X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/7102e136b439b6e92317b484192f1357b1e1121a..b975ba52a239bbf56b61a8af88d480bf07c20d81:/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 2b75b4656..eff7a9d7e 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.53 2004/12/21 12:21:46 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.58 2004/12/29 10:16:52 ph10 Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -236,8 +236,30 @@ Exim version 4.50 55. Some experimental protocols are using DNS PTR records for new purposes. The keys for these records are domain names, not reversed IP addresses. The - dnsdb lookup now tests whether it's key is an IP address. If not, it leaves - it alone. Component reversal etc. now happens only for IP addresses. + dnsdb PTR lookup now tests whether its key is an IP address. If not, it + leaves it alone. Component reversal etc. now happens only for IP addresses. + +56. Improve error message when ldap_search() fails in OpenLDAP or Solaris LDAP. + +57. Double the size of the debug message buffer (to 2048) so that more of very + long debug lines gets shown. + +58. The exicyclog utility now does better if the number of log files to keep + exceeds 99. In this case, it numbers them 001, 002 ... instead of 01, 02... + +59. Two changes related to the smtp_active_hostname option: + + (1) $smtp_active_hostname is now available as a variable. + (2) The default for smtp_banner uses $smtp_active_hostname instead + of $primary_hostname. + +60. The host_aton() function is supposed to be passed a string that is known + to be a valid IP address. However, in the case of IPv6 addresses, it was + not checking this. This is a hostage to fortune. Exim now panics and dies + if the condition is not met. A case was found where this could be provoked + from a dnsdb lookup; fortuitously, this particular loophole had already + been fixed by change 4.50/55 above. If there are any other similar + loopholes, the new check should stop them being exploited. Exim version 4.43