Change Log

Overview of significant script changes between versions.

Introduction

This page is useful to identify new features, command usage changes, and new configuration settings.

Updating Armour is best handled through the Updater feature from v4.x, which also handles configuration files merges to retain existing settings and insert new ones from a new script version.

To inquire about any changes, report a bug, or to request new features, please see the Contact page.

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Changes

v5.0

Upcoming v5.0 Release

Preview of what is coming in the next release

Change	Description
Enhancement	Support for TCL 9.0 (and require minimum of 8.6)
Enhancement	Support for eggdrop 1.10 (and require minimum of 1.8.4)
Enhancement	Added file logger to ./armour/logs directory with configurable log level via cfg(log:level)
Enhancement	Performance improvements in floodnet detection & response
Enhancement	Allow bot to send all possible actions via channel services
Enhancement	Automatically revert to using 'chan' (via server) for actions if service (e.g., X) is not in a given channel
Enhancement	The usearch command now matches search string against network account as well as bot user
Enhancement	Add bot install and config info to conf info and status commands
Enhancement	Streamlined Armour initialisation by providing instructions as soon as eggdrop password is set with pass command, using that password for the first Armour user
Enhancement	Allow update install command to apply local update that was already installed form another bot in the same install directory
Enhancement	Quote plugin now allows random quote via optional search results: quote rand <search> / q r <search>
Enhancement	Allow quote, image, and speak commands to take an optional channel
Enhancement	Allow CAPTCHA to send challenges via either NOTICE orPRIVMSGusing settingcfg(captcha:method)`
Enhancement	Include expiry time and preservation counts when calling image stats and speak stats
Enhancement	Changed default OpenAI model to gpt-4o, now being twice the speed at half the cost of the previous GPT-4 models
Enhancement	Added NickServ authentication support for Rizon (network)
Enhancement	Added new ignore command to manage ignore lists that temporarily prevent clients from using commands. Summary:
	- usage: ignore ?chan? <add|rem|view|list|search> [nick!mask] [duration] [reason]
	- Allows login to still be used
	- Never ignores a global level 500 user
	- Allows users with access to still use the ignore command
	- Includes ignore details in output of verify command if that client is ignored and the comman was typed from the relevant channel
Enhancement	Added summarise plugin to summarise channel activity, or summarise clients or topics by random quotes. Summary:
	- usage: summarise [nick|mins|search] [prompt]
Enhancement	Added seen plugin to identify when users were last seen (and how). Summary:
	- usage: seen ?chan? <nick>
Enhancement	Added weather plugin to show current weather by city. Summary:
	- Forecasts also supported if subscribed to the Basic plan at OpenweatherMap (1000 free requests per month)
	- usage: weather <city>
	- new city user setting can allow a user to retrieve weather for their own city without specifying each time
Enhancement	Allow city to be set per user:
	usage: set city <location>
	usage: moduser <user> city <location>
Enhancement	Added errors plugin to optionally automatically submit script errors via API to assist with bug troubleshooting and fixes
Enhancement	Added speak plugin for text-to-speech capabilities Summary:
	- Supports OpenAI and Elevenlabs text-to-speech (TTS)
	- Configurable voices in both services
	- Literal TTS via speak command or spoken output when prefixing AI requests with speak
Enhancement	Added sing plugin for AI song generation Summary:
	- Uses SunoAPI with Suno for AI song generation
	- Supports song generation about a nickname (if quote plugin is loaded and enabled on chan), plus manual prompt
	- Tracks generated songs for later viewing, deletion, searching, voting, stats and top recall
	- Quoted or voted songs will be preserved (avoiding automatic expiry)
	- usage: song (about <nick>|<prompt>) [extra]
	- usage: sing <rand|+|view|search|del|top|stats> [id|num]
Enhancement	Added ninjas plugin for fun commands courtesy of api-ninjas.com Summary:
	- joke: output a random joke
	- dad: output a random Dad Joke
	- cocktail: output mixing instructions for a searched cocktail
