enigma-bbs/WHATSNEW.md

Whats New

This document attempts to track major changes and additions in ENiGMA½. For details, see GitHub.

0.0.11-beta

• Upgraded from alpha to beta -- The software is far along and mature enough at this point!
• Development is now against Node.js 12.x LTS. Other versions may work but are not currently supported!
• QWK support
• oputil fb scan *areaTagWildcard* scans all areas in which wildcard is matched.
• The archiver configuration escapeTelnet has been renamed escapeIACs. Support for the old value will be removed in the future.

0.0.10-alpha

• oputil.js user rename USERNAME NEWNAME
• my_messages.js module (defaulted to "m" at the message menu) to list public messages addressed to the currently logged in user. Takes into account their username and real_name property.
• SSH Public Key Authentication has been added. The system uses a OpenSSH style public key set on the ssh_public_key user property.
• 2-Factor (2FA) authentication is now available using RFC-4266 - HOTP: HMAC-Based One-Time Password Algorithm), RFC-6238 - TOTP: Time-Based One-Time Password Algorithm, or Google Authenticator. QR codes for activation are available as well. One-time backup aka recovery codes can also be used. See Security for more info!

• New ACS codes for new 2FA/OTP: AR and AF. See ACS for details.

• oputil.js user 2fa USERNAME TYPE enables 2-factor authentication for a user.

• oputil.js user info USERNAME --security can now display additional security information such as 2FA/OTP.
• oputil.js fb scan --quick is now the default. Override with --full.
• ACS checks can now be applied to form actions. For example:

{
    value: { command: "SEC" }
    action: [
        {
            //  secure connections can go here
            acs: SC
            action: @menu:securityMenu
        }
        {
            //  non-secure connections
            action: @menu:secureConnectionRequired
        }
    ]
}

• idleLogoutSeconds and preAuthIdleLogoutSeconds can now be set to 0 to fully disable the idle monitor.
• Switched default archive handler for zip files from 7zip to InfoZip (zip and unzip) commands. See UPGRADE.
• Menu submit action's can now in addition to being a simple string such as @menu:someMenu, or an array of objects with ACS checks, be a simple array of strings. In this case, a random match will be made. For example:

submit: [
    {
        value: { command: "FOO" }
        action: [
            // one of the following actions will be matched:
            "@menu:menuStyle1"
            "@menu:menuStyle2"
        ]
    }
]

• Added read (list/view) and write (post) ACS support to message conferences and areas.
• Many new built in modules adding support for things like auto signatures, listing "my" messages, top stats, etc. Take a look in the docs for setting them up!
• Built in MRC support!
• Added an customizable achievement system!

0.0.9-alpha

• Development is now against Node.js 10.x LTS. While other Node.js series may continue to work, you're own your own and YMMV!
• Fixed justify properties: left and right values were formerly swapped (oops!)
• Menu items can now be arrays of objects not just arrays of strings.
  • The properties itemFormat and focusItemFormat allow you to supply the string format for items. For example if a menu object is { "userName" : "Bob", "age" : 35 }, a itemFormat might be |04{userName} |08- |14{age}.
  • If no itemFormat is supplied, the default formatter is {text}.
  • Setting the data member of an object will cause form submissions to use this value instead of the selected items index.
  • See the default luciano_blocktronics matrix menu for example usage.
• You can now set the sort property on a menu to sort items. If true items are sorted by text. If the value is a string, it represents the key in menu objects to sort by.
• Hot-reload of configuration files such as menu.hjson, config.hjson, your themes.hjson, etc.: When a file is saved, it will be hot-reloaded into the running system
  • Note that any custom modules should make use of the new Config.get() method.
• The old concept of autoScale has been removed. See https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/issues/166
• Ability to delete from personal mailbox (finally!)
• Add ability to skip file and/or message areas during newscan. Set config.omitFileAreaTags and config.omitMessageAreaTags in new_scan configuration of your menu.hjson
• {userName} (sanitized) and {userNameRaw} as well as {cwd} have been added to param options when launching a door.
• Any module may now register for a system startup initialization via the initializeModules(initInfo, cb) export.
• User event log is now functional. Various events a user performs will be persisted to the system.sqlite3 user_event_log table for up to 90 days. An example usage can be found in the updated last_callers module where events are turned into Ami/X style actions. Please see UPGRADE.md!
• New MCI codes including general purpose movement codes. See MCI codes
• install.sh will now attempt to use NPM's --build-from-source option when ARM is detected.
• oputil.js config new will now generate a much more complete configuration file with comments, examples, etc. oputil.js config cat dumps your current config to stdout.
• Handling of failed login attempts is now fully in. Disconnect clients, lock out accounts, ability to auto or unlock at (email-driven) password reset, etc. See users.failedLogin in config.hjson.
• NNTP support! See NNTP docs for more information.
• oputil.js user rm and oputil.js user info are in! See oputil CLI.
• Performing a file scan/import using oputil.js fb scan now recognizes various FILES.BBS formats.
• Usernames found in the config.users.badUserNames are now not only disallowed from applying, but disconnected at any login attempt.
• Total minutes online is now tracked for users. Of course, it only starts after you get the update :)
• Form entries in menu.hjson can now be omitted from submission handlers using omit: true

0.0.8-alpha

• Mystic BBS style extended pipe color codes. These allow for example, to set "iCE" background colors.
• File descriptions (FILE_ID.DIZ, etc.) now support Renegade |## pipe, PCBoard, and other less common color codes found commonly in BBS era scene releases.
• New menu stack flags: noHistory now works as expected, and a new addition of popParent. See the default menu.hjson for usage.
• File structure changes making ENiGMA½ much easier to maintain and run in Docker. Thanks to RiPuk (Dave Stephens)! See UPGRADE.md for details.
• Switch to pure JS xxhash instead of farmhash. Too many issues on ARM and other less popular CPUs with farmhash (Dave Stephens)
• Native CombatNet support! (Dave Stephens)
• Fix various issues with legacy DOS Telnet terminals. Note that some may still have issues with extensive CPR usage by ENiGMA½ that will be addressed in a future release.
• Added web (http://, https://) based download manager including batch downloads. Clickable links if using VTXClient!
• General VTX hyperlink support for web links
• DEL vs Backspace key differences in FSE
• Correctly parse oddball INTL, TOPT, FMPT, Via, etc. FTN kludge lines
• NetMail support! You can now send and receive NetMail. To send a NetMail address a external user using Name <address> format from your personal email menu. For example, Foo Bar <123:123/123>. The system also detects other formats such asa Name @ address (Foo Bar@123:123/123)
• oputil.js: Added mb areafix command to quickly send AreaFix messages from the command line. You can manually send them from personal mail as well.
• oputil.js fb rm|remove|del|delete functionality to remove file base entries.
• oputil.js fb desc for setting/updating a file entry description.
• Users can now (re)set File and Message base pointers
• Add --update option to oputil.js fb scan
• Fix @watch path support for event scheduler including FTN, e.g. when looking for a toss!.now file produced by Binkd.

...LOTS more!

Pre 0.0.8-alpha

See GitHub