RNS β 0.5.1

This maintenance release brings a number of bugfixes and improvements. Thanks to @VioletEternity, who contributed to this release!

Changes

• Removed dependency on netifaces module
• Added ability to configure RNode display intensity to rnodeconf
• Added preliminary rnodeconf flasher/autoinstaller support for T3 v1.0 boards
• Fixed a bug that caused AutoInterface discovery scopes to fail
• Fixed rnodeconf firmware extraction for unverifiable devices
• Improved setting rnsd verbosity from command line
• Improved support for shared instances on Windows
• Improved rnodeconf support on Windows
• Improved rnodeconf zip-file handling
• Fixed a potentail race condition in announce queue handling for AutoInterface
• Various minor bugfixes

Release Hashes

01d76e03f93e427d9c0b95ab5d07e84ed39047e912b8afa6d619a65ac6b5e05b rns-0.5.1-py3-none-any.whl
2cfe431bec1160410b80bbcbf87eb2ab0d5abe5c6546f41eaf3f0f5faf9b2140 rnspure-0.5.1-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.5.0

2023-03-08: RNS β 0.5.0

This release brings two major new additions to the Reticulum API: The Channel and Buffer classes, that provides reliable delivery, and streams over Reticulum. Thanks to @acehoss, @Erethon, @gdt and @faragher, who contributed to this release!

Changes

• Added the Buffer class to the API
• Added the Channel class to the API
• Improved error messages for offline RNode flashing
• Improved RNode reconnection when serial device disappears
• Fixed embedded scope identifier handling for AutoInterface on BSD
• Fixed AutoInterface not ignoring lo0 on BSD
• Fixed a bug causing JSON output from rnstatus to fail
• Fixed invalid installation of test suite into root module path
• Added EPUB version of the documentation
• Updated documentation

Release Hashes

0aaf8c0b0b58f07071de5ecd432f4d9cc176b9614419c828b81ad71aa7151624 rns-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
f310a5192c2df7665339c5998ae13815a647283af75b95ad7acbee8c20989954 rnspure-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.9

This maintenance release contains a number of bugfixes and minor improvements, along with a few additions to the API.

Changes

• Added JSON output mode to rnstatus
• Added Link ID to response_generator callback
• Added Link establishment rate calculation
• Added get_establishment_rate call to Link API
• Fixed a number of typos in programs and documentation
• Fixed some broken links in documentation

Release Hashes

b44eaed796dcd194bec7a541aaeeb1685b07b2ffce068ca268841e6a8661717f rns-0.4.9-py3-none-any.whl
a15f965a27d208493485724486eb6bc6268d699f2a22ae4fb816bb9b979330fc rnspure-0.4.9-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.8

This release introduces the useful rnid utility, which makes it possible to use Reticulum Identities for offline file encryption, decryption, signing and validation. The IFAC system has also been significantly improved, and several outdated parts of the documentation was updated and fixed. Thanks to @Erethon and @jooray who contributed to this release!

Changes

• Added header and payload masking to the IFAC system
• Added rnid utility for encrypting, decrypting, signing and validating with Reticulum Identities
• Added Bluetooth pairing PIN output to rnodeconf utility
• Fixed a bug in announce callback handling
• Fixed a inconsistency in header flag handling since IFACs were introduced
• Updated documentation and manual

Release Hashes

fbbd55ee43a68c18491f5deabed51085c46fadca7e1bda823ad455c2f7c95a51 rns-0.4.8-py3-none-any.whl
335b0d5dd1d2aacd0d8810191aa09567ecf5d3aa990c446f3e3b1bbf7fce1387 rnspure-0.4.8-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.7

This maintenance release adds support for using the rnodeconf utility to replicate RNode devices, and bootstrap device creation using only tools and software packages obtained from an RNode Bootstrap Console.

Changes

• Added the ability to use rnodeconf to bootstrap RNode creation without needing a connection to the Internet
• Added ability for rnodeconf to extract firmwares from existing RNodes
• Added ability for rnodeconf to use extracted firmwares for autoinstaller and updates
• Updated documentation and manual

Release Hashes

7ea22be8f4cc9504d8a612c5589132351cc0c6b474899204afd71367ab3fb226 rns-0.4.7-py3-none-any.whl
3dc337b80df37c247abc9cee06c3ecba0f908449005d0eb365c2a9577d689e57 rnspure-0.4.7-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.6

This maintenance release brings two bugfixes.

Changes

• Fixed missing path invalidation on failed link establishments made from a shared instance client
• Fixed a memory leak in link handling

Release Hashes

7f1b0b254dce5bb1bacc336b026dab2dda5859b43cb0f4ceed3f70ba825f8873 rns-0.4.6-py3-none-any.whl
775c1b9b5bdf202524e50e58dc7c7bad9262ca3c16471cbfc6fb3a528e732460 rnspure-0.4.6-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.5

This maintenance release significantly improves path rediscovery on roaming devices with multiple interfaces, and adds a few tweaks to interface handling, that are especially relevant on Android.

Changes

• Faster roaming path recovery for multiple interface non-transport instances
• Fixed AutoInterface multicast echoes failing on interfaces with rolling MAC addresses on every re-connect
• Added carrier change detection flag to AutoInterface
• Adjusted loglevels for some items

Release Hashes

6757d5d815d4d96c45c181daf321447914c0e90892d43e142f2bd3fffacda9d9 rns-0.4.5-py3-none-any.whl
11669065091d67e3abaddb0096e5c92fc48080692b5644559226b2e2e6721060 rnspure-0.4.5-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.4

This maintenance release improves path response handling and log output.

Release Hashes

b0b59c25910151db0c2085d812bcc3d06cb930ddb8cd1e281b40cb592c1427eb rns-0.4.4-py3-none-any.whl
fe29ce3eb9e55f6953312c8db8c350bd58a7777e8c8dffd5491b840254426332 rnspure-0.4.4-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.3

This maintenance release brings faster path rediscovery and improves hardware support on Android, along with a few other minor tweaks and bugfixes.

Changes

• Added automatic path rediscovery on failed link establishments
• Added signature validation for link request proof packets for every transport hop
• Improved RNode hotplug support over Bluetooth on Android
• Improved Resource transfer sequencing and retry handling
• Fixed driver initialisation for Qinheng CH34x serial chips on Android
• Updates to documentation

Release Hashes

c035c2e21b8b207b00937ad57e947c7b4f17a02fe4f253d6e1fcc000479019b7 rns-0.4.3-py3-none-any.whl
e367576893bada72329ad195ebaa1e295bbca8897241f258428e1957d2da9a55 rnspure-0.4.3-py3-none-any.whl

RNS β 0.4.2

This maintenance release brings a number of minor improvements, and fixes a few bugs related to hardware support on Android.

Changes

• Fixed AutoInterface roaming not working on Android devices that rotate Ethernet and WiFi MAC addresses on every physical connection change
• Fixed RNode interface not working over Bluetooth on Android versions 10 and below
• Greatly improved startup time for programs connecting to a shared Reticulum instance on slow or resource-limited systems
• Improvements to internal utility-functions and logging
• Added a public development roadmap
• Updates and fixes to the documentation

Release Hashes

ba541ead4194e7ae3e295bf2c84b609041e4dc82e1b5bfce0885396ee090e37f rns-0.4.2-py3-none-any.whl
a352cb8d0862a1a23e66bda08357bf7e725b540bbdd3bb3b32914f3c0bb99a05 rnspure-0.4.2-py3-none-any.whl