method to reload configuration and reapply
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DNS configuration
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* Added ability to create a configuration checkpoints and rolling back
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changes after a timeout.
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* NetworkManager now follows symlinks when accessing resolv.conf and
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rc-manager is set to 'file'
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* Added support for oFono as modem manager
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* The devices now exposes counters of transferred data
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* The 'may-fail' property of ipv4 and ipv6 settings is now respected
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more accurately
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* The timeout for requests of secrets to agents has been increased
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from 25 to 120 seconds
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* Name servers passed to dnsmasq now specify an egress interface to
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avoid problems with multiple active connections
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* Reverse DNS entries for IPv6 are now added to dnsmasq, and IPv4
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reverse entries now honor the network prefix
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* A new 'dns-priority' property of ipv4 and ipv6 settings can be used
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to tweak the order of servers in resolv.conf when multiple
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connections are active
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* configure script accepts --enable-{address,undefined}-sanitizer
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options to build NetworkManager with GCC sanitizers
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* The default resolv.conf manager can now be specified at build time
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using the --with-config-dns-rc-manager-default configure option
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* NetworkManager is now compiled with --gc-sections to reduce
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executable size
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* Added a new 'VPN_PLUGIN' logging domain
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* It is now possible to change the configuration currently applied on
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a device with 'nmcli device modify' and 'nmcli device reapply'
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* nmcli invoked without parameters shows an overview of the current
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network configuration
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* The 'nmcli connection add' syntax has been extended and is now
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possible to pass properties (e.g. 'ipv4.dns') along with aliases
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* nmtui now returns to initial menu after a sub-form exits
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* Improved bash autocompletion for nmcli
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* Now devices are disconnected before the system suspends, executing
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dispatcher scripts. This allows external applications to be notified
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of the change in connectivity
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* Dispatcher scripts are now called also when connectivity status
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changes
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* Many other fixes and improvements
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NetworkManager-1.2
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Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.0
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
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* MAC addresses during Wi-Fi access point scanning are now randomized
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if wpa_supplicant supports PreassocMacAddr.
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* Added an option to enable random MAC addresses for association to Wi-Fi access
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point (defaults to disabled). Controlled with 'wifi.mac-address-randomization'
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property (MAC_ADDRESS_RANDOMIZATION key in ifcfg files). Requires support from
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wpa_supplicant.
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* Wi-Fi scanning now utilizes wpa_supplicant's AP list.
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* Added support for Wi-Fi powersave, configured with POWERSAVE key in ifcfg
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files.
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* Added support for creation of more types of software devices: tun & tap,
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macvlan, vxlan and ip tunnels (ipip, gre, sit, ip6ip6 and ipip6).
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* The software devices (bond, bridge, vlan, team, ...) can now be stacked
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arbitrarily. The nmcli interface for creating master-slave relationships
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has been significantly improved by the use of 'master' argument to
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all link types.
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* RFC7217 stable privacy addressing is now used by default to protect from
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address-based host tracking. The IPv6 addressing mode is configured with
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IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE key in ifcfg files.
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* Improved route management code to avoid clashes between conflicting
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routes in multiple connections.
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* Refactored platform code resulting in more robust interface to platform,
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less overhead and reduced memory footprint.
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* Improved interoperability with other network management tools. The
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externally created software devices are not managed until they're
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activated.
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* The Device instances now exist for all software connections and the platform
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devices are now only created when the device is activated. This makes it
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possible for connections with device of same name not to clash unless
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they're activated concurrently. The links are now not unnecessarily present
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unless the connection is active, avoiding pollution of the link namespace.
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* NetworkManager now correctly manages connectivity in namespace-based
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containers such as LXC and Docker.
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* Support for configuring ethernet Wake-On-Lan has been added.
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* Added LLDP listener functionality and related CLI client commands. Enabled via
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LLDP option in ifcfg files.
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* CLI secret agent has been extended with support for VPN secrets.
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* The command line client now utilizes colors for its output.
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* The command line client now sorts the devices and properties for better
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clarity.
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* Numerous improvements to Bash command completion for nmcli.
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* NetworkManager relies on less external libraries. The use of dbus-glib
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has been replaced with gio's native D-Bus support and libnl-route is no
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longer used.
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* Dependency on avahi-autoipd has been dropped. Native IPv4 link-local
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addressing configuration based on systemd network library is now used
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instead.
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* Hostname is now managed via systemd-hostnamed on systemd-based systems.
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* Management of resolv.conf can be changed at runtime, private resolv.conf
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is always written in /run.
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* NetworkManager can now write DNS options to resolv.conf.
