v2.1.6

Features implemented

• implemented possibility to add PTR-records automatically for newly created A and AAAA records
• added MDB2 to PDO wrapper (experimental), thanks to Aldo Gonzalez
• added ability to select DB layer (db_layer option in configuration file)
• implemented bulk registration of zones
• implemented storing of user passwords in salted md5 hash format (password_encryption option)
• added experimental support of SQLite and Oracle backends
• implemented logging of authentication attempts to syslog (syslog_use option)
• imported simplified Chinese, Czech and Turkish translations

Bug-fixes

• various fixes and improvements in installer
• added protection from XSS attacks
• updated top level domain list
• resolved sorting issue in search results screen and domain list
• fixed dynamic_update script, added support for another global ip lookup service
• various fixes to better support of PostgreSQL
• updated Japanese, Dutch and Russian translations

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Upgrading

Updating instructions for 2.1.5:

1. Download latest tarball from GitHub
2. Backup old files, replace everything with content from downloaded file
3. From backup restore only inc/config.inc.php
4. Update database structure:

MySQL

ALTER TABLE users MODIFY username VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
ALTER TABLE users MODIFY password VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';

PostgreSQL

ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN username TYPE VARCHAR(64);
ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN password TYPE VARCHAR(128);