diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e30be21 --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,279 @@ + +==== +NEWS +==== + +Highlights of what's new in each release: + +Releases +======== + +v1.7.1 (Amy) 10jun07 +-------------------- + * windows SSH agent support can use the 'ctypes' module now if 'win32all' is + not available [patch from alexander belchenko] + * SFTPClient.listdir_attr() now preserves the 'longname' field [patch from + wesley augur] + * SFTPClient.get_channel() API added + * SSHClient constuctor takes an optional 'timeout' parameter [patch from + james bardin] + +v1.7 (zubat) 18feb07 +-------------------- + * added x11 channel support (patch from david guerizec) + * added reverse port forwarding support + * (bug 75370) raise an exception when contacting a broken SFTP server + * (bug 80295) SSHClient shouldn't expand the user directory twice when reading + RSA/DSS keys + * (bug 82383) typo in DSS key in SSHClient + * (bug 83523) python 2.5 warning when encoding a file's modification time + * if connecting to an SSH agent fails, silently fallback instead of raising + an exception + +v1.6.4 (yanma) 19nov06 +---------------------- + * fix setup.py on osx (oops!) + * (bug 69330) check for the existence of RSA/DSA keys before trying to open + them in SFTPClient + * (bug 69222) catch EAGAIN in socket code to workaround a bug in recent + Linux 2.6 kernels + * (bug 70398) improve dict emulation in HostKeys objects + * try harder to make sure all worker threads are joined on Transport.close() + +v1.6.3 (xatu) 14oct06 +--------------------- + * fixed bug where HostKeys.__setitem__ wouldn't always do the right thing + * fixed bug in SFTPClient.chdir and SFTPAttributes.__str__ [patch from + mike barber] + * try harder not to raise EOFError from within SFTPClient + * fixed bug where a thread waiting in accept() could block forever if the + transport dies [patch from mike looijmans] + +v1.6.2 (weedle) 16aug06 +----------------------- + * added support for "old" group-exchange server mode, for compatibility + with the windows putty client + * fixed some more interactions with SFTP file readv() and prefetch() + * when saving the known_hosts file, preserve the original order [patch from + warren young] + * fix a couple of broken lines when exporting classes (bug 55946) + +v1.6.1 (vulpix) 10jul06 +----------------------- + * more unit tests fixed for windows/cygwin (thanks to alexander belchenko) + * a couple of fixes related to exceptions leaking out of SFTPClient + * added ability to set items in HostKeys via __setitem__ + * HostKeys now retains order and has a save() method + * added PKey.write_private_key and PKey.from_private_key + +v1.6 (umbreon) 10may06 +---------------------- + * pageant support on Windows thanks to john arbash meinel and todd whiteman + * fixed unit tests to work under windows and cygwin (thanks to alexander + belchenko for debugging) + * various bugfixes/tweaks to SFTP file prefetch + * added SSHClient for a higher-level API + * SFTP readv() now yields results as it gets them + * several APIs changed to throw an exception instead of "False" on failure + +v1.5.4 (tentacool) 11mar06 +-------------------------- + * fixed HostKeys to more correctly emulate a python dict + * fixed a bug where file read buffering was too aggressive + * improved prefetching so that out-of-order reads still use the prefetch + buffer + * added experimental SFTPFile.readv() call + * more unit tests + +v1.5.3 (squirtle) 19feb06 +------------------------- + * a few performance enhancements + * added HostKeys, for dealing with openssh style "known_hosts" files, and + added support for hashed hostnames + * added Transport.atfork() for dealing with forked children + * added SFTPClient.truncate, SFTPFile.chmod, SFTPFile.chown, SFTPFile.utime, + and SFTPFile.truncate + * improved windows demos [patch from mike looijmans], added an sftp demo, and + moved demos to the demos/ folder + * fixed a few interoperability bugs + * cleaned up logging a bit + * fixed a bug where EOF on a Channel might not be detected by select [found + by thomas steinacher] + * fixed python 2.4-ism that crept in [patch by jan hudec] + * fixed a few reference loops that could have interacted badly with the python + garbage collector + * fixed a bunch of pychecker warnings, some of which were bugs + +v1.5.2 (rhydon) 04dec05 +----------------------- + * compression support (opt-in via Transport.use_compression) + * sftp files may be opened with mode flag 'x' for O_EXCL (exclusive-open) + behavior, which has no direct python equivalent + * added experimental util functions for parsing openssh config files + * fixed a few bugs (and potential deadlocks) with key renegotiation + * fixed a bug that caused SFTPFile.prefetch to occasionally lock up + * fixed an sftp bug which affected van dyke sftp servers + * fixed the behavior of select()ing on a closed channel, such that it will + always trigger as readable + +v1.5.1 (quilava) 31oct05 +------------------------ + * SFTPFile.prefetch() added to dramatically speed up downloads (automatically + turned on in SFTPClient.get()) + * fixed bug where garbage-collected Channels could trigger the Transport to + close the session (reported by gordon good) + * fixed a deadlock in rekeying (reported by wendell wood) + * fixed some windows bugs and SFTPAttributes.