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* Added an option to enable the old-fashioned /etc/resolv.conf handling
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(using a symlink)
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* Updated version of systemd network library used for internal DHCP and
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IPv4 link-local support.
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* Support for event logging via audit subsystem has been added.
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* Support for native logging via systemd-journald has been added taking
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advantage of its structured logging.
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* Live reconfiguration of IP configuration after changing the settings without
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reactivation of the device with "nmcli device reapply" command and via
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D-Bus API.
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* The API for VPN plugins now supports multiple simultaneous connections.
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Most popular VPN plugins have been updated to support this functionality.
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* The libnm library now provides API to access VPN service definitions.
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* New DHCP_FQDN key in ifcfg files to configure the full FQDN to be sent to
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the DHCP servers.
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* The timeout for DHCP requests can now be modified using the
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'ipv4.dhcp-timeout' property.
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* Added multicast_snooping option to BRIDGING_OPTS ifcfg key.
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* Added support for detecting duplicate IPv4 addresses, with a timeout
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configurable through the ipv4.dad-timeout connection property.
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* Fixed a race condition that could potentially lead to unauthorized access
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to connection secrets (CVE-2016-0764).
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* dnsmasq configuration for shared connections can now be extended by
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placing custom files in /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq-shared.d/.
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* Generic devices are no longer assumed unless explicitly requested by
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user.
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* The reorder-header VLAN flag setting is now honored; to keep backwards
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compatibility in behavior, an existing REORDER_HDR=0 ifcfg-rh key is
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ignored; the flag must be disabled with VLAN_FLAGS=NO_REORDER_HDR.
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* NetworkManager now checks the connection data from client for validity
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and gracefully handles unknown properties in client. This improves
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interoperability between the server and clients of different versions.
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* The activation of a VLAN device with a virtual parent that is inactive
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now results in a parent being activated first.
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* The server name used with 802.1x authentication can now be constrained
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to a particular domain suffix (CVE-2006-7246).
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* Fair amount of bugs was fixed and robustness was generally improved.
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The following features were backported to 1.0.x releases from 1.0.0 to 1.0.10
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are also present in NetworkManager-1.2:
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* Added support for handling VPN secrets to nmtui and nmcli agent.
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* The team devices can now properly be enslaved to bridges.
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* Failed DHCP attempts for assumed connections are now retried after
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a timeout.
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* Default wired connection is now created after udev registers the device.
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* Support for Bluetooth DUN devices with Bluez 5 has been fixed.
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* The 'ipv6.ignore-auto-dns' property is now properly honored making it
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possible to override automatically obtained name servers.
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* Invalid permanent MAC addresses as reported by some devices are now
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ignored.
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* Device links reported by more recent versions of Linux kernel that reside
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in different network namespaces are no longer confused with links in
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the namespace NetworkManager runs in.
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* MAC address changes of bond or team devices are now properly propagated
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to VLANs created on the device.
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* Fixed error handling for teaming devices with invalid configuration.
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* Wi-Fi AP list is now updated correctly after AP mode has been used.
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* The error handling for VPN secret agents is now significantly more robust.
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* Detection of s390 CTC devices now works properly.
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* A GATEWAY key in in /etc/sysconfig/network now no longer affects
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non-static connections.
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* Added support for IPv6-only VPN connections.
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* The systemd service now uses HUP signal to reload configuration.
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* Change VLAN default flags to set REORDER_HDR for new connections.
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* nmtui is now able to ignore automatically configured routes.
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* Allow setting IPv6 and PPP settings for GDM and CDMA connections via
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nmcli.
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* Added support for adding ADSL connections in nmcli.
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* Improved capture portal detection.
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* Default route through WiFi connection is now preferred to Mobile
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Broadband if both are available.
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* Expose a flag to determine whether a particular connection is metered
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via API and client tools. Configurable in ifcfg with CONNECTION_METERED
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key.
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* Add support for locking connections to a channel within a particular
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band.
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* Add support for configuring Wake-on-LAN capabilitites.
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* Allow overriding the MTU for team device.
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* The MTU setting from an IPv6 neighbor discovery Router Advertisements is
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now ignored if applying it would result in invalid configuration.
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* Some configuration options can now be changed without restarting the
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daemon. Notably, this applies to 'dns', 'connectivity' and
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'ignore-carrier' settings.
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* The connection activation was made more robust. If an active connection
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is reactivated, the device it is active on takes precedence. If an attempt
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is made to activate a connection on a different device than the one it is
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active on, the activation proceeds removing the connection from the active
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device.
