SILC Toolkit 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/

After a long break the SILC Toolkit 0.9.13 is out.  This version finalizes 
the SILC protocol version 1.2 development by including the few last 
features that was missing from previous version.  One of the major 
features is the support for UTF-8 encoded nicknames, channel names, user 
names and host names.  The SILC Toolkit 0.9.13 API is compatible with the 
previous 0.9.12 version, however, several new functions has been added, 
and reading the following summary of changes is recommended.


Summary of Changes
------------------

o Added UTF-8 encoded nicknames, channel names, server names, host names,
   usernames, crypto property names and algorithm names.  All strings
   library sends to application are always UTF-8 encoded.  All strings
   application sends to library must be UTF-8 encoded.

o Added SILC Stringprep API (RFC 3454) into silcstringprep.h.  It can
   be used to prepare strings into the correct format.  The format is
   specified by the SILC protocol, and those formats are supported by
   this API.

   The API can also be used to do other UTF-8 string preparation, such
   as case folding.  See the API for different features supported by
   the API.

o Added silc_identifier_check and silc_identifier_verify routines to
   help application easily format and verify the new UTF-8 encoded
   nicknames, channel names and other identifier strings.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silcstrutil-silc_identifier_check.html
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silcstrutil-silc_identifier_verify.html

o Added SILC_STRING_LOCALE that now deprecates SILC_STRING_LANGUAGE.
   The old type is supported but may be removed in later versions.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silcstrutil-SilcStringEncoding.html

o Added new string encoding/decoding types: SILC_STRING_LOCALE,
   SILC_STRING_UTF8, SILC_STRING_PRINTABLE, SILC_STRING_VISIBLE,
   SILC_STRING_TELETEX, SILC_STRING_NUMERICAL, SILC_STRING_LDAP_DN and
   SILC_STRING_UTF8_ESCAPE.  These types can currently be used with
   the SILC UTF-8 API.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silcstrutil-SilcStringEncoding.html

o Splitted UTF-8 string routines from silcstrutil.h into own file
   silcutf8.h.

o Added silc_utf8_strcasecmp and silc_utf8_strncasecmp to do caseless
   UTF-8 string comparison.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silcutf8.html

o Added dont_register_crypto_library into SilcClientParams.  If set
   to TRUE the Client Library will not register/unregister cyprto library,
   and application is expected to do it.  By default this is set to FALSE.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silcclient-SilcClientParams.html

o All created log files by SILC Log API are now with 0600 mode.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silclog.html

o The bool type on Mac OS X is now _Bool.

   Ref:
   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/silctypes-bool.html

o The silc_net_create_connection[_async] now revert to IPv4 address if
   IPv6 sockets are not supported.

o Added __SILC_XXX defines into silcincludes.h that third-party
   applications can check to determine how a binary version of the SILC
   Toolkit has been compiled.  The following defines may be set:

   __SILC_HAVE_PTHREAD		Compiled with threads support
   __SILC_HAVE_SIM		Compiled with SIM support
   __SILC_ENABLE_DEBUG		Compiled with debug enabled

   A third-party application can check these defines in configure.ac or
   in compile time to determine what libraries should be linked against
   the application.

o Install pkg-config .pc files for the SILC Core library and SILC Client
   library.  silc.pc and silcclient.pc will be installed.

o Several other minor 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.  Refer also to the building instructions in
the Toolkit Reference Manual:

   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/building.html

Quick installation:

   ./configure
   make
   make install


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

- Known platform specific issues

   - silc_net_create_connection_async is not actually asynchronous on
     Win32.  It works synchronously and blocks the process.
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