	- chuck: output a random Chuck Norris joke
	- history: output a random event from 'this day in history', optionally relating to a search term
	- fact: output a random fact
Enhancement	Added humour plugin for fun commands courtesy of humorapi.com Summary:
	- gif: output a random GIF from a given search phrase
	- praise: give words of praise to a given nick with a given prompt
	- insult: insult a given nick with a given prompt
Enhancement	Allow settings to be changed with conf command (without rehash)
Enhancement	Completed IPv6 support Summary:
	- Support for IPv6 CIDR notation in whitelists and blacklists
	- Support for IPv6 in DNSBL lookups (incl. scanrbl command)
	- Support for IPv6 in port scanner (incl. scanport command)
	- Support for IPv6 in resolver for hostname lookups
	- Support for IPv6 in asn and country commands
Enhancement	Added support for autotopic channel setting Summary:
	- Check periodically (every cfg(atopic:period) mins)
	- Apply autotopic if current topic is different to channel description and optional URL
	- Uses channel settings desc and url to form automatic topics
Enhancement	Added support for floatlim channel setting Summary:
	- Implement management of floating channel limit with channel mode +l
	- Reduces risk of disruption from large floodnets or Excess Floods
	- floatperiod: the frequency (in seconds) to periodically check for channel limit changes
	- floatmargin: set channel limit to margin count above current channel user count
	- floatgrace: only change chanenl limit if the difference between current users and chanenl limit is within the floatgrace
	- Use default values for floatperiod, floatmargin, and floatgrace when floatlim is initially turned on
	- floatlim will be enabled for newly registered channels unless cfg(float:auto) is disabled
Enhancement	New config option cfg(list:host:convert) to determine if hosts get converted to IPs when using add command (default: no)
Enhancement	Set new sensible defaults in install.sh. New Defaults:
	- eggdrop altnick to <nick>-
	- eggdrop username to the user running install.sh
	- eggdrop vhost4 address to first IP on primary NIC
	- eggdrop servers address based on network value (for Undernet, DALnet, IRCnet, EFnet, Quakenet)
Enhancement	Added deploy command to spawn new bots from IRC Summary:
	- usage: deploy <bot> [setting1=value1 setting2=value2 settingN=valueN...]
	- configure eggdrop
	- configure Armour
	- start eggdrop
	- allow custom settings as per deployment *.ini syntax
	- use existing settings from current bot if setting overrides not provided
Enhancement	Added 'quote guess' as a guessing game with random channel quotes. Automatically outputs the answer after cfg(quote:guess:secs) seconds.
Improvement	Added eggdrop and TCL version to status command output. Limited default output and added -more option to show machine uptime and install paths..
Improvement	Increased the minimum level for numerous commands, to better align with self-registered users being granted global level 1
Improvement	Removed dependency on md5 or md5sum binaries
Improvement	Remove duplicate settings from armour.conf.sample
Improvement	Refactor PNG and MP3 expiry processing to avoid conflicts when multiple bots run from the same install directory. Changed default expiry to 365 days.
Improvement	Unbind commands if not enabled in configuration file: openai (ask, askmode, image), speak (speak), captcha, trakka (ack, nudge, score), ninjas (joke, dad, cocktail, chuck, history, fact), humour (gif, praise, insult)
Fixed Bug	Fix for unicode chars in openai plugin. Note that displaying emojis requires TCL compiled with #define TCL_UTF_MAX 6. See: https://wiki.eggheads.org/index.php/UTF-8
Fixed Bug	Using the mod command to change entry flags result in incorrect flags after the next rehash/restart
Fixed Bug	Don't send duplicate notes about the same revision when updates are detected
Fixed Bug	Fix install.sh script for BSD and macOS systems
Fixed Bug	Fix cronjob to periodically delete unvoted and unquoted AI files more than cfg(ask:expire) days old
Fixed Bug	Fixes for DB migration from Armour v3.x
Fixed Bug	Ensure all old channel data is deleted when channels are purged with remchan
Fixed Bug	Fixed lastspeak memory leak in the quote plugin which could also cause slow responses when using quote add last ...
Fixed Bug	Blacklists using IPv6 hosts not correctly matching unless limit was manually changed after adding the entry
Fixed Bug	Ensure IPQS API response errors are handled appropriately