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* The device specifiers in configuration files now support negation via
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'except:' match.
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* Devices that only have IPv6 link-local address are no longer assumed to
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be connected.
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* nmcli now provides hints and tab-completion for enumeration properties.
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* If the IPv6 interface tokens are set they are honored when creating an
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interface identifier for IPv6 addressing.
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* NetworkManager now maintains correct routing configuration when multiple
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interfaces are connected to the same network.
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* The management of devices can now be controlled with udev rules. The veth
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devices as well as the virtual Ethernet devices of various
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virtualization tools (VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation) are
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now ignored by default.
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* The IPv6 privacy extensions are now enabled by default and handling of
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the ip6-privacy sysctl has been improved.
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* Activating a Bond, Bridge or Team device can now optionally activate the
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slave connections as well. The behavior is controlled with
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'connection.autoconnect-slaves' property and AUTOCONNECT-SLAVES key in
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ifcfg files.
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* The platform support code has been refactored, resulting in better
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scalability in large configurations.
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* Changes to network interfaces configuration done outside NetworkManager
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are now picked up and exposed to the user via NetworkManager API and tools.
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* A connection can now optionally leave externally configured default route
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in place instead of overriding it. The behavior is controlled with
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'ipv4.never-default' and 'ipv6.never-default' properties.
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* nmcli allows multiple devices for 'nmcli device disconnect/delete'.
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* Firewall zone is added to firewalld for device-based VPN connections too.
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* Wi-Fi devices now indicate support for 2GHz and 5GHz frequencies
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* "nmcli device" output now indicates physical port ID
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* New config items added to the 'ifcfg-rh' plugin:
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- IPV4_ROUTE_METRIC and IPV6_ROUTE_METRIC
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- DEVTIMEOUT
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- IPADDR and PREFIX are now supported for specifying address ranges of
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shared IPv4 connections
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* Dispatcher scripts now get a CONNECTION_FILENAME variable with the path
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to the configuration file for the connection
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* An example dispatcher script that is able to apply complex routing rules
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(such as setting up policy-based routing) for 'ifcfg-rh' connections was
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added to examples/dispatcher/.
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* 'mode' key of Bond device options property now accepts numeric values
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* Connection attempts for devices without carrier on startup now wait for
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carrier to appear within a short timeout instead of failing
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immediately. This makes system startup more robust.
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* Bridge connectivity is now properly restored on resume from suspend
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* The D-Bus name is acquired earlier during the daemon startup. This makes
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it possible for the systemd service manager to optimize the service
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startup so that services that require networking are activated sooner
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contributing to faster system start up time.
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* A lot of memory leak problems were fixed, resulting in reduced memory usage.
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Many of them were discovered as a result of improvements in use of
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Valgrind in the testing infrastructure.
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* Management of 'teamd' daemon instances for Team devices is now more robust.
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* The 'dnsmasq' daemon respawns when it terminates and it is configured for
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management of DNS resolver configuration
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* Hostnames that are not fully qualified are no longer sent to a DHCPv6
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server for a dynamic DNS update
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* Connection UUIDs are now checked for uniqueness when connection
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configurations are read
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* Receipt of a NDP Router Advertisement can no longer lower the IPv6 hop
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limit (CVE-2015-2924)
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NetworkManager-1.0
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Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.10
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===============================================
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
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* A new 'libnm' GObject-based client library to replace libnm-util/libnm-glib
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- IP address, IP route, hardware address, and other properties are now
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represented as strings
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- Based on GIO's GDBus bindings instead of dbus-glib
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- Uses modern GObject APIs including GAsyncResult and GVariant
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- For more information see https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager/libnm
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* Devices and VPN connections now have individual default routes. Priorities
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are handled through configurable route metrics.
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* nmcli now supports password requests and PolicyKit authorizations
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* A faster, lighter-weight (though less capable) internal DHCP client has been
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added and may be selected with the "dhcp=internal" option. It supports
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fewer DHCP options and does not yet support DHCPv6.
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* A new 'configure-and-quit=yes' option has been added for environments with
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less dynamic network configuration
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* When running on 3.17 and later kernels, NetworkManager handles IPv6LL address
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assignment to ensure that IPv6 connectivity is not enabled until
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intentionally configured by the user
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* NetworkManager no longer causes the nl80211 kernel module to be loaded on
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systems with no Wi-Fi devices
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* Bluetooth DUN support now works with Bluez 5.x
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* VPN connections can now persist across link changes and suspend/resume if
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their VPN plugin supports this feature
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* A new 'ibft' settings plugin has been added to support firmware-based
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iBFT/iSCSI configurations. This functionality has been moved to 'ibft'
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from the 'ifcfg-rh' plugin.
