Release Notes

2008-11-12 - NSMnow 1.1.1
  [*] Improvements
     * sancp. There has been a regression of sancp 1.6.2-release.C back to 
       version 1.6.1-stable. Given its temperamental issues of flushing its
       statistics to files.
     
     * barnyard2. The version of barnyard2 has been upgraded to version 2-0.5


2008-10-15 - NSMnow 1.1.0
  [*] Additions
     * Snort. Given the rather rapid progression that Snort goes through, there
       is quite a good chance that NSMnow can break due to a new version and
       links being changed on their main site. Some fallback URL's have been
       added to ensure that NSMnow will be more tolerant to new Snort releases.

     * Status Messaging. The status messaging of the init scripts has undergone
       some overhaulin' to ensure uniformity. I too have always thought that
       pretty is a feature so this just makes me happy.


  [*] Improvements
     * Init Scripts. The init scripts have undergone some major restructuring
       and a number of corner case bugs found and erradicated. A reduction in
       complexity and simplified logic flow was the main aim here.

     * Downloading. The downloading of source tarballs is a little more fault
       tolerant to failed downloads. In the event of a failed download it will
       also attempt to clean up and provide the appropriate indications to the
       user instead of borking in some non-informative manner.

     * Cron Jobs. The daily restarting of the snortl init script has been moved
       from the cron.daily folders that are available on Debian based systems
       to the default crontab folder available on most systems.


2008-09-16 - NSMnow 1.0.2
  [*] Improvements
     * Dependencies. Removed legacy dependancy on OS.pm that cause some issues
       with the pre-check routines.

     * Lenny Compatability. Updated package requirements in order to maintain
       full compatibility with Debian "Lenny".


2008-08-31 - NSMnow 1.0.1
  [*] Additions
     * Pre-checking. The PERL core is now wrapped in a little BASH to ensure
       that NSMnow has all pre-requisites to function correctly. Similarly only
       Debian/Ubuntu systems have been tested at this stage with a view to
       branch later on. Two new parameters, "-F" and "-S" are available as part
       of the pre-checking system.

     * Versioning. You can now check what version of NSMnow you are running. A
       rather useful function if stability issues and fixes are going to become
       a regular affair :)


  [*] Improvements
     * mysql. Configuring mysql with root passwords should be a little easier
       now and a little less cryptic not knowing if one has been set or not.

     * sancp. With the URL changing recently for sancp-1.6.1 we thought we
       might as well push forward to the 1.6.2-release.C version which has seen
       considerable testing since June of last year and also addresses the bugs
       found in 1.6.1.

     * Downloading. Fixed small issue regardig the download only mode with the
       buildessential, tcl and sguiltools modules. If you choose not to
       download then it will not fail since the package management systems will
       attempt to download when installing.

     * Reconfigure. Fixed issue with tcl module returning an incorrect error
       code when it was already configured.

     * Links. Fixed link to sancp download, which has recently been updated
       due to the recent 1.6.2 release candidate was announced. That was good
       time ;)

     * Dependencies. Removed the LWP dependency by now using the ever reliable
       wget utility from the system. This greatly reduces the complexity of
       downloading the required source tarballs.

     * Time. Fixed off by one issue with months in the log files. Clearly not
       a show stopper, however, it pays to be thorough.


2008-08-26 - NSMnow 1.0
  [*] Initial Release