version 0.9.7 (yet unreleased) ------------------------------ o remove .svn directory from make distcheck tarballs (reported by B.Benjamini) o fix minor compilation issue in amd64 with gcc4.3 (reported by Daniel Schepler) o update manpages with the new URL: http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org o check for pkg-config at configure stage o add flex version warning (better with >= 2.5.33) = conntrack = o fix minor compilation warning (Krzysztof Oledzki) o add ICMPv6 (-p icmpv6) support (Krzysztof Oledzki) o distinguish between invalid (unknown) and empty proto (Krzysztof Oledzki) o simplify parameter-handling code o check for missing source/address IP/ports in creation and get operations o way more flexible conntrack updates and deletions o fix NAT filtering via --src-nat and --dst-nat (reported by K.Oledzki) o recover the ID support o only allow the use of --secmark for listing (filtering) o show display counters to stderr o enable filtering by status and ID o update manpage o minor cleanups = conntrackd = o fix asymmetric path support (reported by Gary Richards) o improve netlink overrun handling o add more verbose error notification when we fail to inject a conntrack o rework of the FT-FW approach o minor fix of the manpage (Max Wilhelm) o remove (misleading) counters and use information from the statistics mode o use generic nfct_copy() from libnetfilter_conntrack to update objects o use generic nfct_cmp() to compare objects o improve network message sanity checkings o add Mcast[Snd|Rcv]SocketBuffer clauses to tune multicast socket buffers o add missing string.h required by strdup in config parsing o add eventfd emulation to communicate receiver -> sender o add best effort replication protocol (aka NOTRACK) o rework the HELLO logic inside FT-FW o fix leak in cache_destroy(): release objects before destroying the cache o delay the closure of the dump descriptor to fix assertion with cache_wt version 0.9.6 (2008/03/08) ------------------------------ Pablo Neira Ayuso : o fix compilation problem due to missing headers (Krisztian Kovacs) o include kernel options and Fedora comments in the INSTALL file o remove -lpthread during compilation o update library function checking in configure.in = conntrack = o fix missing `-g' and `-n' options in getopt_long control string o add support for secmark (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.25) o add mark and secmark information to the manpage o cleanup error message o add support for -E -o xml,timestamp = conntrackd = o Add IPv6 support o Remove window tracking disabling limitation (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.22) o syslog support (based on patch from Simon Lodal) o add CacheWriteThrough clause: external cache write through policy o add support for secmark (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.25) o add conntrackd (8) manpage o raise ignorepool maximum limit from 1024 to INT_MAX o Use more appropriate names for the existing synchronization modes: o rename `persistent' mode to `alarm' o rename `nack' mode to `ftfw' o Now default synchronization mode is ftfw instead of alarm o rename `examples' directory to `doc' o add support for related conntracks (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.22) o show error and warning messages to stderr o hash lookup speedups based on comments from netdev's discussions o add support for connection logging to the statistics mode via Logfile o minor irrelevant fixes for uncommon error paths and fix several typos o detach daemon from its terminal (Ben Lenitz ) o obsolete `-S' option: Use information provided by the config file o daemonize conntrackd after initialization o rename class `buffer' to `queue' which is what it really implements o fix logfiles permissions, do not default to umask o wake up the daemon iff there are real events to handle instead of polling o add support for tagged vlan interfaces in the config file, e.g. eth0.1 o implement a rb-tree based alarm framework o constify queue_iterate() o use list_del_init() and list_empty() to check if a node is in the list o remove unix socket file on exit o use umask() to set up file permissions o add support for NAT sequence adjustment (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.25) o remove TODO file from release tarballs o compose the file descriptor set at initialization stage to save some cycles o cleanup: remove config_set from main(), use config_file variable instead Max Kellermann : o fix shadow warnings by renaming variables or making them local o remove "-g" from Makefile.am, this should be specified by the user o enable C99 mode o use C99 integers (uint32_t instead of u_int32_t) o remove several superfluous initializations = conntrack = o check for malloc() failure in merge_opts o eliminate local variable by returning from the loop o explicitly cast in nat_parse() = conntrackd = o resolve global variable "alarm" conflict with