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* IPv6 router advertisement MTUs are now respected
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* NetworkManager no longer requires polkit libraries at runtime when Polkit
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support is enabled, and Polkit can be disabled at build time too
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* Automatically created connections are now deleted when their device goes away
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* 'nmcli dev connect' now attemts to create a connection if none exists
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* Manually configured static IPv6 configuration is kept even if SLAAC fails
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* Manpages for the 'keyfile' and 'ifcfg-rh' plugins now describe their
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configuration syntax and available options
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* WWAN connections now support IPv6 if the modem and provider support IPv6
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* Software devices (bridge, bond, team, etc) can now be deleted from the D-Bus
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API or with nmcli
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* The manpages, documentation, and API annotations have received many cleanups
|
|
* Externally created virtual interfaces are no longer managed by NetworkManager
|
|
until they are set "up" or activated via nmcli
|
|
* Team device support is now an optional plugin
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.9.10
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.8
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Added a new curses-based client called "nmtui" for easier console operation
|
|
* Added interactive connection editing and creation mode to nmcli with detailed
|
|
help and tab completion support
|
|
* nmcli bash completion has been greatly improved
|
|
* Added support for Data Center Bridging (DCB) and FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE)
|
|
* IPv6 autoconfiguration is now done in userspace with libndp instead of the kernel
|
|
* The D-Bus daemon is no longer required for root-only operation
|
|
* WiFi, ADSL, WWAN, and Bluetooth are now optional plugins, reducing install size
|
|
* Added support for Infiniband Partitions
|
|
* Network connection files are no longer watched by default, use "nmcli con reload"
|
|
to notice changes made externally or set "monitor-connection-files=true" in
|
|
NetworkManager.conf's [main] section
|
|
* Connections can now be locked to interface names in addition to hardware/MAC addresses
|
|
* A new "ignore-carrier" configuration option is available to ignore the carrier
|
|
on selected interfaces
|
|
* A new "dns=none" option has been added to suppress changes to /etc/resolv.conf
|
|
* Changes made to IP addresses, IP routes, and master/slave relationships from
|
|
external tools are now recognized and reflected in the D-Bus API
|
|
* Assuming the existing configuration of interfaces without changing that
|
|
configuration is now more reliable
|
|
* The 'root' user is no longer subject to PolicyKit access controls and usage
|
|
of D-Bus "at_console" permissions has been removed
|
|
* Configuration file snippets can be dropped in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d to
|
|
change smaller sets of configuration options
|
|
* Added IP-level support for more software/virtual interfaces types including
|
|
GRE, macvlan, macvtap, tun, tap, veth, and vxlan interfaces
|
|
* All network interfaces known to the kernel are now exposed through
|
|
the D-Bus interface
|
|
* Improved support for routing-only VPNs like openswan/libreswan/strongswan
|
|
* Added support for "temporary" connections which are not saved to disk until
|
|
requested
|
|
* Added WWAN autoconnect support and fixed issues with airplane mode handling
|
|
* NetworkManager-wait-online systemd service behavior is more reliable
|
|
* The dispatcher timeout has increased to 10 minutes, and new "pre-up" and
|
|
"pre-down" events have been added which block activation until complete
|
|
* NetworkManager no longer prevents Wake-on-LAN functionality from working
|
|
* PPPoE now requires userland "rp-pppoe" to work around kernel bugs
|
|
that prevent detecting server-side termination of the PPP link
|
|
* An ARP announcement is now sent after IPv4 addresses are configured
|
|
* Added a DNS plugin for dnssec-trigger for better DNSSEC operation
|
|
* More properties are now exposed via the D-Bus properties interface in
|
|
addition to getter/setter functions
|
|
* Added support for custom IP address ranges for Shared connections
|
|
* Fatal connection failures now block automatic reconnection more reliably
|
|
* VPN connection IP details are now available via the D-Bus interface
|
|
* VPN plugins can now request additional/new secrets from the user during the
|
|
connection process
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.9.8
