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 TODO/bugs in Irssi SILC client
 ==============================
 
 TODO/bugs in Irssi SILC client
 ==============================
 

- o Waiting the answer for accepting new key after the protocol has
-   timeout and then ansering Y will crash the client.
-
- o Add PERL scripting support from Irssi CVS.
+ o Add local command to switch the channel's private key when channel has
+   several private keys.  Currently sending channel messages with many
+   keys is not possible because changing the key is not possible by the
+   user.

 
  o Add local commands to list the current server and client public keys
    that the user has.  And a local command to dump the contents of the
 
  o Add local commands to list the current server and client public keys
    that the user has.  And a local command to dump the contents of the


@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ TODO/bugs in Irssi SILC client
    cipher, hash, hmac and pkcs configuration to the Irssi SILC's config
    file.
 
    cipher, hash, hmac and pkcs configuration to the Irssi SILC's config
    file.
 

+ o The QUIT command should wait for servers disconnection (at least for
+   a while) before exiting the application.
+
+ o The JOIN command's HELP is generated from Irssi IRCs JOIN help and
+   the syntax is not same in SILC.  This must be fixed.
+
+ o With USERS command to a channel user is not joined the name of the
+   channel is printed as garbled.
+
+ o Add PERL scripting support from Irssi CVS.
+

  o Extend the /HELP command to support sub commands or something.  So
    that user can say /help set mutual_authentication they would get
    help of the mutual_authentication setting.
  o Extend the /HELP command to support sub commands or something.  So
    that user can say /help set mutual_authentication they would get
    help of the mutual_authentication setting.


@@ -21,65 +32,29 @@ TODO/bugs in Irssi SILC client
  o Set different kind of settings, like, /set mutual_authentication,
    /set key_exchange_timeout, /set conn_auth_timeout etc etc.
 
  o Set different kind of settings, like, /set mutual_authentication,
    /set key_exchange_timeout, /set conn_auth_timeout etc etc.
 

- o Add KNOCKOUT local command.  It should kick an client from channel and
-   set a ban for it for number of seconds.
-
- o Add KICKBAN local command.  Kicks and bans the specified client.
-
- o Do some /set show_mail_notification that would show a notification
-   on screen when new email is received.
-

 
 TODO/bugs In SILC Client Library
 ================================
 
 
 TODO/bugs In SILC Client Library
 ================================
 

- o All protocol execution timeouts are hard coded. They should be 
-   configurable and the Irssi SILC client should be able to set them
-   with for example /set key_exchange_timeout etc.  The silc_client_alloc
-   should take a Params structure or something as argument.
-
- o silc_client_close_connection leaks memory.  Read the XXX from code.
-
- o Some of the ops->say's should be removed and moved to the application
-   from the library.  Go through these.
-
- o The client library must manage somehow when receiving client that has
-   same nickname, same server, same username but different Client ID than
-   what we have in the cache.  It is now assumed that they are different
-   client but it might not be.  It should at least number the clients
-   using the client->num so that they can be accessed from the user
-   interface separately or it could just remove the old client unless
-   it is on some channels.
-
- o Add client library parameters or options that handle what kind of
-   messages the library should print out (using `say' client operation,
-   for example) and what is left for the application to print.  The
-   appliation could for example set that it handles all command printing
-   but all error printing should be handled by the library, etc...
-   This is not a showstopper.
+ o JOIN command's argument handling is buggy.  See the XXX in the code.

 
 
 TODO/bugs In SILC Server
 ========================
 
 
 
 TODO/bugs In SILC Server
 ========================
 

- o When server quits and all clients of that server are removed from all
-   channels the channel keys are re-generated for all clients.  This is
-   a bug and should be done only once per channel after all clients of
-   the server has been removed.
+ o Add perhaps /var/run/silcd.pid for PID information for the server.
+
+ o Add a timeout to handling incmoing JOIN commands.  It should be 
+   enforced that JOIN command is executed only once in a second or two
+   seconds.  Now it is possible to accept n incoming JOIN commands
+   and process them without any timeouts.  THis must be employed because
+   each JOIN command will create and distribute the new channel key
+   to everybody on the channel.

 
  o Incomplete IPv6 support:
 
 
  o Incomplete IPv6 support:
 

-       o silc_server_get_users_on_channel does not support IPv6 based
-         Client ID's.
-       o silc_server_route_get and the route code in general supports
-         only IPv4.

        o silcd/serverid.c and its routines supports only IPv4.
 
        o silcd/serverid.c and its routines supports only IPv4.
 

- o DNS/IP lookup blocks the server.  This must be fixed.  Check the
-   resolver stuff (resolver(3), resolver(5)).  Either we have to do the
-   own resolver stuff (through scheduler, if possible without writing
-   too much own stuff) or use threads.
-

  o The backup router support described in the protocol specification
    should be done at some point.
 
  o The backup router support described in the protocol specification
    should be done at some point.
 