v4.0

2024-03-09

Change	Description
Enhancement	Installation script install.sh supports bot additions through deployment files with -f <file>
Enhancement	Allow invite command to be used for unregistered cfg(chan:report) channel for global level >=450 users
Enhancement	Add eggdrop memory usage to status command output
Improvement	Disable channel mode +D/+d/-D/-d handling for non-ircu server ircds
Fixed Bug	Command mod not working unless channel was specified
FIxed Bug	Command showlog flooded bot when -max 0 specified

2024-03-05

Change	Description
Enhancement	Installation script install.sh now handles eggdrop configuration, startup, and rehash
Improvement	Removed redundant eggdrop sample db files
Improvement	Use botname specific DB file names isntead of old ./db/armour.db default
Fixed Bug	Fix floodnet bug not setting bans
Fixed Bug	Wrong channel name could appear in mod command output
Fixed Bug	The cfg(chan:nocmd) channels were not searched space delimited

2024-03-04

Change	Description
Enhancement	Added install.sh script to add additional bots to an existing Armour installation
Enhancement	Added act command shortcut to say -a for bot actions (/me)
Improvement	Created helpful error messages in image command if file path does not exist or is unwritable
Improvement	Ensure image and speak files don't get overwritten from random file name generator
Improvement	Automatically load command shortcuts without needing to specify them in armour.conf
Improvement	Updated default web CAPTCHA kick messages
Fixed Bug	OpenAI image plugin was not working without the currently-private speak plugin being loaded
Fixed Bug	Added config value cfg(ban:full:modes) for handling when channel banlist is full
Fixed Bug	Added uservar handler for manually configured eggdrops

2024-03-02

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Allow stats command to work when channels contain upper case characters
Fixed Bug	Delete user settings when user is deleted from deluser command

2024-03-01

Change	Description
Enhancement	Added ability for script update notes to include reference to changelog URL. Available with future updates after revision 2024030100
Enhancement	Updated openai plugin Summary:
	- Added image creation with DALL-E
	- Supports text overlay with image generation prompts when ImageMagick binary convert is installed
	- Support regular random image output with imagerand channel setting
	- Preserve image files via quote reference and image votes
	- Added support for optional blacklisted ask string masks (and included match channels)
Enhancement	Added optional web CAPTCHA support during secure mode Summary:
	- Requires armour-verify web application (yet to be released)
	- Supports configurable rate limiting
	- Supports denial based on kick history
	- Supports log and status cecall via captcha command
Enhancement	Added kicklock channel setting to allow temporary channel lock Summary:
	- Setting parameter takes X:Y:<modes>:T to lock channel with <modes> for T mins when X kicks occur within Y seconds
Enhancement	Added whitelist & blacklist onlynew flag to only match clients that have newly joined the channel (within cfg(time:newjoin) secs)
Enhancement	Added whitelist continue flag to allow matching to continue, allowing a blacklist match to override specific whitelist matches
Enhancement	Prevent secret (+s) channels from displaying in public command output for info and userlist commands
Enhancement	Remove temporary channel lock triggerered from bull banlist, after banlist is no longer full
Improvement	Prevent superfluous DNS lookups for IP country and ASN
Improvement	Automatically join cfg(chan:report) when Armour is initialised
Improvement	Log CTCP VERSION requests to cfg(chan:report)
Improvement	Improved parameter validation with newuser command, to provide more helpful errors from incorrect command usage
Fixed Bug	Prevent floodnet trigger when a client joins multiple bot channels in quick succession
Fixed Bug	Prevent CAPTCHA edge case where a client can be kicked from a previous CAPTCHA attempt after joining a second time and being voiced
Fixed Bug	Prevented occasional incorrect bans being set against mask *!*@.users.undernet.org

