a new stable release of the interface for simplifying network configuration settings — . to support VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN, developed within their own development cycles.
NetworkManager 1.24:
- Support added for virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) network interfaces;
- Support added for the OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110) connection negotiation method to generate encryption keys in open wireless networks. The OWE extension is utilized in the WPA3 standard to encrypt all data streams between the client and the access point in public wireless networks that do not require authentication;
- Support added for 31-bit prefixes (subnet masks /31) for IPv4 P2P links ();
- The dependencies libpolkit-agent-1 and libpolkit-gobject-1 have been removed;
- The nmcli interface now includes the ability to delete settings using the new command "nmcli connection modify $CON_NAME remove $setting". In the settings "vpn.data", "vpn.secrets",
"bond.options" and "ethernet.s390-options" support has been added for escape sequences with a backslash; - Options "bridge.multicast-querier", "bridge.multicast-query-use-ifaddr" have been added for network bridges,
"bridge.multicast-router", "bridge.vlan-stats-enabled", "bridge.vlan-protocol", and "bridge.group-address"; - In IPv6 SLAAC and IPv6 DHCP, options for configuring the timeout "ipv6.ra-timeout" and "ipv6.dhcp-timeout" have been added;
- For WWAN, the capability for automatic connection activation through a USB modem has been implemented when using an already unlocked SIM card protected by a PIN;
- For OVS network interfaces, the ability to change the MTU has been added;
- For VPN, the use of empty data and secret values is now permitted;
- For all devices, nm-devices can now provide the property 'HwAddress' via D-Bus;
- The creation or activation of slave devices will cease if there is no master device present;
- Issues with importing WireGuard profiles via nmcli have been resolved, improving the handling of configurations that include ip4-auto-default-route when a gateway is explicitly specified.
Source: opennet.ru
