SILC Client 0.9.13

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

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

SILC Client 0.9.13 is out finally.  After a long break we bring you lots
of fixes and even more new features.


Summary of Changes
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o Support for channel public key authentication added.  The CMODE command
  has a new option 'C', which can be used to add and remove channel
  public keys on the channel.  The channel public keys work the same way
  as the channel passphrase.  Only the person posessing the corresponding
  private key of the public key added on the channel is able to join the
  channel.  It is possible to add multiple channel public keys to the
  public key list.

  Give /HELP CMODE to see how to use the command.  If the /CMODE +C is
  given without arguments you will get list of current channel public
  keys.  This feature works only with new SILC Server 0.9.14 an newer.
  You will also need to be channel founder.

o Automatic lag detector, to detect lag between your client and your
  server.  The lag (if any) is displayed on the status bar.

o /ME, /ACTION and /NOTICE now fully supports UTF-8 text messages.

o Inviting and banning now works with a public key.  Fixed also banning
  with nickname (example, /ban +nickname).

o Using '@' and '!' characters in invite and ban strings is prohibited.
  Those characters cannot be anymore used as part of invite and ban
  strings.

o Better caching of old channel keys (for period of 10 seconds) to avoid
  loosing any channel messages.

o Lots of bugs was fixed.  Also several security bugs has been fixed.

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


Installation
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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
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- 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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