1 2009-12-10 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
3 * Add .note.GNU-stack to all object files so that the generated
4 binary doesn't erroneously request an executable stack.
6 2009-12-03 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
8 * Allow retrieval of the user's default login shell from
11 * Allow the code to be built without support for the LOGIN
12 service, as calling /bin/login does not work well on Fedora.
14 2009-12-02 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
16 * Added fallback code that dynamically computes the correct commandline
17 arguments for "objcopy" if building for an otherwise unknown target
20 2009-12-01 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
22 * Added some basic sanity checks to the commit script that now makes
23 sure we at least attempt to keep copyright dates updated whenever we
26 * Added checks that the debian/changelog file is up-to-date
28 * Added debian/watch file
30 * Updated the Standards-Version in debian/control. Still need to
31 review whether we are in full compliance, though.
33 * Fixed lintian errors.
35 2009-11-29 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
37 * Preparations for packaging ShellInABox in a way that makes it
38 easy for Debian package maintainers to pick it up.
40 2009-11-25 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
42 * On browsers that support CSS transforms, enable switching between
43 80 and 132 column mode.
45 2009-11-21 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
47 * Updated manual page documenting --user-css
49 * Released version 2.10
51 2009-11-18 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
53 * Fixed some compiler warnings when using more recent versions of
56 * Tweak the handling of CTRL keys, so that some of the more unusual
57 combinations work. For historic reasons, there is an expectation that
58 CTRL-3..CTRL-8 return specific control characters. Also fixed the
59 handling of CTRL-\ which could cause problems with some browsers.
61 * Rely on the browser for capitalization. This should fix Capslock
62 behavior. Hopefully, it won't break any other keyboard features or
65 2009-08-20 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
67 * Added transparent printing support. The development of this
68 feature is sponsored by De Bortoli Wines Pty Limited and by
69 Eternity Technologies.
71 2009-08-19 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
73 * Added a ${url} parameter that can be used in the service description.
75 2009-08-11 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
77 * Added support for user selectable style sheets. Included example
78 style sheets that allow switching to white-on-black or to monochrome
79 mode from the right click context menu.
81 * Fixed the "|" key on Swedish keyboards.
83 2009-07-30 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
85 * Added the --css command line option to make incremental changes
86 to the style sheet without having to load a full replacement with
87 the --static-file option. Added an example that enables white text
88 on a black background.
90 * Added Debian specific documentation to the manual page.
92 2009-07-29 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
94 * Allow unprivileged users to run the daemon. This requires
95 calling "ssh" instead of "login".
97 2009-07-27 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
99 * Use JavaScript redirection for attaching the missing slash to
100 the URL. This should make it easier to use reverse proxies. It was
101 already possible to run shellinaboxd behind a proxy, but a lot of
102 users got the configuration wrong.
104 2009-07-08 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
106 * Optionally compress large responses, if the browser accepts
107 deflate compression. This mainly improves start up time.
109 * More fine tuning of the regular expressions that detect URLs.
110 We now allow '.' and ',' in URLs, as long as they are not at the
111 very end of the URL, where they would probably be part of the
112 enclosing sentence and not actually part of the URL.
114 2009-07-06 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
116 * Making it easier to host the terminal on non-root URLs by always
117 redirecting to a URL that includes a trailing slash.
119 * Run-time testing for availability of libpthread functions does not
120 work reliably on some platforms. So, avoid doing so on anything
121 other than Linux/i386. For all other platforms, assume that the code
122 is not linked against libpthread. For ShellInABox, this is always
123 the correct assumption. But if the code gets embedded into other
124 projects, this might have to be changed.
126 2009-07-05 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
128 * Released version 2.9
130 2009-07-04 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
132 * Refined regular expressions for finding URLs.
134 * Show new terminal size when resizing the browser.
136 * Restored compatibility with IE5 and IE6.
138 2009-07-03 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
140 * Added --linkify option. Default settings cause the terminal to
141 recognize fully qualified URLs and to make them clickable.
143 2009-06-28 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
145 * Added support for keyboards that have a dedicated "<" / ">" key.
147 2009-06-21 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
149 * Added --localhost option.
151 * Added support for building on ARM.
153 * Respect "Connection: close" for proxies that rely on pre-HTTP/1.1
156 2009-05-24 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
158 * Added SSL support for OpenBSD
160 2009-05-23 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
162 * Released version 2.8
164 2009-05-22 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
166 * Improved support for entering non-ASCII characters.
