ucarp (1.5.2+git20192404.1a9aaf7-2) unstable; urgency=medium The source MAC address of CARP advertisements changed from 00:00:5e:00:00: to the RFC 7042 compliant VRRP block 00:00:5e:00:01:. Switches will re-learn the new address automatically, but if you filter or pin these MAC addresses (port security, static FDB entries, ebtables rules), update your rules before upgrading. The new -F/--nospoof option (stanza option ucarp-nospoof) keeps the real interface MAC as the source instead. Passwords can now be read from a file with the ucarp-passfile stanza option instead of ucarp-password, avoiding exposure of the shared password in the process list. -- Guilherme de Paula Xavier Segundo Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:24:14 -0300 ucarp (1.5.1-1) unstable; urgency=low This version introduces support for sending and receiving broadcast advertisements, instead of multicast, through the use of the new -M/--nomcast command argument. It is also now possible to configure deadratio, xparam, and nomcast from /etc/network/interfaces. See /usr/share/doc/ucarp/README.Debian for a full list of configuration directives. -- Eric Evans Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:49:21 +0000 ucarp (1.5-2) unstable; urgency=low This version introduces support for ignoring interface state through the use of the -S/--ignoreifstate option. This is useful when nodes are connected by a crossover cable where powering down one node will drop the link of the other, causing an unwanted transition to backup on the remaining node. -- Eric Evans Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:43:06 -0500 ucarp (1.5~snap080222-1) unstable; urgency=low Ucarp supports two new arguments. The --passfile argument can be used to specify a file containing the password, (previously set by using --pass/-o). This provides additional security by not exposing the password through the process list. The specified file should contain the password as the only line in the file. The --xparam argument makes it possible to specify an additional parameter to supply to the up/down scripts. -- Eric Evans Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:36:04 -0500 ucarp (1.2-2) unstable; urgency=low It is now possible to configure ucarp from /etc/network/interfaces, see /usr/share/doc/ucarp/README.Debian to learn how. -- Eric Evans Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:36 -0500 ucarp (1.2-1) unstable; urgency=low Ucarp's default behavior is to execute the command specified by the --downscript option on every transition to the "backup" state. This version introduces the --neutral option that suppresses this on start up if "backup" is the initial state. It is always good practice to use an idempotent downscript, but if that is not possible then the --neutral may be of help. -- Eric Evans Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:37:41 -0500