TLS1.2 and TLS1.1 support with GnuTLS

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-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.170 2010/06/06 00:27:52 pdp Exp $
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 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
 


@@ -8,10 +6,71 @@ Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can
 test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once
 the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
 
 test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once
 the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
 

+Version 4.77
+------------
+
+ 1. New options for the ratelimit ACL condition: /count= and /unique=.
+    The /noupdate option has been replaced by a /readonly option.
+
+ 2. The SMTP transport's protocol option may now be set to "smtps", to
+    use SSL-on-connect outbound.
+
+ 3. New variable $av_failed, set true if the AV scanner deferred; ie, when
+    there is a problem talking to the AV scanner, or the AV scanner running.
+
+
+Version 4.76
+------------
+
+ 1. The global option "dns_use_edns0" may be set to coerce EDNS0 usage on
+    or off in the resolver library.
+
+
+Version 4.75
+------------
+
+ 1. In addition to the existing LDAP and LDAP/SSL ("ldaps") support, there
+    is now LDAP/TLS support, given sufficiently modern OpenLDAP client
+    libraries.  The following global options have been added in support of
+    this: ldap_ca_cert_dir, ldap_ca_cert_file, ldap_cert_file, ldap_cert_key,
+    ldap_cipher_suite, ldap_require_cert, ldap_start_tls.
+
+ 2. The pipe transport now takes a boolean option, "freeze_signal", default
+    false.  When true, if the external delivery command exits on a signal then
+    Exim will freeze the message in the queue, instead of generating a bounce.
+
+ 3. Log filenames may now use %M as an escape, instead of %D (still available).
+    The %M pattern expands to yyyymm, providing month-level resolution.
+
+ 4. The $message_linecount variable is now updated for the maildir_tag option,
+    in the same way as $message_size, to reflect the real number of lines,
+    including any header additions or removals from transport.
+
+ 5. When contacting a pool of SpamAssassin servers configured in spamd_address,
+    Exim now selects entries randomly, to better scale in a cluster setup.
+
+
+Version 4.74
+------------
+
+ 1. SECURITY FIX: privilege escalation flaw fixed. On Linux (and only Linux)
+    the flaw permitted the Exim run-time user to cause root to append to
+    arbitrary files of the attacker's choosing, with the content based
+    on content supplied by the attacker.
+
+ 2. Exim now supports loading some lookup types at run-time, using your
+    platform's dlopen() functionality.  This has limited platform support
+    and the intention is not to support every variant, it's limited to
+    dlopen().  This permits the main Exim binary to not be linked against
+    all the libraries needed for all the lookup types.
+

 
 Version 4.73
 ------------
 
 
 Version 4.73
 ------------
 

+ NOTE: this version is not guaranteed backwards-compatible, please read the
+       items below carefully
+

  1. A new main configuration option, "openssl_options", is available if Exim
     is built with SSL support provided by OpenSSL.  The option allows
     administrators to specify OpenSSL options to be used on connections;
  1. A new main configuration option, "openssl_options", is available if Exim
     is built with SSL support provided by OpenSSL.  The option allows
     administrators to specify OpenSSL options to be used on connections;


@@ -23,7 +82,7 @@ Version 4.73
  2. A new pipe transport option, "permit_coredumps", may help with problem
     diagnosis in some scenarios.  Note that Exim is typically installed as
     a setuid binary, which on most OSes will inhibit coredumps by default,
  2. A new pipe transport option, "permit_coredumps", may help with problem
     diagnosis in some scenarios.  Note that Exim is typically installed as
     a setuid binary, which on most OSes will inhibit coredumps by default,

-    so that safety mechanism would have to be overriden for this option to
+    so that safety mechanism would have to be overridden for this option to

     be able to take effect.
 
  3. ClamAV 0.95 is now required for ClamAV support in Exim, unless
     be able to take effect.
 
  3. ClamAV 0.95 is now required for ClamAV support in Exim, unless


@@ -38,10 +97,14 @@ Version 4.73
 
       av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234:local
 
 
       av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234:local
 

+    ClamAV's ExtendedDetectionInfo response format is now handled.
+

  4. There is now a -bmalware option, restricted to admin users.  This option
     takes one parameter, a filename, and scans that file with Exim's
     malware-scanning framework.  This is intended purely as a debugging aid
     to ensure that Exim's scanning is working, not to replace other tools.
  4. There is now a -bmalware option, restricted to admin users.  This option
     takes one parameter, a filename, and scans that file with Exim's
     malware-scanning framework.  This is intended purely as a debugging aid
     to ensure that Exim's scanning is working, not to replace other tools.