2022-12-14

Change	Description
Enhancement	Support for eggdrop 1.9.0
Enhancement	Introduced arm namespace to improve compatibility with 3rd party eggdrop scripts
Enhancement	Added support for multiple channels
Enhancement	Implement automatic database upgrade from v3.5.x to v4.0
Enhancement	Add inituser command to automate the creation of the initial bot user after initial script deployment
Enhancement	Add operop channels setting to automatically op IRC Operators
Enhancement	Allow login to achieve autologin based on network ACCOUNT
Enhancement	Allow register command to automatically send note to global bot admins
Enhancement	Allow idle command to display a user's channel idle time
Enhancement	Create special handling in the jump command when a ZNC bouncer is used, via cfg(znc) setting
Enhancement	Add whitelist type reply to make the bot respond with channel text when a client speaks matching strings
Enhancement	Enhance whitelist and blacklist entries with new list flags: Summary:
	- Add depends to allow list entries to depend on other entries before a match is determined. Supports chaining multiple entries.
	- Add onlysecure to only match whent he channel is in secure mode
	- Add onlynew to only match when teh client joined the channel in less than cfg(time:newjoin) secs ago
	- Add silent to not send opnotices when a list match is found
	- Add captcha to always send and expect a CAPTCHA challenge before voicing users
	- Add disabled to disable a lsit entry until re-enabled by setting disabled to 0
Enhancement	Allow newly registred users via register or newuser commands to receive a configable global level
Enhancement	Allow last in latest
Enhancement	Added chanlist command to view registered channels
Enhancement	Added new lang command to display user clients.
Enhancement	Added strictop command to prevent users level <100 from being opped
Enhancement	Added strictvoice command to prevent users level <25 from being oppe
Enhancement	Allow DNSBLs to be configured to be used with scanrbl command but not channel join scanner
Enhancement	trakka (plugin): add ack command to increase a score just as voicing or opping the client does
Enhancement	Allow users to create their own bot username using the register command if cfg(register) is enabled
Enhancement	Allow info command to lookup users and channels
Enhancement	Add note command to support sending, reading, and deleting of notes between users
Enhancement	Add support for IPv6 host values in whitelist and blacklist entries
Enhancement	Allow hostnames to be specified in asn command
Enhancement	Add support for challenge CAPTCHA when channel mode is secure
Enhancement	Add 'text' type for whitelist and blacklist entries to trigger on wildcard matched text strings. Summary:
	whitelist: respond back to the channel user with reason serving as tet reply
	blacklist: kickban user with given reason
Improvement	Removed legacy support for flat file databases

v3.5.1

• 2020-02-05: New release of Armour v3.5.1

Change	Description
Enhancement	New feature to automatically remove blacklist entries when matching ban is recently removed. Note that user must have access to rem command and ban must have been placed within the configured arm(cfg.idunban.time) period (default 1 hr). New Config:
	arm(cfg.black.unban.rem): whether to carry out automatic removals

