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Version 1.5.1
Maintenance/bugfix release
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Yves (Administrator) #1
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Subject: Version 1.5.1
Today I released version 1.5.1, which is mainly a maintenance/bugfix release. It contains a subset of the changes since the release of 1.5 on 15aug.

I tried not to touch to many files relating to the designs so that you don't need to update too much if you have altered the design. But I couldn't avoid changes in almost all source code files, so that you may need to merge your own modifications into this version. In the future, there will be local design files and a plugin system to make these things much easier.

Warning: There's one incompatible change in the log: You need to put the prefix "b64:" (without quotes) in front of the three passwords stored in the configuration file (if they are set) or you won't be able to access the board any more! You can also enter plaintext passwords in the configuration file by hand now.

There's no big difference between the current development snapshot and version 1.5.1 at the moment. So if you'd also like to use all new features and the modified design, you can also switch to the 10sep development version.

The download page holds current download archives and two updates (full, lite version) that contain all new files.
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Quote by Yves:
Warning: There's one incompatible change in the log: You need to put the prefix "b64:" (without quotes) in front of the three passwords stored in the configuration file (if they are set) or you won't be able to access the board any more! You can also enter plaintext passwords in the configuration file by hand now.
Which file are u referring to? board.conf.php? I can't seem to find 3 passwords there, anyway there's an encoded db_pass (Is it the one too?)

Thanks I'm confused :-p
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Yves (Administrator) #3
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Quote by Yves:
You need to put the prefix "b64:" (without quotes) in front of the three passwords stored in the configuration file (if they are set) (...)

The three options are:
db_pass
smtp_pass
jabber_pass

If they're empty, you don't need to do anything.

Example:
db_pass = ABCDEF
must be changed into
db_pass = b64:ABCDEF
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Cool, Gonna chack this out!
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Yves (Administrator) #5
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Important Update:

Please check out the Change log and the latest patch for version 1.5.1. You can find it on the download page.
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Yves (Administrator) #6
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For your information:

The latest (yesterday's) development snapshot is now somewhat bug-free (I hope :)) and is pretty much the same as the upcoming version 1.5.2 will be, except of two minor features (word filter and user title filter). The internal architecture shouldn't change a lot anymore, as well as the designs and CSS layout, though there may be bugfixes or other spontaneous updates that'll come to my mind. ;)

So if you'd like to take a look at what will wait for you in some weeks, this is it. You can try your mods or custom design on this version to have it finished faster on the next release.

You can find the latest development version on the Download page.
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Yves (Administrator) #7
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Important Security Update

It's good to know that there are still some friendly people out there to inform one about security vulnerabilities. I got a link to SecurityFocus some minutes ago about a more or less severe security vulnerability in BlackBoard, applying to any version up to now. Well, there's already a patch available. So please get the latest patch level 1.5.1-h from the download page and apply it to your board installation. The only relevant change this time is the bb_lib/.htaccess file that should fix the problem. I'll do more testing later then. I'm not sure if it's wise to post more details about that, anyone who wants to know more about it, is welcome to contact me on that.

PS: You can also apply this patch partially on development versions. You only need to upload the .htaccess file in this case.
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Sorry for that inconvenience, but I have found a page rendering bug with the first version of the "h" patch. There is one file that must still be accessible. Anyway, here's the bb_lib/.htaccess file you need to fix the mentioned patch:
<Files *.php>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Files>
<Files abbc.css.php>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Files>
The patch archive has been updated and is now timestamped with 2004-10-06 23:30 UTC.

I have fully resolved that bug at its cause in the latest development version (except for this fix...) and it will be available from the next release on (version 1.5.2). Regarding this, I might change my plan and release that version a bit earlier.
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Yves (Administrator) #9
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Update concerning development release:

Today's devel version has a lot of security and stability enhancements in it and will most likely be released as version 1.5.2 in this week. You can download it here: http://blackboard.unclassified.de/download.php#devel and check your code and design modifications with it.
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Subject: Cool
Thats very cool :-D
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Quote by Fan on 2004-10-18, 19:35:
Thats very cool :-D

Indeed
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Yves (Administrator) #12
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Subject: Last call for testing
As we're approaching the planned release date of version 1.5.2, you can expect this to happen in a few days. I have found and fixed some bugs in the last development snapshot and would appreciate some people to review and test it before I'm going to release the code.

You can download the latest version here: http://blackboard.unclassified.de/download.php#devel
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i will test something the comming days. report will come today/tomorrow
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Thank you, I'm looking forward to your findings. :) Maybe I can get that version finished this weekend after I've also done some testing.
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