Record of Changes

Overview of changes in documentation from previous editions. For changes in software see Release Notes.

Version

Edition

Segment

Change description

v2024.1

1.0

EPP client workflow

Replace old fred-client with new eppic

Distributed deployment example

Update all packages needed for deployment

Whole documentation

Other minor changes according to FRED v2024.1

Zone generation

Add concept level info about zone generation

2.50

1.3

Automated keyset management
Keysets
Periodic tasks

Changes due to new AKM version

Top-level components

Update FRED component schema

1.2

FERDA webadmin features

Add Reports section

1.1

Check domain

Separate <domain:check> command to non-auction and auction chapters

1.0

Check domain

Extended command <domain:check> supporting domain auctions

2.49

1.0

GlobalBlock

Added installation manual for BSA – GlobalBlock feature

2.48

1.0

Whole documentation

Changes according to FRED 2.48.0

2.47

1.4

Installation on Ubuntu

Updated demo installation script

1.3

Ferda Administration Manual

Whole manual dissolved and incorporated into Administration Manual, Architecture and Features

Administration Manual

Incorporated information from Ferda Administration Manual

Registry initialization
EPP client workflow
Info contact
Poll message types

Changed all REG-FRED_X to REG-FRED-X

1.2

Installation
Dependencies Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Discontinued support for Ubuntu 16.04, update to Ubuntu 20.04

1.1

/AdminManual/Installation/BinsUbuntu

Updated installation script link

Webwhois Django Templates

Small changes in server_exception

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED Release 2.47.0

Configuration
EPP client workflow
Object transfer
Info (domain, contact, nsset, keyset)
Create (domain, contact, nsset, keyset)
Common object attributes

Added AuthInfo TTL information

2.46

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.46.0

FERDA webadmin features

New features of FERDA webadmin

2.45

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.45.0

Send AuthInfo for contact
Send AuthInfo for domain
Send AuthInfo for nsset
Send AuthInfo for keyset

Added AuthInfo sending changes

Info contact

Changes for AuthInfo generation

2.44

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.44.0

Contacts
Info contact

Added new contact attribute states

2.43

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.43.0

Configuration
Contact information disclosure

Updated GDPR-compliant configuration

Contacts

Updated Namespace and Schema

Info contact

New info_contact attribute authInfo

2.42

1.0.2

Service discovery

Fix level of expiry item

1.0.1

Whole documentation

Added new FRED logo

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.42.0

Configuration
Rules for setting automatic flags

Domain life cycle paramaters moved to a new domain_lifecycle_parameters table
Added new variable and commands

Domains

Some minor rephrasing and minor links changes

2.41

1.6

FRED Documentation

Convert README.md to README.rst

Diagram of FRED components
Component deployment diagram

Update components and deployment schemas

1.5

Clients

Added description of fred-registry-services and fred-logger-services

Servers

Added description of Ferda service

Top-level components
Distributed deployment example

Updated and extended the deployment schema with Ferda, fred-logger-service and fred-registry-services

Notifications

Added link to poll messages

Registry–Registrar–Registrant model

Added link to Ferda’s manual

1.4

/FerdaManual/index
/FerdaManual/Intro
/FerdaManual/Installation
/FerdaManual/Configuration
/FerdaManual/Localization
/FerdaManual/Two-factor Authentication
FERDA webadmin features

Extended Ferda Administration Manual and Ferda’s features section
Added Two-factor Authentication section

Source code

Updated repository paths and added new repositories

/AdminManual/Installation/BinsUbuntu

Added fingerprint check to the installation process Change in adding required repositories

Webwhois Django Templates

webwhois/public_request_form_menu.html replaced with webwhois/include/public_request_form_fields.html

HTTP Statuses

Added a new section HTTP Statuses

1.3

System requirements, /AdminManual/Installation/BinsFedora

Added support for RHEL/CentOS 8

1.2

Release Notes

Expanded release notes for FRED 2.41.0

Source code, /AdminManual/Installation/SourceTar

Reorganized source code structure and installation procedure

Create keyset

Fixed minimum occurences of <keyset:dnskey> element in the EPP command

1.1

/FerdaManual/index

Added Ferda Administration Manual

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.41.0

Top-level components

Replaced the diagram with clickable SVG

System requirements

Added support for Fedora 31

Introduction

Added listing of EPP specifications

RDAP API Reference

Added status mapping reference

2.40

1.1

Installation

Corrected installation procedures

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.40.0

Legal Notice

Added legal notice for the FRED and the documentation

Object modif. (Communication),
Object update (Poll message types)

Added a new communication rule (notify a registrar of a domain about an update in a linked contact of another registrar)

2.39

1.4

Poll message types

Reworked this chapter a little, added more examples

1.3

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.39.1 and 2.39.2

System requirements

Upgraded supported Fedora versions

1.2

/AdminManual/Installation/BinsUbuntu, /AdminManual/Installation/BinsFedora

Updated installation procedures - system registrar required for servers to launch