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.6
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* New AvailableConnections property for Device objects
|
|
* Better handling of various rfkill/Airplane Mode switches
|
|
* Fixed handling of DNS servers for some mobile broadband devices
|
|
* Don't duplicate various IPv6 routes added by the kernel
|
|
* Ensure buggy ethernet driver carrier indications are handled correctly
|
|
* Fix crash in dnsmasq plugin when no nameservers were present
|
|
* Add support for 4G LTE network modes
|
|
* Fix signal handling when daemonizing at startup
|
|
* Don't autoconnect to WiFi networks that have never successfully connected
|
|
* Only request new WiFi secrets during the initial association or when the
|
|
secrets are known to be wrong, not every time the connection randomly fails
|
|
* Add capability to autoconnect VPN connections when a parent connection succeeds
|
|
* Add configure-time option for "permissive" system connection editing policy
|
|
* Various libnm-glib fixes for asynchronous usage
|
|
* Fix gateway handling when given with secondary IP addresses
|
|
* Optionally listen to systemd for suspend/resume events instead of UPower
|
|
* Fix 'seen-bssids' property when retrieving WiFi connections via D-Bus
|
|
* Add support for AP-mode WiFi hotspots (instead of just Ad-Hoc)
|
|
* Add a "slaves" property to Bond devices
|
|
* Add support for ModemManager 0.7/0.8
|
|
* Allow more human-readable formatting of IP address in keyfile connections
|
|
* Drop support for dhclient v3
|
|
* Add support for DHCPv6 server-side Dynamic DNS
|
|
* Add support for bridge master devices and bridge ports
|
|
* Fix canceling secrets requests in GUI agents
|
|
* Always enable Proactive Key Caching (PKC, also called OKC) for WPA Enterprise
|
|
WiFi configurations
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.9.6
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.4
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Many libnm-glib fixes, including crashes when NetworkManager restarts
|
|
* Enhanced IPv6 stability and compatibility
|
|
* Fix regression in carrier handling for devices that don't support carrier detect
|
|
* Add ability to connect to new WiFi networks from nmcli
|
|
* Add native support for ADSL modems using PPPoE or PPPoATM
|
|
* Reduce number of changes made to DNS information during connection setup
|
|
* Add support for IPv6-enabled VPN connections
|
|
* Add device driver version, firmware version, and autoconnect properties to D-Bus API
|
|
* Add on-demand WiFi scan support
|
|
* Fix IPv6 default gateway handling for DHCPv6
|
|
* Add Vala language bindings
|
|
* Fix various crashes and issues in the ifcfg-rh system settings plugin
|
|
* Fix race with multiple interfaces running DHCP at the same time
|
|
* Add Linux From Scratch (LFS) support
|
|
* Allow customized dnsmasq local caching nameserver config via /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/
|
|
* Fixes for VLAN and bonding when libnl2 or earlier are used
|
|
* D-Bus API, libnm-glib, libnm-util, and GObject Introspection documentation updates
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.9.4
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.2
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Better handling of WiFi devices via nl80211 when available (instead of WEXT)
|
|
* IP configuration is now non-blocking; waiting for IPv6 RA no longer blocks
|
|
the device from activating if IPv4 is ready and vice versa
|
|
* Addded support for firewall "zones" via FirewallD
|
|
* Added basic support for bonded interfaces
|
|
* WiFi connections are no longer locked to a specific MAC address if they are
|
|
"locally administered" addresses (ie, 02:::::)
|
|
* New state change reasons have been added for mobile broadband PIN errors
|
|
* Agent-owned secrets are now sent to agents for newly created connections
|
|
* Support for non-UTF8-encoded 802.1x passwords has been added
|
|
* libnm-glib now fetches some properties more aggressively (like active
|
|
connections, access points, etc)
|
|
* Added basic support for IP-over-Infiniband interfaces
|
|
* Added support for device plugins and converted WiMAX support to a plugin for
|
|
easier packaging and simpler dependencies
|
|
* Added support for VLAN interfaces
|
|
* Added support for 802.1x EAP-FAST authentication
|
|
* Added non-blocking mode and API to libnm-glib
|
|
* Linux Wireless Extensions (WEXT) support can be disabled at configure time
|
|
with --with-wext=no
|
|
* IPv6 Privacy Extensions are now enabled by default for new connections
|
|
* Support for checking Internet connectivity has been added
|
|
* The ifnet system config plugin rewrites config files less often
|
|
* A bug causing IPv6 address assignment to fail on newer kernels with libnl3
|
|
has been fixed
|
|
* Fix a bug in the ifcfg-rh plugin with backticks in WPA passphrases
|
|
* Ensure connections that cannot be stored are ignored by the ifnet plugin
|
|