__str__() (reported by grzegorz + makarewicz) + * better sftp error reporting by adding fake "errno" info to IOErrors + +v1.5 (paras) 02oct05 +-------------------- + * added support for "keyboard-interactive" authentication + * added mode (on by default) where password authentication will try to + fallback to "keyboard-interactive" if it's supported + * added pipelining to SFTPFile.write and SFTPClient.put + * fixed bug with SFTPFile.close() not guarding against being called more + than once (thanks to Nathaniel Smith) + * fixed broken 'a' flag in SFTPClient.file() (thanks to Nathaniel Smith) + * fixed up epydocs to look nicer + * reorganized auth_transport into auth_handler, which seems to be a cleaner + separation + * demo scripts fixed to have a better chance of loading the host keys + correctly on windows/cygwin + +v1.4 (oddish) 17jul05 +--------------------- + * added SSH-agent support (for posix) from john rochester + * added chdir() and getcwd() to SFTPClient, to emulate a "working directory" + * added get() and put() to SFTPClient, to emulate ftp whole-file transfers + * added check() to SFTPFile (a file hashing protocol extension) + * fixed Channels and SFTPFiles (among others) to auto-close when GC'd + * fixed Channel.fileno() for Windows, this time really + * don't log socket errors as "unknown exception" + * some misc. backward-compatible API improvements (like allowing + Transport.start_client() and start_server() to be called in a blocking way) + +v1.3.1 (nidoran) 28jun05 +------------------------ + * added SFTPClient.close() + * fixed up some outdated documentation + * made SFTPClient.file() an alias for open() + * added Transport.open_sftp_client() for convenience + * refactored packetizing out of Transport + * fixed bug (reported by alain s.) where connecting to a non-SSH host could + cause paramiko to freeze up + * fixed Channel.fileno() for Windows (again) + * some more unit tests + +v1.3 (marowak) 09apr05 +---------------------- + * fixed a bug where packets larger than about 12KB would cause the session + to die on all platforms except osx + * added a potential workaround for windows to let Channel.fileno() (and + therefore the select module) work! + * changed API for subsystem handlers (sorry!) to pass more info and make it + easier to write a functional SFTP server + +v1.2 (lapras) 28feb05 +--------------------- + * added SFTPClient.listdir_attr() for fetching a list of files and their + attributes in one call + * added Channel.recv_exit_status() and Channel.send_exit_status() for + manipulating the exit status of a command from either client or server + mode + * moved check_global_request into ServerInterface, where it should've been + all along (oops) + * SFTPHandle's default implementations are fleshed out more + * made logging a bit more consistent, and started logging thread ids + * fixed a few race conditions, one of which would sometimes cause a Transport + to fail to start on slow machines + * more unit tests + +v1.1 (kabuto) 12dec04 +--------------------- + * server-side SFTP support + * added support for stderr streams on client & server channels + * added a new distinct exception for failed client authentication + when caused by the server rejecting that *type* of auth + * added support for multi-part authentication + * fixed bug where get_username() wasn't working in server mode + +v1.0 (jigglypuff) 06nov04 +------------------------- + * fixed bug that broke server-mode authentication by private key + * fixed bug where closing a Channel could end up killing the entire + Transport + * actually include demo_windows.py this time (oops!) + * fixed recently-introduced bug in group-exchange key negotiation that + would generate the wrong hash (and therefore fail the initial handshake) + * server-mode subsystem handler is a bit more flexible + +v0.9 (ivysaur) 22oct04 +---------------------- + * new ServerInterface class for implementing server policy, so it's no + longer necessary to subclass Transport or Channel -- server code will + need to be updated to follow this new API! (see demo_server.py) + * some bugfixes for re-keying an active session + * Transport.get_security_options() allows fine-tuned control over the + crypto negotiation on a new session + * Transport.connect() takes a single hostkey object now instead of two + string parameters + * the Channel request methods (like 'exec_command') now return True on + success or False on failure + * added a mechanism for providing subsystems in server mode (and a new + class to be subclassed: SubsystemHandler) + * renamed SFTP -> SFTPClient (but left an alias for existing code) + * added SFTPClient.normalize() to resolve paths on the server + * fleshed out the API a bit more for SFTPClient and private keys + * a bunch of new unit tests! + +v0.9 (horsea) 27jun04 +--------------------- + * fixed a lockup that could happen if the channel was closed while the + send window was full + * better checking of maximum packet sizes + * better line buffering for file objects + * now chops sftp requests into smaller packets for some older servers + * more sftp unit tests + +v0.9 (gyarados) 31may04 +----------------------- + * Transport.open_channel() -- supports local & remote port forwarding now + * now imports UTF-8 encodings explicitly as a hint to "freeze" utilities + * no longer rejects older SFTP servers + * default packet size bumped to 8kB + * fixed deadlock in closing a channel + * Transport.connect() -- fixed bug where it would always fail when given a + host key to verify + +v0.9 (fearow) 23apr04 +--------------------- + * Transport.send_ignore() -- send random ignored bytes + * RSAKey/DSSKey added from_private_key_file() as a factory constructor; + write_private_key_file() & generate() to create and save ssh2 keys; + get_base64() to retrieve the exported public key + * Transport added global_request() [client] and check_global_request() + [server] + * Transport.get_remove_server_key() now returns a PKey object instead of a + tuple of strings + * Transport.get_username() -- return the username you auth'd as [client] + * Transport.set_keepalive() -- makes paramiko send periodic junk packets + to the remote host, to keep the session active + * python 2.2 support (thanks to Roger Binns) + * misc. bug fixes + +v0.9 (eevee) 08mar04 +-------------------- + +v0.9 (doduo) 04jan04 +-------------------- + +v0.1 (charmander) 10nov03 +------------------------- + +v0.1 (bulbasaur) 18sep03 +------------------------ + +v0.1 (aerodactyl) 13sep03 +-------------------------