SILC Client 0.9.16

The new version of the SILC Client is now available!  The source package
of the software is available from the following sources:

        http://silcnet.org/
        ftp://ftp.silcnet.org/

The SILC Client 0.9.16, has been released.  This upgrade release includes
several small but important bugfixes, such as the file transfer has been
fixed and should now work better.  This version also includes the
optimized RSA algorithm for faster private key operations.

If all goes well this is the last release before the SILC Client 1.0 on
November 27.  Please, test this release a lot.  Test all basic features,
test all commands, make sure everything works correctly, and report back
any problems if you encounter any.  Any fatal and critical bugs are
especially important to detect.


Summary of Changes
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o Fixed the file transfer (see /HELP FILE) session accepting and closing.

o Implemented optimized RSA algorithm for faster private key operations.
  Private key operations are now at least 30% faster.  Note however that,
  this optimization works only with newly generated key pairs.
  Unfortunately, it is not possible to transfer the old private key to
  the new optimized format.  There is no compatibility issues with old or
  new private keys (new private keys work with older SILC Clients as
  well, but they are slower to use).

o Implemented support for searching users in the network by their public
  keys using WHOIS command.  Note that, this feature will work only with
  upcoming SILC Server.  Current SILC Server 0.9.15 or older does not
  support this feature.

  See the /HELP WHOIS for revised help information on searching by
  public key.  Examples:

  To search nickname 'nick' that has the specified public key, give:

    /WHOIS nick -pubkey /path/to/the/public_key.pub

  To search all usesr that has the specified public key, give:

    /WHOIS -pubkey /path/to/the/public_key.pub

  This search feature is the first search feature that uses the
  Requested Attributes in WHOIS to base on the search or to narrow down
  the searched values.

o Fixed nickname formatting to not mess the /NAMES command output.

o Fixed MIME header parsing to not show extra characters in the MIME type
  name.

o Added /LISTKEYS help file (see /HELP LISTKEYS).

o Removed RC6 algorithm from distribution.

o Several other bugfixes were made.

The full list of changes is available on the website and in CHANGES file
in the source package.


Installation
------------

The source package is compiled and installed as instructed in the INSTALL
file found from the package.  Quick installation:

  ./configure
  make
  make install


Known Issues
------------

- Known Issues in SILC Client

  - It is possible that some times the user list is not printed or is
    printed as incomplete when joining to a channel.  This is due to a
    failure in the user resolvings and can happen for example when some
    user quits the network at the same time you join the channel.  In
    this case the failure of the resolving may leave the user list
    printing incomplete.

  - It is possible that some notifications, such as channel join,
    are not delivered to user interface due to same resolving reason as
    described above.

	Pekka
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 Pekka Riikonen                                 priikone at silcnet.org
 Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC)       http://silcnet.org/
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