@@ -106,12 +81,7 @@ TODO/bugs In SILC Server
 TODO/bugs In SILC Libraries
 ===========================
 
 TODO/bugs In SILC Libraries
 ===========================
 

- o Incomplete IPv6 support:
-
-       o All network routines in lib/silcutil/silcnet.[ch] does not
-         support IPv6.
-       o silc_id_render supports only IPv4 based ID's in the file
-         lib/silcutil/silcutil.c.
+ o Some ./prepare problems with latest autoconf and automake.

 
  o Compression routines are missing.  The protocol supports packet
    compression thus it must be implemented.  SILC Comp API must be
 
  o Compression routines are missing.  The protocol supports packet
    compression thus it must be implemented.  SILC Comp API must be


@@ -119,9 +89,6 @@ TODO/bugs In SILC Libraries
    not in distribution), but it is not used yet, and it requires some
    tweaking on the Makefiles (we want static lib not shared).
 
    not in distribution), but it is not used yet, and it requires some
    tweaking on the Makefiles (we want static lib not shared).
 

- o The CAST cipher is not compiled currently due to compilation errors;
-   check those.  Cast is in lib/silccrypt/cast.c.
-

  o All payload parsing (decoding) functions should take unsigned char *
    and uint32 as data and data length as arguments.  Now some of the
    routines do already that but most of the routines use SilcBuffer.
  o All payload parsing (decoding) functions should take unsigned char *
    and uint32 as data and data length as arguments.  Now some of the
    routines do already that but most of the routines use SilcBuffer.


@@ -133,39 +100,37 @@ TODO/bugs In SILC Libraries
    only cosmetic changes but at some point must be done to make the
    payload interfaces consistent.
 
    only cosmetic changes but at some point must be done to make the
    payload interfaces consistent.
 

+ o Incomplete IPv6 support:
+
+       o All network routines in lib/silcutil/silcnet.[ch] does not
+         support IPv6.
+       o silc_id_render supports only IPv4 based ID's in the file
+         lib/silcutil/silcutil.c.
+

  o Add builtin SOCKS and HTTP Proxy support, well the SOCKS at least.
    SILC currently supports SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 but it needs to be compiled
    in separately.
 
 
  o Add builtin SOCKS and HTTP Proxy support, well the SOCKS at least.
    SILC currently supports SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 but it needs to be compiled
    in separately.
 
 

+TODO/Bugs in native WIN32 support (libraries)
+=============================================
+
+ o silc_net_create_connection_async does not work the same way than on
+   Unix.  Do it with threads on WIN32.
+
+

 TODO In SILC Protocol
 =====================
 
 TODO In SILC Protocol
 =====================
 

- o pp-03 draft:
-
-       o Add SILC_MESSAGE_FLAG_SIGNED flag that indicates that the
-         messages is signed with the senders private key and thus can
-         be verified with its public key.  This is especially handy
-         feature when sending privat messages without having negotiated
-         private keys, thus the servers decrypts and re-ecnrypts the
-         messages.  Other applications exists as well.
+ o If channel founder mode is set and the invite mode is set on channel
+   then the founder should be added to the list automatically so that
+   if the founder signoff's it will be able join again to the invite only
+   channel wihtout being invited.

 
 
 TODO After 1.0
 ==============
 
 
 
 TODO After 1.0
 ==============
 

- o Pthreads support.  A lot of problems are solved with server (and with
-   client as well) if we add pthread support.  We can forget things such
-   as non-blocking connecting etc, and we can do things such as DNS/IP
-   lookups async.  The server itself also benefits great deal from 
-   threads, especially from performance point of view.
-
-   But, this is not a small task and almost entire SILC Library has to
-   be made re-entrant.  Own API is probably added for the threads support
-   to make changes in the future as painless as possible.  So the API 
-   would have things like silc_mutex_lock, silc_mutex_unlock and 
-   friends...
-

  o X.509 certificate support.  SILC protocol supports certificates and
    it would be great to have support for them.  This is a big task as
    support has to be made for ASN.1 as well.  I've looked into OpenSSL 
  o X.509 certificate support.  SILC protocol supports certificates and
    it would be great to have support for them.  This is a big task as
    support has to be made for ASN.1 as well.  I've looked into OpenSSL 


@@ -181,6 +146,8 @@ TODO After 1.0
    to start writing one myself.  Anyhow, the OpenSSL X.509 lib should
    be checked.
 
    to start writing one myself.  Anyhow, the OpenSSL X.509 lib should
    be checked.
 

+   Other package that should be checked is the NSS's X509 library.
+

  o SSH2 public keys support.  Maybe - not really needed but could be
    nice as SSH is widely used all over the place.  SILC Protocol 
    supports SSH2 public keys.
  o SSH2 public keys support.  Maybe - not really needed but could be
    nice as SSH is widely used all over the place.  SILC Protocol 
    supports SSH2 public keys.