v3.5.0

• 2020-02-03: New release of Armour v3.5.0

Change	Description
Enhancement	New blacklist entry type text -- supporting wildcard and regular expression matching of channelt ext, including cumulative time based matching. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.text.exempt.op): whether to exempt opped users from the text matching
	arm(cfg.text.exempt.voice): whether to exempt voiced users from the text matching
	arm(cfg.text.newcomer): whether the text matches only apply to newly joined users
	arm(cfg.text.autoblack): whether to automatically add blacklist entries upon match
	arm(cfg.text.autoblack.reason): the automatic blacklist entry reason to use
	arm(cfg.text.warn): whether to warn a user on first match (where threshold >1)
	arm(cfg.text.warn.type): notc: warn via /notice; chan: warn via channel
	arm(cfg.text.warn.msg): the warning message to display (channel will prefix with nick)
Enhancement	Support to manage channel line floods -- for a single client; or entire channel. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.lineflood.nicks): number of lines per secs to allow for single client (lines:secs)
	arm(cfg.lineflood.chan): number of lines per secs to allow for whole channel (lines:secs)
	arm(cfg.lineflood.chan.mode): modes to temporarily set during channel lineflood
	arm(cfg.lineflood.chan.lock): temporary lockdown time when during channel lineflood
	arm(cfg.lineflood.exempt.op): whether to exempt opped users
	arm(cfg.lineflood.exempt.voice): whether to exempt voiced users
	arm(cfg.lineflood.newcomer): whether to only count lines for newly joined users
	arm(cfg.lineflood.reason): kick reason to use for kickban when user reaches limit
	arm(cfg.lineflood.autoblack): whether to automatically add blacklist entries on match
	arm(cfg.lineflood.autoblack.reason): the automatic blacklist entry to reason to use
Enhancement	Allow automatic removal of recent bans by upon blacklist removal by ID. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.idunban.time): time to allow automatic removal of recent bans by specifying id
Enhancement	Improved support for other networks using GNUWorld services. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.auth.user): renamed from arm(auth.user)
	arm(cfg.auth.pass): renamed from arm(auth.pass)
	arm(cfg.auth.hide): renamed from arm(auth.hide)
	arm(cfg.gnuworld.nick): the nickname of the mod.cservice GNUWorld service
	arm(cfg.gnuworld.host): the authentication hostname of the mod.cservice GNUWorld service
	arm(cfg.xhost.ext): the non-regex extension for umode+x users
Improvement	Prevent secure mode if ircd does not support it (ie. IRCnet/EFnet)
Enhancement	New command conf to retrieve configuration setting values. Ensure to add set addcmd(conf) line in configuration file.
Enhancement	New onjoin channel greeting setting for users (set with set or moduser commands). New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.greet.self): whether users can set their own greetings (via 'set' command)

v3.4.5

• 2020-02-01: New release of Armour v3.4.5

Change	Description
Enhancement	Added support for other ircds without extended WHO response (raw 354), such as IRCnet. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.ircd): 1: ircu (Undernet/Quakenet) 2: IRCnet/EFnet
Enhancement	New config parameter for hostname of service clients, to better support networks other than Undernet. br> New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.servicehost): hostname
Enhancement	New config parameter for umode +x to achieve autologin on networks other than Undernet. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.xregex): regex pattern
Enhancement	trakka plugin: new config parameter for umode +x hosts, to better support other networks. New Config Settings:
	trakka(cfg.xhost): regex pattern
Fixed Bug	Adaptive floodnet detection not working for patterns: nick!ident/rname, ident/rname, nick/rname
Enhancement	Ensure plugins also only send syntax via /notice if arm(cfg.help.notc) var is enabled
Fixed Bug	Floodnet scans wrongfully detecting umode +x as being two channel joins
Fixed Bug	Regex blacklist and whitelist patterns: not saving correctly for some patterns not reporting correctly when a match is made not adding correctly when bot is commanded by botnick
Enhancement	Generate temporary random password when adding users, for non-ircu derived ircds. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.randpass): length of generated password string
Enhancement	Remove use of 'xuser' for ircds without ACCOUNT
Improvement	Safely unload vars on reload, to avoid script warnings
Fixed Bug	Command syntax broken for msg and dcc command usage
Fixed Bug	Commands not working in DCC partyline

v3.4.4

• 2020-01-17: New release of Armour v3.4.4

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	DNS lookups not working properly with scanrbl command
Enhancement	Allow help and syntax responses from public commands, to be sent via /notice. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.help.notc): whether to send responses via /notice

v3.4.3

• 2020-01-16: New release of Armour v3.4.3

v3.4.2

• 2020-01-15: New release of Armour v3.4.2

Change	Description
Enhancement	adduser no longer requires temporary password
Enhancement	tell plugin context fixes and improvements
Enhancement	Alert users upon autologin when no password is set. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.alert.nopass): enabled or disabled

v3.4.1

• 2020-01-05: New release of Armour v3.4.1

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Autologout when using sqlite not working
FIxed Bug	Autologin not working first time for a new user
Fixed Bug	Newpass not working
Enhancement	Changed userline separator from : to | to support IPv6 hosts
Enhancement	Command cmdlog now logs to report channel

