Union 1.0 Beta 1 Released

Union 1.0 Beta 1 is now available for download. Beta 1's primary focus is Union Server security. Prior to Beta 1, malicious clients could easily attack Union Server using built-in commands such as "remove room" and "remove account". For example, a client could request a list of rooms on the server and remove them all without restriction. As of Beta 1, Union Server provides fine-grained controls over client privileges. An administrator can, for example, specify that a room can be removed by the client that created it only, or that no client is allowed to remove any room. For complete details, see Union Server's security settings documentation.

Now that security is in place, Union 1.0's feature set is largely complete, very few bugs remain, and the API is close to frozen. We expect to release only one more Beta version before shipping the final Union 1.0 commercial release.

For more information about this release, please see the Union 1.0 Beta 1 Release Notes.