alarm() function in unistd.h. o enable gcc warnings, including -Werror o use list_for_each_entry() instead of list_for_each() o use const when possible o remove prefetch in slist.h since it confuses gcc o fix illegal use of return in the yacc code, use break instead o fix wrong invocations after prototype cleanup o set the return type of the parse functions to "void" o use the comma operator instead of curly braces o add missing function prototypes o merge several *_alarm() functions into init_alarm() o use add_alarm() in mod_alarm() to avoid code duplication o import tcp_state_helper only once o add missing printf arguments o use timeradd() since manipulating tv_sec directly o fix lots of gcc warnings o don't call INIT_LIST_HEAD on list item when unneeded o always close stdin - even in non-daemon mode, it is of no use o chdir("/") to release the cwd inode o ignore setsid() failure, because there is only one possible and o fix harmless error condition o fix memory leaks in several error output paths o import only required C headers and put local headers on top to check o fix double free() bug in the error output path of mcast_create() o eliminate unsed cache_get_conntrack() in rs_list_to_tx() o remove capability code and rely on the error returned by the syscall o major simplification of the logging infrastructure o use fputs() instead of fprintf() in log.c o improve error message if netlink initialization fails o merge mod_alarm() into add_alarm(), remove alarm_set_expiration() o remove init_alarm() before add_alarm() o fix error checking of local_create_server() o added struct local_server, several cleanups in local socket infrastructure o remove unused prototypes in network.h o check if the received packet is large enough o introduce alarm_pending() o cleanup: use size_t instead of integer o several cleanups in the rbtree-based alarm o whitespace cleanups version 0.9.5 (2007/07/29) ------------------------------ = conntrackd = o conntrack-tools requires libnetfilter_conntrack >= 0.0.81 o add len field to nethdr o implement buffered send/recv to batch messages o use buffer of MTU size o stop using netlink format for network messages: use similar TLV-based format o reduce synchronization messages size up to 60% o introduce periodic alive messages for sync-nack protocol o timeslice alarm implementation: remove alarm pthread, remove locking o simplify debugging functions: use nfct_snprintf instead o remove major use of libnfnetlink functions: use libnetfilter_conntrack API o deprecate conntrackd -F, use conntrack -F instead o major rework of the network infrastructure: much simple, less messy o simplify cache_flush function: use cache_del() o remove current script_fault.sh when we reach fault state o conntrackd requires the connection tracking event API: insist more in INSTALL = conntrack = o better protocol argument checkings o fix per-protocol filtering, eg. conntrack -L -p tcp o show per-protocol help, ie. conntrack -h -p tcp o add alias --src for --orig-src and alias --dst for --orig-dst o include protocol filters in the manpage version 0.9.4 (2007/07/02) ------------------------------ o fix error message in configure.in (Eric Leblond) o add library dependency checking to configure.in = conntrackd = o simplify checksum code: use UDP/multicast checksum facilities o fix silly bug in build_network_message: out of bound memset o remove useless backlog parameter in multicast sockets o remove reminiscents of delay destroy message and relax transitions o remove confusing StripNAT parameter: NAT support enabled by default o relax event tracking: *_update callbacks use cache_update_force o use wraparound-aware functions after/before/between o commit phase: if conntrack exists, update it o local requests return EXIT_FAILURE if it can't connect to the daemon o remove several debug statements o fork when internal/external dump and commit requests are received o lots of cleanups = conntrack = o fix segfault with conntrack --output (Krzysztof Oledzki) o use NFCT_SOPT_SETUP_* facilities: nfct_setobjopt o remove bogus option to get a conntrack in test.sh example file o add aliases --sport and --dport to make it more iptables-like o add support for `-L --src-nat' and `-L --dst-nat' to show natted connections o update conntrack(8) manpage o remove dlopen infrastructure version 0.9.3 (2007/05/22) ------------------------------ = conntrackd = o fix commit of confirmed expectations (reported by Nishit Shah) o fix double increment of counters in cache_update_force() (Niko Tyni) o nl_dump_handler must return NFCT_CB_CONTINUE (Niko Tyni) o initialize buffer in nl_event_handler() and nl_dump_handler() (Niko Tyni) o CacheCommit value can be set via conntrackd.conf for the NACK approach o fix leaks in the hashtable/cache flush path (Niko Tyni) o fix leak if a connection already exists in the cache (Niko Tyni) o introduce a new header that encapsulates netlink messages o remove all '_entry' tail from all functions in cache.c o split cache.c: move cache iterators to file cache_iterators.c o fix inconsistencies in the cache API related to counters o cleanup 'usage' message o fix typo in examples/sync/nack/node1/conntrackd.conf o introduce message checksumming as described in RFC1071 (enabled by default) o major cleanups in the synchronization code o just warn once that the maximum netlink socket buffer has been reached o fix ignore conntrack entries by IP and introduce ignore pool abstraction layer o introduce netlink socket buffer overrun handler o constification of hash, compare and hashtable_test functions in hash.c o introduce ACKnowledgement mechanisms to reduce the size of the resend queue o remove OK messages at startup since provide useless data o fix compilation warning in mcast.c: recvfrom takes socklen_t not size_t o add a lock per buffer: makes buffer code thread safe o introduce 'Replicate' clause to explicitely set states to be replicated o kill cache feature abuse: introduce nicer cache hooks for sync algorithms o fix oversized buffer allocated in the stack in the cache functions o add support to dump internal/external cache in XML format '-x' o add script for keepalived fault state (eg. unplugged cable/link down) = conntrack = o port conntrack to the new libnetfilter_conntrack API o introduce '--output xml,extended,timestamp' option for '-L', '-G' and '-E' o deprecated '--id' o replace '-a' by '--src-nat' and '--dst-nat' o use positive logic in error handling o remove sctp support until is fully supported in the kernel side o update conntrack manpage o update test.sh file in examples/cli/ o several fixes for the output of usage messages version 0.9.2 (2007/01/17) -------------------------- o remove spamming packet lost messages o generalize network netlink sequence tracking o fix bogus error message on resync `-R' o fix endianess issues in the network netlink message o introduce generic netlink multicast primitives to send and receive o fix bogus replayed multicast message due to sequence numbering wraparound o introduce counter for malformed netlink messages received o introduce a new syntax for the `Sync' section in the configuration file o several cleanups and remove unused variables o add autostuff to include examples in the tarball (reported by Victor Lozano) o use the new API available in libnetfilter_conntrack-0.0.50 o implement a NACK based protocol for replication version 0.9.1 (2006/11/06) -------------------------- o conntrackd requires kernel >= 2.6.18 o remove bogus TIMERS_MODE constant o implement bulk mode '-B': first works to address the preemption issue o fix minor reduction conflicts in the configfile grammar o check for CAP_NET_ADMIN instead of requiring root privileges o check that linux/capability.h exists o fix formatting at dump statistics '-s' o move dump traffic stats before multicast traffic stats o move event and dump handler to a generic infrastructure: kill events.c file o kill unused function inc_ct_stats o kill file resync.h o cleanup broadcast_sync: renamed to mcast_send_sync o sed 's/perror/debug/g' local.c o fix bogus increment of update_fail stats at dump stage o display descriptive error if we can't connect to conntrackd via UNIX socket o remove debugging message from alarm.c o move dump_mcast_stats to mcast.c where it really belongs o rename stats.c to traffic_stats.c o check for replayed/lost multicast message: simple seq tracking w/o recovery o reissue nfnl_catch on ENOENT error: a message for other subsystem o remove test/ directory in tree o improve cache commit stats o kill last_commit and last_flush from cache statistics: use the logfile o recover cache naming for dump stats `-s' o display multicast sequence tracking statistics: packets lost and replayed o zero ct_sync_state and ct_stats_state structures after allocation o improve keepalived scripts: - resync with conntrack table on transition to master - send bulk on transition to backup o implement alarm cascade of ten levels o implement timer cache flavour: limited life of entries in the external cache o implement a global lock that protects operation with conntrack entries o remove debug checking in cache_del_entry o set a reduced timeout for committed entries: 180 seconds by default o update comments on the sync-mode code o introduce delay destroy messages facility o increase timer for external states from 60 to 180 seconds o remove unused replicate/dont_replicated constants o fix cache entry clashing issue (reported by Maik Hentsche) o fix bogus increment of error stats in the external cache o remove pollution generated by `[REQ] cache dump' message from logfile version 0.9.0 (2006/09/17) -------------------------- o implement initial for IPv6 (untested) o implement generic extensible cache: kill the internal and external caches o implement persistence cache feature o implement lifetime cache feature o modify UNIX facilities identification