GNU Gatekeeper 5.3 released

I have just released GNU Gatekeeper version 5.3.

You can download it from https://www.gnugk.org/h323download.html

This release has a number of new features as well as some important bug
fixes.

Whats new ?

• LRQ loop detection to optimize calls flows between multiple neighbor gatekeepers This new feature has the potential to significantly reduce the load on all gatekeepers and prevent "LRQ storms".
• new routing policy to set call destinations by querying HTTP or REST servers, see [Routing::Http]
• much improved support for SNMP
• important bug fix for TLS encryption of signaling channels
• important bug fixes for H.460.18 NAT traversal (for H.245 tunneling and for multi-homed servers)
• performance optimization: this version can handle 5-10% more proxied  calls on the same hardware
• performance optimization: re-authenticate lightweight, additive registrations only when new aliases differ. This significantly reduces the load on password databases.

Enjoy!


Full change log:

- BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) don't send H.245 address to tunneling
  H.460.18 endpoint, breaks call when H.245 multiplexing
- performance optimization: 5% faster UDP handling
- changed default: [SNMP] Implementation=PTlib
- remove unfinished Windows-SNMP implementation, use PTLib-SNMP on Windows
- support SET and GET-NEXT in PTLib-SNMP
- support SNMP sysUpTime when running as standalone agent
- BUGFIX(configure.in) LARGE_FDSET defaults to off
- new SNMP OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.27938.11.1.9 to query total bandwidth allocated to ongoing calls
- BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) fix hangup when making many TLS calls quickly one after another
- BUGFIX(RasSrv.cxx) don't require H.460.22 parameters in ARQs
- BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) fix TLS without LARGE_FDSET
- BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) don't send H.460.22 priority field in SCI
- BUGFIX(gkauth.cxx) free memory from cached and expired passwords
- re-authenticate lightweight, additive registrations only when new aliases differ
- remove switch [Proxy]DisableRTPQueueing, always disabled now
- new routing policy: http with config section [Routing::Http]
- BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) fix H.460.18 on multi-homed servers (SCI comes from the correct IP now)
- new switch to disable SNMP traps [SNMP] EnableTraps=0
- BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) don't throw SNMP trap on H.245 connection errors
  (causes crash under load with Net-SNMP)
- BUGFIX(snmp.cxx) shutdown GnuGk when SNMP agent can't be started
- BUGFIX(snmp.cxx) protect NetSNMP library calls with mutex
- changed default: ForwardResponse now defaults to 1 in [RasSrv::LRQFeatures] and [Neighbor::...]
- new feature: loop detection for LRQs [RasSrv::LRQFeatures] LoopDetection=1
- BUGFIX(Neighbor.cxx) some settings in [RasSrv::LRQFeatures] were ignored if not set in [Neighbor::...]

GNU Gatekeeper 4.5 released

The most important change is the implementation of TCP keepalives for H.460.18 (bugfix) and optionally for all kinds of calls (feature). This is really important for NAT traversal.

In addition to the keepalives there are a number of bugfixes and a few minor feature additions (see the change notes below).

You can download the new version from
https://www.gnugk.org/h323download.html


Full change log from 4.4 to 4.5

• new feature to send H.225 and H.245 keep-alives for all calls, enable with [RoutedMode] EnableGnuGkTcpKeepAlive=1, set interval with GnuGkTcpKeepAliveInterval=n
• BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) send H.225 and H.245 keep-alives when acting as H.460.18 client
• BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) disable RTP/RTCP port check for IPs in AllowedSignalIPs= when doing port detection
• [Proxy] AllowedSignalIPs= can now process a list of networks
• add shortcurt 'rl' for status port command 'rotatelog'
• new switch [CallTable] SetCalledStationIdToDialedIP=1
• new switch [CallTable] UseDestCallSignalIPAsDialedNumber=1 to place the destSignalIP into the %{DialedNumber} field if no dialed number is available in the ARQ / Setup
• BUGFIX(ProxyChannel.cxx) fix crash on invalid sourceCallSignalAddress
• add optional parameter for call transfer method to MakeCall status port command
• BUGFIX(Toolkit.*) fix bug in IP comparison
• BUGFIX(Toolkit.*) the internal networks configured with the [Proxy] InternalNetworks switch were added to the detected internal networks and didn't replace them, now they replace them as documented