ssdp-responder v2.1

Changes

• Add support for JSON output with ssdpd-scan -j, issue #17
• Dump received data from devices in ssdp-scan -l debug
• Termios support for disabling ^C output from ssdp-scan
• Update copyright years, LICENSE file hash change
• Source /etc/default/ssdpd from systemd unit file

Fixes

• Fix #15: add fallback to /var/lib/ssdpd/uuid.cache
• Fix #16: truncated UUID when reading from cache file

ssdp-responder v2.0

The drop privs release.

Changes

• Add support for -c NAME to override ssdpd UUID cache file
• Add support for -d URL to override the UPnP description URL, a
  single %s is supported to be replaced with the interface address
• Add support for -m NAME to override the manufacturer in the
  default description.xml
• Add support for -M URL to override the manufacturerURL in the
  default description.xml
• Add support for -p URL to override the presentationURL in the
  default description.xml, a single %s is supported
• Add support for -P FILE to override the default PID file location
  default description.xml, a single %s is supported
• Add support for -u UUID to use a custom UUID, useful when the
  built-in micro HTTP server is disabled
• Add support for -w to disable built-in micro HTTP server, useful
  when other, more capable, web servers are available. Make sure to
  have the alternate web server running on port 1901 to serve the file
  /description.xml, see also -d URL above, which details the
  location of the UPnP description URL
• Increased debug messages in ssdp_init(), for troubleshooting
• Add support for dropping root privileges after initial setup. The
  used ssdp is searched for first, with fallback to nobody
• Add support for an initial retry interval at startup, in case ssdpd
  is started before any interface has been configured. Configurable
  retry count using -R NUM command line option
• Add support for an IP address monitor using Linux netlink interfaces
  coming and going at runtime. Meaning, -R NUM is unused on Linux.
  For this to work, ssdpd must start as root or have CAP_NET_RAW

Fixes

• Fix #11: periodic busy loop causing intermittent 100% CPU load
• Fix invalid <UDN>uuid:uuid:...</UDN> in description.xml
• Add Date: and Server: to HTTP header in micro HTTP server
• Add support for HTTP HEAD requests to micro HTTP server
• Handle case when /etc/os-release does not have VERSION_ID fall
  back to use VERSION_CODENAME
• Don't overwrite CPPFLAGS from the command line
• Portability fix to utimensat() replacement function

ssdp-responder v1.9

The Dennis Ritchie release.

Changes

• Add command line options to ssdp-scan, mostly for testing but may
  be useful for other purposes too
• Use $ac_default_prefix instead of /usr/local in configure script
  when expanding paths
• Update copyright years (affects LICENSE file hash)
• Add ChangeLog to project
• Drop Travis-CI in favor of GitHub Actions

Fixes

• Fix #6: workaround for OpenVPN /32 default server setup
• Fix #9: time-of-check vs time-of-use issue with caching of UUID,
  found by Coverity Scan, fixed by Raul Porancea
• Fix #10: basic instructions for building and starting the daemon

SSDP Responder v1.8

• Fix avahi-daemon (mDNS) conflict, no conflict with SSDP, caused by copy-paste between mdnsd and project and this
• Fix default install prefix, should be GNU /usr/local not /. The default for Debian systems is /usr
• Use UUID cache directory from configure script, with fall-back to operating system specific /var/lib/misc or /var/db
• Update man page with info on UUID cache location
• Workaround for --runstatedir on systems with older autoconf
• Add missing systemd unit file
• Add missing SysV init script

Packages for Debian 10, or later, and compatible Ubuntu releases, available at https://deb.troglobit.com/

SSDP Responder v1.7

• Use /etc/os-release as base for SSDP server string, distribution release information is primarily stored in this file, some Linux systems still use /etc/lsb-release, on real UNIX systems we can use uname(1)
• Update ssdpd(8) man page

Packages for Debian 10, and compatible Ubuntu releases, available at https://deb.troglobit.com/

SSDP Responder v1.6

• Fix #1: CVE-2019-14323
• Refactor socket handling, enable SO_REUSEADDR + SO_REUSEPORT
• Change default behavior, must now use -n to run in foreground
• Add ssdp-scan tool, similar to mdns-scan
• Add systemd unit file
• Initial Debian/Ubuntu packaging

Packages for Debian 10, and compatible Ubuntu releases, available at https://deb.troglobit.com/

SSDP Responder v1.5

Changes

• New default SSDP notify interval, 300 sec. (Was 600 sec)
• Validation of refresh and notify intervals, the notify interval must not be longer than half the cache timeout
  • Notify: 30-900 sec
  • Refresh: 5-1800 sec

Fixes

• Fix regression in v1.4, allow running without interface filtering
  The new interface filtering feature of v1.4 managed to filter out all interfaces if none were given on the command line.
• Fix CPU overload problem, caused by invalid timer comparison

SSDP Responder v1.4

Minor bug fix release.

SSDP Responder v1.3

• Massive refactor
• Support SSDP per interface and multiple addresses per interface
• Use SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW, no longer need to run as root
• New refresh timer, runs independently of NOTIFY timer, checks for new addresses

SSDP Responder v1.2

Announces itself as an InternetGatewayDevice, works with Windows, serves XML description.