Manual:The Dude/Changelog

The Dude Version 3

v3.0beta2:

• added speech notification
• bug fixes

v3.0beta1:

• added TimeLastDown, TimeLastUp variables for services
• any list/table export to pdf
• automatic update works in wine environment
• added builtin funcion string_compare, string_find, string_substring
• reduced server <-> client network traffic
• dude agents - add other dude servers as dude agents to reach networks behind

  firewalls, offload polling work from server to agents

• support for snmp v3

The Dude Version 2

v2.1:

• fixed panels
• fixed builtin functions or, and, not
• fixed some bugs in web server
• other bug fixes

v2.0:

• web server could not work
• fixed import
• panels sometimes could become unconfigurable
• fixed memory leak with failing local connections
• minor fixes

v2.0beta12:

• fixed possible crash when discovering
• service counts could be accounted incorrectly
• fixed web interface link info bug
• fixed problem with secure web interface
• oid picker performs snmp walk as from server not client
• snmpwalk could use incorrect snmp profile
• other fixes

v2.0beta11:

• non-integer number output, builtin round function
• fixed rate function
• bug fixes

v2.0beta10:

• improved accuracy of network discovery
• bug fixes and performance improvements

v2.0beta9:

• many bug fixes

v2.0beta8:

• tables have selectable columns
• multiple dude servers accessible from one client (device window)
• improvements for wine
• bug fixes

v2.0beta7:

• new builtin function - execute. Allows to make probes and data sources based on return value or output of exeternal programs
• new builtin function - device_property. Allows to use device field values in functions
• many bug fixes

v2.0beta6

• new snmp oid chooser control
• many bug fixes

v2.0beta5:

• data sources can be fed by functions
• network map tooltips can evaluate functions
• crash reporter
• function probe - probes can containt very complex statements
• added cpu, memory, virtual memory, disk probes - graphs usage of resources
• ping function - pings host and returns rtt, size, ttl, error
• more builtin functions
• dude database could occasionally get corrupted
• other bug fixes

v2.0beta4:

• snmp profiles added
• discovery uses all snmp profiles to assign proper profile to device
• snmp version 2c support
• reworked panel stuff - have separate panel layout for each admin (optionally for each session), custom panels can be created, panels can be nested
• panels can be opened in separate window
• each email notification can specify SMTP server
• bug fixes

v2.0beta3:

• bandwidth test tool for routeros devices
• tools easily accessible from any ip address edit box
• tools accessible from any lists context menu that has ip or device in some column
• files on dude server can be saved on clients computer
• network map automatic export files are added to dude servers files

v2.0beta2:

• automatic map export leaked memory a lot
• dude uses default web browser to open web links
• big wireless registration table for routeros devices
• routeros packages can be disabled/enabled/uninstalled from dude
• tools can be easily performed on routeros neighbors from context menu
• open in new window option for submap context menu in network map
• services can be 'unacked'
• default zoom setting for network maps
• submap links offer all contained devices
• services show correct uptime/downtime
• configuration export could crash dude client
• fixed memory leaks, permission problems in web interface
• passwords cannot be cheated from web interface
• many other bug fixes

v2.0beta1:

• tools ping, traceroute, snmpwalk can be performed as from server
• tools ping and traceroute can be performed as from any router os device
• added terminal and remote connection (telnet/ssh/mac-telnet) tool for routeros devices
• force upgrade feature - ignore situations when router already has that version or not all packages are available on dude server
• upgrade accessible from network map context menu
• logic probe type added - group together many simple probes with logical elements and,or,not
• character encoding changed - server operates with utf8 encoded strings, web server shows correct characters
• remove resolved outages button added to outage table
• improved object window layouting
• improved window dependencies
• ctrl+Z, ctrl+Y work as undo and redo
• dude window could lose focus in some situations
• added support for other languages of user interface
• added fancy torch tool
• added ability to periodically export network maps to png or pdf
• easier input of some fields (combo boxes with common values)
• tree view for devices - represents parent/child relationships
• snmp mib parser - dude has mib database and can import new mibs
• improved snmp walk - oid names, organizes data in tree, nice tables etc
• oids can be selected via convenient oid chooser
• device and link labels on network maps can show values of any snmp variable
• per device and device type configurable tools menu

The Dude Version 1

v1.2:

• fixed web server
• fixed web server memory leak
• fixed dude client crash

v1.1:

• secure connections could crash server or client
• layouting of empty map could crash dude client

v1.0:

• fixed memory leak in server when using secure connections