* Enable out-of-the-box IPv6 connectivity by allowing IPv4 to fail if IPv6 succeeds
|
|
* Allow proxying of DNSSEC data when using the dnsmasq local caching nameserver plugin
|
|
* Add support for multiple domain names sent from VPN plugins
|
|
* Removed support for WiFi Ad-Hoc WPA connections due to kernel bugs
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.9.2
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.0
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Support for libnl2 and libnl3 and various memory leak fixes
|
|
* Bug fixes for the ifnet config plugin
|
|
* Ensure IPv6 link-local DNS servers work correctly in the dnsmasq DNS plugin
|
|
* Add ability for nmcli to delete connections
|
|
* Fix setup of connection sharing with newer iptables versions
|
|
* Ensure WiMAX activation emits correct signals (fixes initial signal strength)
|
|
* Fix an issue with duplicated keyfile connections
|
|
* Ensure the 'novj' options is passed through to pppd
|
|
* Store timestamps for VPN connections too
|
|
* Fix a crash when deleting default wired connections
|
|
* Fix a security issue in the ifcfg-rh plugin with newlines in file names
|
|
* Fix the "SpecificObject" property for active VPN connection objects
|
|
* Improve handling of rfkill on some platforms
|
|
* Spaces no longer used in ifcfg config file names
|
|
* IPv6 RAs are now accepted when forwarding is configured
|
|
* dnsmasq local caching nameserver plugin cache size bumped to 400 entries (from 150)
|
|
* Fix handling of SSIDs in the keyfile plugin
|
|
* Fix some GObject Introspection annotations in libnm-glib and libnm-util
|
|
* Fix setting hostnames from DHCP
|
|
* Fixes for building with recent GLib versions
|
|
* Don't update routing and DNS until a device is managed
|
|
* Fix bug causing IPv6 RA-provided routes to be ignored
|
|
* Fix possible wrong handling of 'keyfile' connection certificates
|
|
* Correct Shared connection IP address range to be as documented
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.9.0
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.x
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* All connections and configuration now managed by NetworkManager
|
|
* Secrets for any connection can now be stored in user session or by NetworkManager
|
|
* All secrets can now be requested each time
|
|
* Fast User Switching support
|
|
* Support for WiMAX mobile broadband
|
|
* Connections can now be restricted to one or more users
|
|
* Support for 802.1X certificate subject matching for greater security
|
|
* Requires wpa_supplicant 0.7 or later
|
|
* Better support for AP roaming using nl80211 and background scanning
|
|
* Simplified D-Bus API for easier client usage
|
|
* Support for GObject Introspection in libnm-glib and libnm-util
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.8.6
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.4
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Fix handling of WINS server address in libnm-glib
|
|
* Fix checks for s390 CTC device types
|
|
* Fix export of nm_device_get_ip_iface() in libnm-glib
|
|
* Fix export of IPv6 DNS GValue conversion functions in libnm-glib
|
|
* Recognize and manage platform 'gadget' devices
|
|
* Send only "short" hostname, not FQDN, to DHCP servers
|
|
* Allow "_" as a valid character for GSM APNs
|
|
* Handle shared connections in the ifnet plugin
|
|
* Fix Ad-Hoc frequency selection for user-created Ad-Hoc networks
|
|
* Allow failed connections to be retried when Ethernet carrier bounces
|
|
* Allow usage of paths for certificates and keys in the keyfile plugin
|
|
* Fix crash requesting system VPN secrets
|
|
* Add ability to blacklist certain MAC addresses for wired & wifi connections
|
|
* Ensure users are authorized to share wifi networks (CVE-2011-2176)
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.8.4
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.2
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Preliminary support for Exherbo Linux
|
|
* Logging fixes to suppress unnecessary messages
|
|
* Ensure removed devices are cleaned up
|
|
* Fix potential 64-bit crash updating timestamps
|
|
* IPv6 setup, routing, and compliance fixes
|
|
* Fix WWAN enable/disable handling
|
|
* Handle reverse DNS lookups with local caching nameserver configurations
|
|
* Ensure usable DNS configuration is written when NetworkManager quits
|
|
* No longer updates /etc/hosts when hostname changes
|
|
* Request WPAD option from DHCP servers
|
|
* Allow use of paths for certificates and keys in connection keyfiles
|
|
* Allow operation without any DHCP client installed
|
|
* Fix operation with newer versions of dnsmasq
|
|
* nmcli support for WWAN connections
|
|
* Persistent hostname sent to DHCP servers by default
|
|
* Allow disabing PPP support at build time
|
|
* Red Hat/Fedora ifcfg plugin fixes for handling S390 CTC device configuration
|
|
* Red Hat/Fedora ifcfg plugin fixes for handling IPADDR config items
|
|
* Shutdown crash fixes
|
|
* Memory leak fixes
|
|
* Documentation fixes and updates
|
|
* and much more...