1.1

Customizing public web interface

Added webwhois customization and template reference

1.0

Source code

Added libfred component and updated build groups

/AdminManual/Installation/SourceTar

Updated installation procedure with new tools

Objects administration

Contact unblocking together with domain now possible

Customization

Customization reworked for email templates and state-change notifications

2.38

1.4

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.38.{2,3,4,5} and FRED 2.39.0

1.3

System requirements

Updated supported Fedora versions

/AdminManual/Installation/BinsUbuntu, /AdminManual/Installation/BinsFedora

Updated installation procedures

1.2

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.38.1

1.1

Release Notes

Corrected the note in 2.38.0 about the sendauthinfo bugfix

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.38.0, 2.37.3 and 2.37.2

Considerations for upgrade to FRED 2.38

Added considerations before upgrade

Invoicing and banking CZ-specific,
Billing,
The Future of Payments & Invoices,
Blackbox model,
Top-level components,
Configuration,
Import & pairing of payments,
Assign a payment to a registrar

Added or changed according to PAIN Phase 1 (see the release notes)

Disclosure of information, Contact information disclosure, Policies & rules of disclosure

Changed disclosure policies to configurable

install-dist

Marked more packages as ported to setuptools

Adding zone name servers

Changed syntax of the command

Resolve a public request

Changed the name of the status of new public requests

Life cycle parameters

Revised configuration of basic db parameters

/AdminManual/Extensions, Clients

Removed CZ-specific front-end extensions, because they are not released to the public

/AdminManual/Installation/BinsUbuntu

Revised the installation process a tiny bit

2.37

1.6

Audit log feature, Audit log concept

Added the audit log

1.5

Users and user interfaces

Added an introduction to FRED’s users and user interfaces

Communication

Added an overview of FRED’s communication (notifications, warnings, etc.)

Public features

Added a list of Public interface features

1.4

EPP client workflow

Added a description of a general EPP client workflow

RDAP API Reference

Added an RDAP reference guide

Distributed deployment example

Added an example of distributed deployment

1.3

Adding a registrar memo to annual reminders

Added a configurable database table

Billing

Added a very general description of handling money in the FRED

Email Parameters Reference

Reviewed mail template parameters

1.2

System requirements

Discontinued support for Ubuntu 14

/AdminManual/Installation/BinsUbuntu

Updated the installation script and its description

1.1

Release Notes

Added release notes for the version 2.37.1

Considerations for upgrade to FRED 2.37

Added considerations before upgrading

Contact merger

Corrected the definition of identical contacts

Automatic contact merger

Added a cronjob

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.37.0

General features

Added GDPR compliance as a new FRED feature

Policies & rules of disclosure

Added a new chapter

Create contact, Update contact, Info contact

Improved explanations about information disclosure

Object update

Added a poll-message type about contact update

Objects administration

Added a new public-request type

Processing public requests

Added a cronjob to process public requests for personal information

Email Parameters Reference

Added a new email template for sending personal information

2.36

1.2

Release Notes

Added release notes for the version 2.36.1; upgraded to a newer Sphinx

1.1

/AdminManual/Installation/SourceTar

Upgraded installation procedure to use source from GitHub, new signing key for secure apt

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.36

Concepts

Extracted to a separate publication

Life cycle of registrable objects

Added object life cycle

Contacts

Added contacts

2.35

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes for FRED 2.35

How to migrate email data to FRED 2.35

An ad-hoc guide to database upgrade specifics in this release

System requirements

Increased minimum version of PostgreSQL

Customization, Email Params

Changed email template database table name

Features, Features, Components, Components, Task

Generation of historical record statements in Daphne

Features admin

New administration feature to manage objects

Source code

Added list of GitHub repositories

ORB parameters

Added minimum omniORB settings for FRED servers

2.34

1.1

Contact merger and Merge contacts

Criteria of destination contact selection in an automatic merger, some minor rephrasing

Update domain

Mention of nsset and keyset unlinking with empty elements

1.0

Release Notes

Added release notes

Diagram of FRED components

Removed dependency on fred-logd from fred-pifd

Regular procedure and Separate object deletion

Procedures accept object types by name, new argument, removed dependency on fred-rifd

2.33

1.2

Managed objects

Added divergence from the standards of object mapping in FRED EPP

Technical checks

Expanded on the concept of technical checks

1.1

General features

Added record statements feature, component and email template

1.0

EPP Reference Manual

Added mailing address extension of contacts

Error reasons

New texts of EPP error reasons

2.32

Handle format validation

Added configurable handle format validation

Domain name format validation

Added configurable domain name format validation

2.31

Automated keyset management

Added AKM concept, components, task and email templates

2.30

Contact merger

Added contact merger concept, tasks and email template

Email Parameters Reference

Added a new CS parameter

older

Email Parameters Reference

Added more email templates