Topics relating to the Direct Connect network
For the better part of the last decade or so, the world of Direct Connect has pretty much lost its momentum. With some rare exceptions, most hub and client software development has slowed down or stalled, lots of projects have even been abandoned. User count has decreased slowly but steadily. Innovation has become sparse, and [ ]
This year s new DC++ release has just been put out. It is primarily a bugfix release, addressing some minor but rather complex problems that have existed in the client for several years. The changelog in the DC++ help lists the important bug fixes, with links to the official bug tracker entries where all the sympthoms [ ]
In a rather hasty and not-so-widely-publicised announcement, Launchpad, the infrastructure behind the development of Ubuntu Linux, informs its users that code hosting in Bazaar, their self-developed, once-default version control system, will be out of support soon. They recommend all existing Bazaar branches to be converted to Git format by a close deadline. Git has been [ ]
A new version of the base ADC protocol, version 1.0.4 and ADC Extensions, version 1.0.9 is now released. The base protocol document has been updated with smaller additions that had remained unreleased for quite a while. The extensions document received a few similar updates and now also includes the final draft of the CCPM (client [ ]
A fix that prevents the latest and older versions of ADCH++ to be remote crashed in a rather trivial way has been committed to the official repository. The vulnerability allows a malicious remote user to terminate any ADCH++ hub service by sending a specially crafted INF command with I4 or I6 flags that contain an [ ]
A new version of DC++ has been released today, wrapping up a year of fixes and improvements. The following are the notable changes that s been made in the user interface: Some under the hood improvements: For a complete list of fixes, as always, please refer to the changelog or the list of commits. As usual, [ ]
A new version of the Scripting DC Plugin has been released today fixing a serious vulnerability that allows attackers to remotely execute any code in the host system running any DC client compatible with DC Plugins, such as DC++. The nature of this vulnerability can cause various security issues, for example it makes the attacker [ ]
A new DC++ release has been made available to download this week. Version 0.881 continues to be a largely code maintenance release, however, this time it also comes with some improvements on the user interface as well. First and foremost with this release DC++ is moved to a modern compiler platform that produces an executable [ ]
The first DC++ release that brings a few notable changes since last fall s version 0.870 has been made available to download this week. Version 0.880 marks the start of a new era, an active maintenance mode if you like, that we announced roughly a year ago. Along with that line there are no new significant [ ]
A quick but important notice: from version 0.880 (release imminent) and on DC++ will come with General Public License version 3. The license upgrade has been done with the written approval of Jacek Sieka, the original author and copyright holder of DC++. This change is important for the future maintainability of DC++ since some external [ ]