TeamSpeak 3 Server Beta 25 has just been released to address a recent discovered security and crash exploit. Its very important to update your servers now!

It was recently brought to their attention that a ciritical bug in TeamSpeak 3 Server Beta23 or earlier allows a malicious user to execute server admin commands without having admin privileges as well as cause server instabilities. The security issues were addressed immediately after they received knowledge of the exploit and a new Server Beta25 build has now been released.

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*** It is STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you upgrade all your TeamSpeak 3 Servers to Beta25
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*** ]]> http://www.teamspeak3.biz/2010/07/server-beta-25-released-security-fix/feed/ 0 http://www.teamspeak3.biz/2010/02/55/ http://www.teamspeak3.biz/2010/02/55/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:46:55 +0000 admin http://www.teamspeak3.biz/?p=55 Over at Teamspeak they are hard at work with their new builds and fixing bugs on their latest TS3 Client and TS3 Server file releases with the suport of all the TS3 beta testers testing and feedback. Many are asking, “when will the Teamspeak 3 beta testing be finished?”  The Teamspeak reply is common sense really, “when they feel TeamSpeak 3 is ready and no major bug fixes or milestones remain.”  They have issued a release date of around Quarter two of 2010, then open beta will finally come to a close and TS 3.0 Final will be released.

Server Setup, Tokens, Permissions, and Query Guides
Some of you may have overlooked the fact that documentation exists in the /doc folder of any server installation specifically with regard to each of these areas. So Teamspeak  have decided to also publish the same information in their Literature page you will find here: Literature

You will find…

• TeamSpeak 3 Server Quick Start.txt
• TeamSpeak 3 Token Guide.txt
• TeamSpeak 3 Permissions Guide.txt
• TeamSpeak 3 Server Query Manual.pdf

Twitter/Facebook, and TS3 Customization
Teamspeak also re-invite you to participate on either or both their Twitter and Facebook presence. Generally brief news, tips, or just general information is more frequently updated there than in their global news area . Also, just a recap to remind you that their TeamSpeak 3 Customization forums are rapidly growing and they are very excited about the ongoing community participation.

During the last months, the TeamSpeak development team has revealed several new features of their upcoming product.

Voice Quality and Latency

TeamSpeak’s most important feature – the talking part – is already implemented. TeamSpeak 3 is using a much higher audio codec resulting in much clearer voice quality. In addition, the developers have already significantly lowered the latency of speech compared with TeamSpeak 2 and other voice communication software solutions. TeamSpeak 3 will support the latest Speex and CELT codecs and provides automatic microphone adjustment, advanced noise reduction, and echo cancelation.

 

3D Sound

TeamSpeak 3 now features fully integrated 3D sound support which allows for spatial placement of sound effects and audio streams. This creates the illusion of a sound source being placed anywhere in three dimensional space, including behind, to the left of, to the right of, above, or below the listener.

 

Permission System

TeamSpeak 3 will introduce a new permission system which will be similar to what is present in TeamSpeak 2, but will contain far greater flexibility. Instead of using pre-defined user groups, TeamSpeak 3 provides your organization with an additional level of information access and control by allowing you to create custom user groups.

 

Talk Power

You should all know how a moderated channel works with TeamSpeak 2. With TS3, the devs took this concept to the next level. You can now configure a Minimum Talk Power variable for each channel. Every client has his own Talk Power, which he has received through the permission groups the user is assigned to. A client with a Talk Power of 20 can speak in every channel with a Minimum Talk Power of 20 or lower. Effectively this means that with a TS3 group setup similar to the hard-coded TS2 groups, you can now create a channel where everybody can talk, one where only members and higher can talk, one where only server admins can talk, etc.

 

Sub-Channels

TeamSpeak 3 will introduce a new channel tree structure which supports an infinite number of levels in depth. Sub-Channels will no longer automatically inherit the flags of their parent Channel so every Channel can have it’s own password and persmission settings.

 

Tabbed Voice-Comming

The TeamSpeak 3 client will allow you to connect to multiple TeamSpeak 3 servers at once, similar to tabbed-browsing. This was one of the many highly requested features for TeamSpeak 3.

