NetworkManager 0.9.4.0 - Changelog

What's new in NetworkManager 0.8.5.91:

July 29th, 2011

· Fix handling of WINS server address in libnm-glib
· Fix checks for s390 CTC device types
· Fix export of nm_device_get_ip_iface() in libnm-glib
· Fix export of IPv6 DNS GValue conversion functions in libnm-glib
· Recognize and manage platform 'gadget' devices
· Send only "short" hostname, not FQDN, to DHCP servers
· Allow "_" as a valid character for GSM APNs
· Handle shared connections in the ifnet plugin
· Fix Ad-Hoc frequency selection for user-created Ad-Hoc networks
· Allow failed connections to be retried when Ethernet carrier bounces
· Allow usage of paths for certificates and keys in the keyfile plugin
· Fix crash requesting system VPN secrets
· Add ability to blacklist certain MAC addresses for wired & wifi connections
· Ensure users are authorized to share wifi networks (CVE-2011-2176)

What's new in NetworkManager 0.8.3.995:

February 24th, 2011

· Preliminary support for Exherbo Linux
· Logging fixes to suppress unnecessary messages
· Ensure removed devices are cleaned up
· Fix potential 64-bit crash updating timestamps
· IPv6 setup, routing, and compliance fixes
· Handle reverse DNS lookups with local caching nameserver configurations
· No longer updates /etc/hosts when hostname changes
· Request WPAD option from DHCP servers
· Shutdown crash fixes
· nmcli support for WWAN connections
· Persistent hostname sent to DHCP servers by default
· Allow disabing PPP support at build time
· Memory leak fixes

What's new in NetworkManager 0.8.2:

November 5th, 2010

· Native local caching nameserver support using dnsmasq
· Automatically detect addition and removal of new VPN plugins
· Support for handling suspend/resume signals from UPower
· Ensure users are allowed to enable/disable WiFi and networking
· Ensure WiFi enable state is perserved across reboot and suspend
· Better handling of /etc/hosts and preservation of custom hostnames
· Support for the systemd session management service
· Better handling of 'keyfile' system connection errors
· Support for S390 network devices

What's new in NetworkManager 0.8.2 Beta 1:

November 5th, 2010

· Native local caching nameserver support using dnsmasq
· Automatically detect addition and removal of new VPN plugins
· Support for handling suspend/resume signals from UPower
· Ensure users are allowed to enable/disable WiFi and networking
· Ensure WiFi enable state is perserved across reboot and suspend
· Better handling of /etc/hosts and preservation of custom hostnames
· Support for the systemd session management service
· Better handling of 'keyfile' system connection errors
· Support for S390 network devices * and much more...