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.8.2
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.1
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Native local caching nameserver support using dnsmasq
|
|
* Automatically detect addition and removal of new VPN plugins
|
|
* Support for handling suspend/resume signals from UPower
|
|
* Ensure users are allowed to enable/disable WiFi and networking
|
|
* Ensure WiFi enable state is perserved across reboot and suspend
|
|
* Better handling of /etc/hosts and preservation of custom hostnames
|
|
* Support for the systemd session management service
|
|
* Better handling of 'keyfile' system connection errors
|
|
* Support for S390 network devices
|
|
* and much more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.7.0
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.6
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This is a new major stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
|
|
|
|
* Multiple active devices
|
|
* Internet connection sharing
|
|
* Support for many mobile broadband devices
|
|
* Full static IP support
|
|
* More reliable connections
|
|
* Rich, flexible D-Bus API
|
|
* Boot-time connections (no logins required)
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.6.2
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.2
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
0.6.2 is a bug fix release. Note that NetworkManager no longer automatically
|
|
runs dhcdbd if it is not running. This means that it is now the system's
|
|
responsibility to start dhcdbd prior to NetworkManager, e.g. in the
|
|
distribution's NetworkManager initscript.
|
|
|
|
* NetworkManager
|
|
* Many, many bug fixes (Everyone)
|
|
* Dynamic WEP Support (Robert Love)
|
|
|
|
* nm-applet
|
|
* Many bug fixes (Everyone)
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.6.1
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.0
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
0.6.1 is a minor bug fix release.
|
|
|
|
* NetworkManager
|
|
* Improved activation cancelation (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Workarounds for non-WPA drivers (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Fix WPA Enterprise crasher (Robert Love)
|
|
|
|
* nm-applet
|
|
* Hide password entry fields by default (Robert Love)
|
|
* Add toggle to show/hide password field (Robert Love)
|
|
* Add 'Remove' option to right-click menu (Robert Love)
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.6.0
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.5.1
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
This releases ushers in WPA support, as well as many other features, bug fixes,
|
|
and clean ups.
|
|
|
|
We now require libnl, a netlink library (http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/libnl/) and
|
|
wpa_supplicant, a WPA supplicant (http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/).
|
|
|
|
Two new VPN modules are part of the distribution: openvpn and pptp.
|
|
|
|
* NetworkManager
|
|
* WPA and WPA2 support (Dan Williams)
|
|
* WPA Enterprise support (Robert Love)
|
|
* Rearchitecting, refactoring (Dan Williams)
|
|
* wpa_supplicant support (Dan Williams, Kay Sievers)
|
|
* NIS support (Robert Love)
|
|
* DHCP hostname support (Timo Hoenig)
|
|
* ISDN support, improve dial up support (Robert Love)
|
|
* Man pages (Robert Love)
|
|
* Survive DBUS and HAL restarts (Timo Hoening)
|
|
* Generate PID files (Dan Willians)
|
|
* Bug fixes and clean ups (the whole gang)
|
|
|
|
* nm-applet
|
|
* New tray icon look and behavior (Robert Love, Dan Williams)
|
|
* New wireless security layer (Dan Williams)
|
|
* New "Enable Networking" toggle (Robert Love)
|
|
* Display speed of current connection (Robert Love)
|
|
* Bug fixes and clean ups (the whole gang)
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.5.1
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.5.0
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
* NetworkManager
|
|
* Don't drop the last scanned AP (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Broadcast state change when disconnected (Robert Love)
|
|
* The Slackware backend now builds (Nico)
|
|
* Don't install unsued config files (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Add a test for libnm_glib_unregister_callback (Christopher Aillon)
|
|
* Requires wireless-tools 28pre9 (Christopher Aillon)
|
|
|
|
* nm-applet
|
|
* Use g_get_host_name () if we've got it (Christopher Aillon)
|
|
* Fix an unitialized variable (Robert Love)
|
|
* Fix sensitivity of VPN items (Robert Love)
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.5.0
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.4.1
|
|
==============================================
|
|
|
|
* NetworkManager
|
|
* Initscripts are now generated
|
|
* Not waiting as long for scans to complete (Bill Moss).
|
|
* Fix several D-BUS object leaks (John Palmieri, Dan Williams,
|
|
Christopher Aillon)
|
|
* VPN now advertises state changes
|
|
* Make --without-named work (j@bootlab.org)
|
|
* Make --with-dhcdbd work correctly (j@bootlab.org)
|
|
* Fix timeout scan values (Bill Moss)
|
|
* Send notifications of device strength changing so clients do
|
|
not have to poll.
