Version 1.2 of Mandos is released

[Teddy Hogeborn]

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Version 1.2 of Mandos is released!  This is a big release, since it
introduces the long-awaited D-Bus interface to the Mandos server.  It
also includes the "mandos-ctl" and "mandos-monitor" programs which use
this API to control and monitor the server.

The Mandos client now also supports the Plymouth graphical boot splash
system.  This should be very useful for Ubuntu users, since Plymouth
is now the default in Ubuntu.

Slightly more detailed list of changes:

Version 1.2 (2010-09-28)
* Client:
** New "plymouth" plugin to ask for a password using the Plymouth
   graphical boot system.
** The Mandos client now automatically chooses a network interface if
   the DEVICE setting in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf is set to
   the empty string.  This is also the new default instead of "eth0".
** The Mandos client --connect option now loops indefinitely until a
   password is received from the specified server.
** Bug fix: Quote directory correctly in mandos-keygen with --password
** Bug fix: don't use "echo -e" in mandos-keygen; unsupported by dash.
* Server:
** Terminology change: clients are now "ENABLED" or "DISABLED", not
   "valid" or "invalid".
** New D-Bus API; see the file "DBUS-API".
** New control utilities using the new D-Bus API:
   + mandos-ctl                       A command-line based utility
   + mandos-monitor                          A text-based GUI
   interface
** New feature: manual interactive approval or denying of clients on a
   case-by-case basis.
** New --debuglevel option to control logging
** Will not write PID file if --debug is passed
** Bug fix: Avoid race conditions with short "interval" values or
   fast checkers.
** Bug fix: Don't try to bind to a network interface when none is
   specified

The upload would fix these Debian bugs: 557076
The Debian package for unstable can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- - - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mandos/mandos_1.2-1.dsc

/Teddy Hogeborn

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The Mandos Project
http://www.fukt.bsnet.se/mandos
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