numbers: separate master conntrack facilities and internal plugin facilities o break backward compatibility of configuration file: remove IgnoreLoopback, use IgnoreTrafficFor instead remove IgnoreMulticastTraffic, use IgnoreTrafficFor instead o merge event/event_subsys and sync/sync_subsys initialization to run.c o improve control of the iteration process in the hashtables o fix wrong locking in the alarm thread o supersede AcceptNAT by StripNAT clause o replace ignore traffic array by a hashtable o move lockfile checking before daemonization o on initialization error give a descriptive error o introduce netlink socket size grown limitator o introduce force resync with master conntrack table facility '-R' o ignore SIGPIPE signal o kill post_step since it is not used anymore version 0.8.3 (2006/09/03) -------------------------- Author: Maik Hentsche o Fix typo in conntrackd -h o Disable debugging messages by default o No signals while signals handlings o Add extra checkings at forking o Check maximum size for file passed via -C Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso o retry select() if EINTR is returned (Reported by Maik Hentsche) o Fix bug in slist_for_each_entry (Reported by Maik Hetsche) o Signal handler registration done after intialization o Implement alarm thread (based on Maik Hentsche's patch) o Fix segfault on conntrackd -k (Reported by Maik Hentsche) o Fix bug on alarm removal (Reported by Maik Hentsche) o configure stops if bison, flex or yacc are not installed version 0.8.2 (2006/07/05) -------------------------- o RelaxTransitions clause introduced in Sync mode o multicast messages sequence tracking o SocketBufferSize clause to set up the netlink socket buffer o use new libnfnetlink API to solve limitations of nfnl_listen o extra sanity checkings for netlink multicast messages o improve statistics o tons of cleanups 8) version 0.8.1 (2006/06/13) -------------------------- o -f now just flushes the internal and external caches o -F flushes the master conntrack table o fix segfault under heavy load and signal received o added -S mode for statistics: still needs more thinking version 0.8.0 (2006/06/11) -------------------------- o more work to generalize the daemon: now it's ready to implement modular support for adaptive timers and conntrack statistics, time to implement them ;). This is *still* a work in progress. version 0.7.2 (2006/06/05) -------------------------- o stupid bug in normal and alarm caches initialization: flush unset o fix racy signal handling version 0.7.1 (2006/06/05) -------------------------- o Bugfix for multicast sockets communication version 0.7 (2006/06/01) ------------------------ o Major code re-structuration: internal and external cache abstraction o sequence tracking for event messages o expect more changes, I still dislike some stuff in its current status ;) version 0.6 (2006/05/31) ------------------------ o Lock file support o use new API nfct_conntrack_event_raw o major code clean ups version 0.5 (2006/05/30) ------------------------- o Fix multicast server binds to wrong interface o Include clause `IgnoreProtocol', deprecates IgnoreUDP and IgnoreICMP version 0.4 (2006/05/29) ------------------------ o Initial release conntrack changelog =================== 2006-03-20 o fix ICMP protocol extension parse callback 2006-01-15 o Added missing parameters to set the ports of an expectation tuple o Add support to filter dumped entries. ie: conntrack -L -p tcp --orig-port-dst 993 display all the connections to IMAPS servers conntrack -L -m 2 display all the connection marked with 2 o Bumped version to 1.00beta2 2005-12-26 o add IPv6 support: main change o removed dead code: iptables_insmod and get_modprobe o compact the commands vs. options table o move working vars from the stack to the BSS section o update manpage o Bumped version to 1.0beta1 o check address family mismatch o fix incomplete copying IPv6 addresses 2005-12-19 o We only support ipv4 at the moment: set l3protonum to AF_INET o Minor changes to prepare upcoming ipv6 support 2005-12-03 o Add support to filter events. ie: -p tcp --orig-port-dst 80 in conjuction with -E to get all the requests to HTTP servers o Update manpage o Missing static function declaration in the protocol handlers o Use protocol flags defined in libnetfilter_conntrack o Bumped version to 0.991 2005-11-22 o Fix oversized number of options 2005-11-11 o don't check for kernel header path in configure, since we don't use kernel headers o don't check for libnfnetlink, we don't use it directly o move plugins into pkglibdir o remove 'lib' prefix of plugins, they're not really libraries o remove version information from plugin filenames o Bumped version to 0.99 2005-11-09 o set status to zero, libnetfilter_conntrack now activate IPS_CONFIRMED since all conntrack in hash must be confirmed. o Bumped version to 0.98 2005-11-08 o Fix warnings generated by gcc -Wall o Fix conntrack exit