v3.4.0

• 2019-03-17: New release of Armour v3.4.0

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Issues with secure mode preventing stable operation
Enhancement	Allow 'country' blacklist entries to be ignored when user has resolved ident. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.country.ident): enabled or disabled

v3.3.3

• 2019-01-21: New release of Armour v3.3.3

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Scans halting from clients with nicks or realnames using special chars

v3.3.2

• 2014-10-06: New release of Armour v3.3.2

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Various small fixes

v3.3.1

• 2014-09-29: New release of Armour v3.3.1

Change	Description
Enhancement	Support for email and languages user attributes

v3.3.0

• 2014-09-28: New release of Armour v3.3.0

Change	Description
Enhancement	Support optional sqlite3 databases. New Config Settings:
	arm(method): file or sqlite

v3.2.2

• 2013-02-15: New release of Armour v3.2.2

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Invalid references to paranoid(scanlist) var
Fixed Bug	Invalid references to scanlist var
Fixed Bug	arm:db:write was duplicating timers
Enhancement	Command save now saves userdb and white & black lists, providing stats on both
Enhancement	Comamnd load now loads userdb and white & black lists, providing stats on both
Enhancement	Allow channel name visibility in channel blacklist kick reason to be configurable. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.bchan.reason): enabled or disabled

v3.2.1.2

• 2011-12-26: New release of Armour v3.2.1.2

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Mode secure could cause infinite scan loops

v3.2.1.1

• 2011-12-06: New release of Armour v3.2.1.1

Change	Description
Enhancement	Allow user specific automode actions (none, voice, op). Modified commands: adduser, moduser, whois

v3.2.1.0

• 2011-11-22: New release of Armour v3.2.1.0

Change	Description
New Command	moduser: Modifies an existing users username, level, xuser or password
New Command	userlist: Views entire userlist
New Command	die: Kills the bot entirely
New Command	say: Has the bot send a message to a channel, all channels or a given nickname. optionally can be an action.
Enhancement	Command whois can now lookup via nickname with = prefix (a la Undernet's X) Examplewhois =nick will check if nick is logged in and if so, execute whois on that username
Fixed Bug	IPv6 IP space was breaking scan results
Fixed Bug	Nicks with special characters breaking scanner
Fixed Bug	No whitelist action being taken for channel entries
Fixed Bug	Autologout anomaly
Fixed Bug	Nickname change anomaly
Enhancement	Allow nickname and global command character prefixes. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.char.nick): whether to allow nickname as command prefix
	arm(cfg.char.tab): whether nick completion is required (with tailing : char on nickname)
	arm(cfg.char.glob): whether global command prefix char * can be used to control all bots in a channel
Enhancement	Control whether or not command shortcuts are enabled. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.cmd.short): enabled or disabled

v3.2.0.6

• 2011-03-17: New release of Armour v3.2.0.6

Change	Description
New Plugin	DroneBL. Support for libdronebl (add, remove & view dronebl submissions). Note: RPC2 key is required from www.dronebl.org and you are responsible for your own submissions. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.dronebl.lvl): level required for DroneBL submission
	arm(cfg.donrebl.type): default DroneBL submit type
Enhancement	Introduced additional metrics to help determine which clients to voice when in mode secure: clones (IP or host) signon age trakka plugin score (optional) New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.paranoid.clone): number of clones to mark for manual review (no autovoice)
	arm(cfg.paranoid.signon): server connection time must be older than N seconds for autovoice
	arm(cfg.paranoid.trakka): minimum trakka score (if plugin loaded) to gain

v3.2.0.4

• 2011-02-19: New release of Armour v3.2.0.4

Change	Description
Enhancement	Ability to specify which G-Line patterns will not add blacklist entry. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.gline.nomask): wildcard pattern for G-Lines not to add
Fixed Bug	Command help was only working for level 500 users

v3.2.0.3

• 2011-01-30: New release of Armour v3.2.0.3

Change	Description
Fixed Bug	Command stats not always working
Enhancement	Commands add, rem, and view now support comma delimited values for multiple entries. Example: b add black user1,user2,user3,user4 ban abuse is not tolerated!