+    Note that the ACL framework is not invoked, so if av_scanner references
+    ACL variables without a fallback then this will fail.

 
  5. There is a new expansion operator, "reverse_ip", which will reverse IP
     addresses; IPv4 into dotted quad, IPv6 into dotted nibble.  Examples:
 
  5. There is a new expansion operator, "reverse_ip", which will reverse IP
     addresses; IPv4 into dotted quad, IPv6 into dotted nibble.  Examples:


@@ -63,6 +126,52 @@ Version 4.73
       control = debug/opts=+expand+acl
       control = debug/tag=.$message_exim_id/opts=+expand
 
       control = debug/opts=+expand+acl
       control = debug/tag=.$message_exim_id/opts=+expand
 

+ 7. It has always been implicit in the design and the documentation that
+    "the Exim user" is not root.  src/EDITME said that using root was
+    "very strongly discouraged".  This is not enough to keep people from
+    shooting themselves in the foot in days when many don't configure Exim
+    themselves but via package build managers.  The security consequences of
+    running various bits of network code are severe if there should be bugs in
+    them.  As such, the Exim user may no longer be root.  If configured
+    statically, Exim will refuse to build.  If configured as ref:user then Exim
+    will exit shortly after start-up.  If you must shoot yourself in the foot,
+    then henceforth you will have to maintain your own local patches to strip
+    the safeties off.
+
+ 8. There is a new expansion operator, bool_lax{}.  Where bool{} uses the ACL
+    condition logic to determine truth/failure and will fail to expand many
+    strings, bool_lax{} uses the router condition logic, where most strings
+    do evaluate true.
+    Note: bool{00} is false, bool_lax{00} is true.
+
+ 9. Routers now support multiple "condition" tests,
+
+10. There is now a runtime configuration option "tcp_wrappers_daemon_name".
+    Setting this allows an admin to define which entry in the tcpwrappers
+    config file will be used to control access to the daemon.  This option
+    is only available when Exim is built with USE_TCP_WRAPPERS.  The
+    default value is set at build time using the TCP_WRAPPERS_DAEMON_NAME
+    build option.
+
+11. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] The default value for system_filter_user is now
+    the Exim run-time user, instead of root.
+
+12. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY is no longer optional and
+    is forced on.  This is mitigated by the new build option
+    TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST which defines a list of configuration files which
+    are trusted; one per line. If a config file is owned by root and matches
+    a pathname in the list, then it may be invoked by the Exim build-time
+    user without Exim relinquishing root privileges.
+
+13. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] The Exim user is no longer automatically
+    trusted to supply -D<Macro[=Value]> overrides on the command-line.  Going
+    forward, we recommend using TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST with shim configs that
+    include the main config.  As a transition mechanism, we are temporarily
+    providing a work-around: the new build option WHITELIST_D_MACROS provides
+    a colon-separated list of macro names which may be overridden by the Exim
+    run-time user.  The values of these macros are constrained to the regex
+    ^[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]*$ (which explicitly does allow for empty values).
+

 
 Version 4.72
 ------------
 
 Version 4.72
 ------------


@@ -106,7 +215,7 @@ Version 4.70 / 4.71
  2. Experimental DCC support via dccifd (contributed by Wolfgang Breyha).
 
  3. There is now a bool{} expansion condition which maps certain strings to
  2. Experimental DCC support via dccifd (contributed by Wolfgang Breyha).
 
  3. There is now a bool{} expansion condition which maps certain strings to

-    true/false condition values (most likely of use in conjuction with the
+    true/false condition values (most likely of use in conjunction with the

     and{} expansion operator).
 
  4. The $spam_score, $spam_bar and $spam_report variables are now available
     and{} expansion operator).
 
  4. The $spam_score, $spam_bar and $spam_report variables are now available


@@ -130,6 +239,12 @@ Version 4.70 / 4.71
  9. The transport_filter_timeout option now applies to SMTP transports too.
 
 
  9. The transport_filter_timeout option now applies to SMTP transports too.
 
 

+Version 4.69
+------------
+
+ 1. Preliminary DKIM support in Experimental.
+
+

 Version 4.68
 ------------
 
 Version 4.68
 ------------