|
|
* Don't return a UDI device if it doesn't exist (Tomislav Vujec)
|
|
* Strip whitespace from the VPN banner (Bill Moss)
|
|
* VPN Manager rewritten to better support signals (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Don't allow clients to determine what states we should be
|
|
scanning in, add logic to scan when we need to.
|
|
* Blacklist some common ESSIDs such that multiple access points
|
|
with these ESSIDs aren't treated as the same network.
|
|
* Support for D-BUS enabled named (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Only '#' is a valid comment in resolv.conf (Robert Love)
|
|
* Don't try to set auth mode on the AP from the allowed list if
|
|
it's NULL (Bill Moss)
|
|
* Add internal scanning code so we don't have to use iwlib's
|
|
code any longer (Dan Williams)
|
|
* libnm now uses guints instead of gints for its callback IDs.
|
|
* libnm_glib_unregister_callback () now works.
|
|
* Fix our scanning interval (Robert Love)
|
|
* Updates to backends for Gentoo, SuSE, RedHat, Debian, and
|
|
Slackware (Robert Love, Peter Jones, Bill Nottingham,
|
|
j@bootlab.org)
|
|
- Dialup support in RedHat backend
|
|
- ISDN support in SUSE backend
|
|
- Other fixes
|
|
|
|
* nm-applet
|
|
* The applet is no longer threaded (Dan Williams)
|
|
* Dialogs no longer block the UI when shown
|
|
* Passphrase dialog now treats Esc keypresses properly
|
|
* Create Network and Connect to Network dialogs now have
|
|
different window titles
|
|
* New icons for connecting to a network and to a VPN
|
|
(Diana Fong)
|
|
* Context menu items have been cleaned up
|
|
* Pressing enter in the passphrase entry should activate the
|
|
default action.
|
|
* Fix icon animation smoothness
|
|
* Display more data in the Connection Information dialog
|
|
(Robert Love)
|
|
|
|
|
|
============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.3.1
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.3
|
|
============================================
|
|
|
|
NetworkManager:
|
|
|
|
* Debian backend fixes, Thom May
|
|
* Build fixes, Thom May
|
|
* Better handling of encrypted devices, Dan Williams
|
|
* Better handling of user-selected access points, Dan Williams
|
|
|
|
NetworkManagerNotification:
|
|
|
|
* Simplified D-Bus code, Dan Williams
|
|
* Better error handling and feedback, Dan Williams
|
|
* Greatly simplify the locking to UI smoother, Dan Williams
|
|
|
|
============================================
|
|
NetworkManager-0.3.0
|
|
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.2
|
|
============================================
|
|
|
|
NetworkManager:
|
|
|
|
* Lots of fixes, Dan Williams
|
|
* Support static IP addresses, Dan Williams
|
|
- Get broadcast address from config files, Robert Paskowitz
|
|
* Support for non-ESSID-broadcasting base stations, Dan Williams
|
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* Only accept and manager 802.3 and 802.11 devices, Dan Williams
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* Don't blow away an active wired connection on startup, Dan Williams
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* Improve strength calculation, Dan Williams
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* Constantly scanning behavior, Dan Williams
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* add .pc file, Colin Walters
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* move to syslog, Dan Willemsen
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* Improve MD5 hashing of 128-bit passphrases, Colin Walters
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* DBUS API docs, Dan Williams
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* Cleanups, Colin Walters
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* Trusted networks, Dan Williams
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* New Backends:
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- Debian, Thom May and Mark Roach
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- Slackware, Narayan Newton
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* Fixes and functionality improvements in Gentoo backend, Robert Paskowitz
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Python:
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* Example python code, Bryan Clark.
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* python test framework, Bryan Clark
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NetworkManagerInfo:
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* Trusted networks, Dan Williams
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* Escape ESSIDs in gconf, Dan Williams
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* Lifecycle improvements, John Palmieri
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Translations:
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* New/Improved translations: da de sv en_CA nb no pa bs pt_BR wa gu es
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- Thanks to:
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Kjartan Maraas
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Christian Rose
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Adam Weinberger
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Amanpreet Singh Alam
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Akagic Amila
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Raphael Higino
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Pablo Saratxaga
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Ankit Patel
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Francisco Javier F. Serrador
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Martin Willemoes Hansen
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Hendrik Brandt
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NetworkManagerNotification:
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* Complete rewrite, Jonathan Blandford and John Palmieri
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- Now a Notification area
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- Simpler menu
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- Hook up the "other network" dialog to do something
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* New icons, Diana Fong
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