atauenis/webone v0.16.0

WebOne 0.16.0

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New stable release of WebOne, released on 25.09.2023 after 67 commits (and 15 commits since Beta 3).

• In addition to HTTPS -> HTTP 1.1 converting, WebOne is now supports true HTTPS cipher strength downgrade.
• Browsers with support for SSL 3.0 128-bit security can access Internet via https:// protocol too. [#82, #88]
• Other applications that can utilize HTTPS proxies can work with WebOne (examples - Miranda, mIRC, MSN Messenger).
• Added support for ftp:// protocol (via Web browsers).
• Added support for alternative access (http://proxy:port/http://example.com/) from early browsers like NCSA Mosaic 0.7 and MSIE 2.0. *
• Added redirect of Windows Update v4 (Win9x/NT) to WindowsUpdateRestored.com and v6 (Win2k/XP) to LegacyUpdate.net
• Using latest yt-dlp instead of obsolete youtube-dl.
• Fixed unwanted unknown/unknown Content-Type header. [#99]
• Fixed guru meditation '"utf-8"' is not a supported encoding name.
• Fixed guru meditation on invalid regular expressions inside edit rules.
• Fixed /etc/systemd/system/webone.service and /etc/logrotate.d/webone file mode on Linux.
• Included configuration for use unpatched MSN/Windows Live Messenger clients with Escargot servers. Rename escargot.conf.example by removing the .example end to enable it. [#40]

* - this feature was broken since WebOne 0.8.5, and is now available working again.

New since Beta 3 version:

• Added [SecureProxy] -> AllowNonHttpsCONNECT option which allows to disable support for non-HTTPS protocols over HTTPS proxy.
• Added [NonHttpConnectRedirect] configuration section to define non-HTTP connections redirect rules.
• Added domain name in log entries for HTTPS pages access instead of [SSL] placeholder.
• Fixed display of load statistics on status page.
• Fixed security hole, previously allowed to bypass IP ban or white list when using CONNECT method.
• Fixed security hole, previously allowed to bypass client's password check when using CONNECT method.
• "Local mode" renamed to "alternative access".
• Added redirect of Windows Update v4 to WindowsUpdateRestored.com and v6 to LegacyUpdate.net.
• Added correct redirect rule, enabling work of "Office on the Web" command in MS Word 2000 menu.
• Added OnHttpOnly and OnHttpsOnly detecting rules in Edit Sets.
• Added check for validness of edit rules.
• Added support for ICQ plugin for Miranda NG.