v3.2.0.1

• 2011-01-15: New release of Armour v3.2.0.1

Change	Description
Enhancement	Introduce TCL 8.6 coroutines for asynchronous: DNSBL lookups port scans geo lookups ASN lookups Big performance gains!
New Command	restart: saves db & restarts bot
New Command	status: retrieves current bot status, uptime, traffic usage
New Command	jump: Jumps bot server
New Command	rehash: Saves database & rehashes bot

v3.1.2.1

• 2010-09-18: New release of Armour v3.1.2.1

Change	Description
Improvement	Tidied idents from double space -> tabs
Enhancement	Allow for different md5 binaries. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.md5): either md5 (bsd) or md5sum (linux)
Enhancement	Tracking of recently joined hosts, for fast blacklist additions. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.lasthosts): how many recent hosts to hold in memory
Enhancement	Added last method when adding whitelist & blacklists. Using last <N> will add the last N entries to the blacklist/whitelist either type host or user (if umode +x). New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.lasthosts): how many recent hosts to track
Enhancement	Added /silence protection for bot. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.silence): list of silence masks (including exclusions) to set on server connection
Enhancement	Add automatic bans on blacklist entry (host/user). New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.ban.auto): whether to add automatic entries or not
Enhancement	Ability to automatically unban upon blacklist removal (host/user)
Enhancement	Prevent a blacklist entry being added for a value that is whitelisted
Enhancement	Prevent a whitelist entry being added for a value that is blacklisted
Enhancement	Configurable default exempt time via 'exempt' command. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.exempt.time): default time in minutes a nick is exempt from scans upon channel join
Enhancement	Added extra [mins] parameter to exempt command to override the above default Usage: exempt \<nick> [mins]
Enhancement	Added Armour plugin support trakka: tracks regulars and notifies channel when clients join smsbot: basic SMS gateway with ACL supported phonebook tell: tell users certain things based on time, timers, or activity
Enhancement	New modular help topics using individual help files
Enhancement	Complete rewrite of command binds. Every command can now be enabled/disabled individually with a unique level for public, privmsg, and DCC binds as desired. New Config Settings Removed: arm(cfg.cmd.pub) arm(cfg.cmd.msg) arm(cfg.cmd.dcc) New Config Section Added: Use set addcmd to toggle commands and ACL
Enhancement	Added optional ?chan? arg to commands: op, deop, kick, voice, devoice
New Command	invite to invite users to channel. Example:invite: invite ?chan? [nick1] [nick2] [nick3] [nick4] [nick5] [nick6]....
Fixed Bug	Autologin was not always starting after server jump
Enhancement	Include list ID to DNSBL blacklist kick reasons
Improvement	Removed 'NULL' from DNSBL blacklist kick reasons if no info was returned
Fixed Bug	Command stats was not returning accurate information. Stats not being saved to DB file correctly.
FIxed Bug	New ACL system was only allowing level 500 users to utilise privmsg commands.

v3.1.2

• 2010-09-18: New release of Armour v3.1.2

Change	Description
Enhancement	Statistical hit counts for blacklist & whitlist entries
New Script	upgrade.sh to upgrade existing DB files to allow new statistical hit field. Note:This must be done manually before loading new code. Usage:./upgrade.sh <dbfile>
Enhancement	Integration proc redirection for external scripts after joining client passes scanner. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.integrate.procs): List of procs to send nick uhost hand chan to after passing scanner
Enhancement	Now kicking any clients where host is matched during floodnet detection

v3.1.1

• 2010-09-09: New release of Armour v3.1.1

Change	Description
Documentation	Created UPDATING.txt file to assist in the knowledge of new features and config variables
Enhancement	Automatic blacklist entry on G-Line. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.gline.auto): whether to add automatic blacklist entry on GLine
	arm(cfg.gline.mask): optional G-Line reason pattern for above to apply
Enhancement	Portscanner: Require a minimum number of open ports to be detected before kickban action. New Config Settings:
	arm(cfg.portscan.min): minimum open ports before kickban