168 2009-05-20 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
170 * Fixed various issues with building on OpenBSD
172 2009-04-28 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
174 * Fixed variable expansion in service descriptions.
176 2009-04-27 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
178 * Released version 2.7
180 * Improved compatibility with some PAM configurations when running
181 as a non-privileged user.
183 * Fixed a bug that required shells to output data (e.g. a prompt)
184 before they could read the first data.
186 * Fixed a potential crash.
188 2009-04-12 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
190 * Released version 2.6
192 * The demo application is still incomplete, but starting to be
193 somewhat functional. The BASIC interpreter supports variables, and
194 can parse expressions. But it is still missing all flow-control
195 commands, making it somewhat useless for writing real programs.
197 2009-03-30 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
199 * Added initial revision of demo application.
201 * Show fatal error message even when running in "quiet" mode.
203 * Make it easier to override parameters needed by the system startup
206 2009-03-29 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
208 * Added support for chained SSL certificates
210 2009-03-23 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
212 * Added an INSTALL.Debian file with Debian-specific instructions on
213 how to build and install a package file.
215 2009-03-21 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
217 * Possible fix for IE problems with horizontal positioning of
218 cursor if the line ends in spaces.
220 * Work-around for an IE6 bug when doing HTTPS through proxies.
222 2009-03-21 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
224 * Released version 2.5
226 * More testing on older IE versions.
228 2009-03-19 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
230 * Fixed cursor positioning. Hopefully, more browsers will be happy
233 * Explicitly added no-cache headers to our responses. This might help
234 with the IE6 problems.
236 2009-03-17 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
238 * Allow root to bind to privileged port.
240 2009-03-17 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
244 * Fixed possible memory corruption, when sessions time out.
246 2009-03-16 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
248 * Fixed some compiler warnings, that newer versions of GCC issue.
250 2009-02-27 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
252 * Added fallback on old-style pty's, if /dev/pts is not mounted.
254 * Work-around for systems that don't define a "nogroup" group.
256 * Remove the dependency on fdopendir, which does not exist
259 2009-02-16 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
261 * Include VCS revision number in user-visible version string.
263 * Allow "configure" to select whether OpenSSL and PAM libraries
264 should be used at all, dynamically searched-for at run-time, or
265 linked as a regular dynamic library.
267 * Fixed various bugs that prevents ShellInABox from running on
270 2009-02-12 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
272 * Released version 2.4
274 2009-02-11 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
276 * Fixed fatal compiler warning if compiling without SSL support.
278 * Fixed cursor hiding and showing
280 * Fixed various rendering glitches reported by Phil Endecott of
281 Anyterm (http://anyterm.org) fame.
283 * Made code more portable. In particular, fixed sed scripts.
285 * Added explicit config.h file, instead of passing configuration
286 options on the compiler's command line.
288 * Fixed compilation issues on BSD systems. Code is still untested
289 and unsupported on non-Linux systems at this time.
291 2009-01-21 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
293 * Released version 2.3
295 * Fixed a show-stopper bug that broke the --cert option.
297 2009-01-21 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
299 * Released version 2.2
301 * Fixed a bug that could result in the font getting corrupted.
303 * Improved compatibility with more versions of the OpenSSL library.
304 Previously, the feature test for TLSEXT did not always work correctly,
305 resulting in compilation failures.
307 * Improved support for embedding shellinaboxd into existing web
308 services. SSL certificates can now be passed in through a file
309 handle, and port and pid numbers can be retrieved from the CGI header.
311 2009-01-08 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
313 * Released version 2.1
315 * Fixed build errors mostly related to x86_64.
317 * Added --no-beep command line option to avoid VLC plugin crashing
320 * Fixed multi-line selections in Firefox.
322 2009-01-01 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
324 * Added CGI mode for demand-loading the shellinaboxd daemon
325 from a web server. This also allows for the web server to
326 perform authentication, instead of having shellinaboxd do so.
328 * Tightened setuid-root operation to no longer allow switching
329 to arbitrary users/groups. As before, setuid-root remains a
330 non-standard configuration that is not currently recommended.
332 * Fixed session management to deal better with torn down
333 connections. Closed one bug that could have resulted in
334 permanently orphaned connections, when the browser navigated
337 2008-12-27 Markus Gutschke <markus@shellinabox.com>
339 * First public release of the version 2.0 rewrite. This is the
340 first release of ShellInABox that supports an AJAX interface
341 instead of the original Java applet.