[h323plus] Upcoming new h323plus 1.26 Release

[Jan Willamowius]

Hi Simon,

GnuGk is running very well with the current H323Plus code. Same with my
H323Plus endpoints. I think its ready for a release.

Regards,
Jan

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Simon Horne wrote:
> Guys 
> 
>  
> 
> It's been a while since the last release so it is time to think about a new
> release.
> 
>  
> 
> There has been a lot of activity over the last couple of months in the CVS.
> 
> The build system has been updated and should now build against any version
> of PTLIB including the current HEAD. However it is recommended that you
> stick to either 2.10 or the latest public 2.12 release version. 
> 
>  
> 
> A lot of work has been done in signaling and media encryption including
> adding TLS support and incorporating the updated H.235 spec to support
> AES256 with large key lengths (up to 8096 bits), H.460.22 support to
> negotiate when to use TLS and media encryption of the data channel.
> 
>  
> 
> H.460.26 support has been added and when used in conjunction with H.460.17
> allows tunneling of RAS, Signalling and media over a single persistent TCP
> connection. If using TLS, the h323plus stack will now allow traversal of any
> secure NAT over a single TLS connection on trusted port such as 443.   The
> matching Gatekeeper support is in GnuGk v3.5.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> What's new in the upcoming release.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> Added TLS signaling support
> 
> Added H.460.22 Support to negotiate TLS support on a per call basis.
> 
> Added Encryption support to the H.224 Channel and H323_ExternalRTPChannel
> 
> Added DH6144 and DH8192 H.235 Support (support for keylength up to 8192
> bits)
> 
> Performance Memory management Improvement in audio/video processing.
> 
> Updated to compile with PTLIB Head 
> 
> Added Language assignment and routing support
> 
> Added vs2012 Build environment
> 
> Fixed vs2010 Build environment
> 
> Added H.461 Asset Support. 
> 
> Update and fixes for H.460.26 
> 
> Update Presence System to Version 3
> 
> Update Alternate and Assigned Gatekeeper code. Removing buggy pointers
> 
> Added H.224 Factory loader moved to H224 subdirectory
> 
> Added T.140 Support
> 
> Added H.284 <New> far end motorized control
> 
> add support for <ip>##<room>#<pass> dialing
> 
>  
> 
> Along with the release there will be updated documentation.
> 
>  
> 
> Again Special thanks to Jan Willamowius and  Yuriy Georgiewskiy for their
> continued help and support of the project.
> 
>  
> 
> If anyone finds bugs then please report them ASAP so we can capture them in
> the next release.
> 
>  
> 
> Simon