value at error o Replace obsolete inet_addr by inet_aton 2005-11-05 o Improved conntrack -h output o add htons for icmp id. o -t and -u are optional at update. o Fixed versioning :( o Bumped version to 0.97 2005-11-03 o Use extra 'data' argument of nfct_register_callback() function that I've introduced in libetfilter_conntrack. o moves conntrack tool from bin to sbin directory since this application is an administration utility and it requires uid==0 or CAP_NET_ADMIN o check if --state missing when -p is passed o command type is passed to final_check: checkings based on the command can be done now. o kill duplicated definition of IPS_* bits: Already present in libnetfilter_conntrack. o Move action and command enum to conntrack.h o kill NIPQUAD macro o make conntrack handler cth static. o Bumped version to 0.96 2005-11-01 o Fix error message describing illegal option -E -i o -D -i ID requires tuple information: Display an error message o Use NFCT_ALL_CT_GROUPS flag instead of NFCT_ALL_GROUPS o Event mask doesn't make sense for expectations, kill dead code o Bumped version to 0.95 o Fix wrong formating in conntrack -h 2005-10-30 Special thanks to Deti Fiegl from the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Munich, Germany for providing the "fast" hardware to reproduce spurious bugs ;) o Replace misleading message "Not enough memory" by "Can't open handler" o New option -i for expectation dumping: conntrack -L expect [-i] o sed 's/VERSION/CONNTRACK_VERSION/g' o Fix nfct_open flags, now uses NFCT_ALL_GROUPS when needed o Bumped version to 0.94 2005-10-28 o New option -i for dumping: conntrack -L [-i] o Fixed warning in findproto due to a stupid wrong type definition o sed 's/nfct_set_callback/nfct_register_callback/g' o killed the 'retry' logic, *sigh* it is broken in some cases o killed broken and unneeded protocol handler destructors (fini) o killed unregister_proto o Fixed code indentation in the command selector o Bumped version to 0.93 2005-10-27 o Use conntrack VERSION instead of the old LIBCT_VERSION o proto_list and lib_dir are now static o kill dead code: function dump_tuple o Bumped version to 0.92 2005-10-25 o Add missing autogen.sh file 2005-10-24 o use NFCT_ANY_GROUP flag in nfct_open() 2005-10-21 o Bumped version to 0.90 o Add support for id and marks 2005-10-20 o Kill some more files that generated by the autocrap o Resync with the lastest libnetfilter_conntrack API changes 2005-10-16 o Rename libct_proto.h to conntrack.h o Remove config.h.in from svn, it's autogenerated by the autocrap :) o Remove dead functions in the SCTP protocol helper 2005-10-14 o Kill config.h.in, it's generated by the autocrap o The conntrack tool now uses libnetfilter_conntrack :) o libct.c has been killed, now it's in libnetfilter_conntrack o Check if you're root or CAP_NET_ADMIN o Bumped version number to 0.86 2005-10-07 o Fixed ICMP options o Multiple fixes for the ICMP protocol handler o Fix ICMP output: wrong output. type and code were set to zero. 2005-10-05 o Fix up counters o Fix up compilation (IPS_* stuff missing), still need a proper fix o Bumped version number to 0.82 2005-09-24 o Get rid of C++ style comments o Remove remaining bits of "-A --action", group-mask and dump-mask o Clean up #include's o Fix double-free when exiting via signal handler (Ctrl+C) o Add "version" member to plugins o Fix some Endianness issues when printing CTA_STATUS 2005-08-31 o Fix packet and bytes counters (use __be64_to_cpu) o Fix ip_conntrack_netlink load-on-demand 2005-07-12 o Use conntrack netlink attributes: Major change o Kill action setting: Mask based dumping o Fix ChangeLog 2005-05-23 o Fixed syntax error (tab/space issue) in help message o Fixed getopt handling on big endian machines o Fixed possible future read-over-end-of-array in TCP extension o Add manpage o Add missing space at output of libct_proto_icmp.c o Add status bits that were introduced in 2.6.11 o Add SCTP extension o Add support for expect creation o Bump version number to 0.63 2005-05-17 o Added descriptive error messages. o Fix wrong flags check in [tcp|udp] proto helpers. 2005-05-16 o Implemented ICMP proto helper o Added help() and final_check() functions for proto helpers. 2005-05-01 o Created changelog file o Deleted libctnetlink.h and libnfnetlink.h from the include/ dir. o Added support for version (-V) and help (-h) o Added event mask based support o Added GPLv2 headers o Use fprintf instead of printf o Defined print_tuple and print_proto output interfaces o ctnl_[get|del]_conntrack handles return value from kernel via msgerr o Added support for conntrack table flushing o Added test case file (test.sh) o Improve dump output o Autoconf stuff for conntrack + some pablo's modifications. o Fixed packet counters formatting (use %llu instead of %lu) 2005-04-25 o Added support for mask based event dumping o Added support for mask based event notification o On-demand autoload of ip_conntrack_netlink