 

Bookmarks

The deveopers have decided to allow the user to store his preferred servers as bookmarks, just like you all know from your favorite web browser. This means that the TeamSpek 3 client will provide a new bookmarks manager which will probably allow the user to manage his favorites more efficient.

 

Avatars

One nice graphical feature in TS3 is the ability to configure an avatar which will be displayed when people click on your name. This is similar to what is possible in our forums, and adds some personality to the people you talk with.

 

Key Bindings

The TeamSpeak 3 client will allow the user to set his own key bindings. According to the official developer blog, the new inteface will support nearly all kinds of input devices, such as joysticks and gamepads. The developers also plan to support things like push-to-mute which requires support to bind actions to button-down and button-up events.

 

Text Messaging 

The text messaging system of TeamSpeak 3 will be an entirely different, and much improved experience compared to TeamSpeak 2. All your messages may contain plain text but you are also able to use BB code tags to emphasize certain words or phrases by making them (for example) bold or italic.

 

URL Catcher

The TeamSpeak 3 client will provide an URL catcher which is used to store URLs mentioned during a chat. A similar feature is known from mIRC – a shareware IRC client for Windows.

 

Per Server Capture and Playback Devices

The developers have recently allocated time for is implementing per server capture and playback devices. This new feature allows you to do some really cool things like hook up two USB headsets to your computer, connect to two different TeamSpeak 3 servers using the client’s new tabbed voice-comming feature (see above), hand one headset to a friend and be able to talk as if you were running two entirely separate clients.

 

Sound Packs

TeamSpeak 3 will introduce sound packs. The idea here is to allow all the sounds that are played when some action occurs to be packaged, and distributed easily. When TeamSpeak 3 is released, anyone will be able to create his own soundpack and share it with other users easily.

 

Translations

TeamSpeak 3 will will give users the ability to translate the software into their own language. Both server and client will be UTF-8 native so all languages can be supported.

 

Server Query

The developers are building up a new, powerful Server Query (formerly known as TCP Query) component to TeamSpeak 3. The Server Query interface can be switched into an interactive mode which gives you the ability to use the up/down cursor keys for cycling between the last given commands. You can also use the backspace key to edit the current command-line even if you’re using Microsoft’s Telnet client.

 

Web Administration Interface

The web administration interface will not be part of the server. Instead it will consist of a PHP-based web application, which can handle multiple virtual servers and server instances at once. The main application of this new interface will be for server farming or maintenance of servers by host providers, since normal end-users will be able to do all configuration and administration of the server from within the new TeamSpeak 3 client.

 

Database Plugin System The TeamSpeak 3 server will now support a database plugin system so for example developers can now write their own plugin for a completely proprietary database if they so desire.

With over seven years of experience and leadership in the VoIP sector, their engineers have created a flexible, powerful, and scalable solution granting you the ability to customize and tailor your voice communication needs any way you desire. New users and TeamSpeak veterans alike will now enjoy a completely new experience in voice communication using TeamSpeak 3′s unmatched functionality and powerful new features.

Welcome to Teamspeak 3 !

TeamSpeak 3 is currently in development and is the future product to carry on the legacy of the original TeamSpeak communication system software previously offered in versions 1.5 and 2.

TeamSpeak 3 is not merely an extension of TeamSpeak 2 but rather a complete re-write from the ground up in C++. TeamSpeak 3′s foundation and focus is to provide a highly scalable, diverse, cross-platform Software Development Kit (SDK) to meet the demands of today’s cutting edge integrated VoIP solutions.

What’s New In TeamSpeak 3 ?

• Full-featured, cross-platform client and server software for Windows (32-Bit and 64-Bit) and Linux (32-Bit and 64-Bit), plus full support for Macintosh platforms (both Intel and PPC)
• Completely redesigned SDK based architecture, for 100% integration capabilities into existing products or services
• All new licensing system for commercial hosting and Authorized Team speak 3 Host Providers (ATHPs)
• Scripting capabilities for the client, allowing endless possibilities for client customization
• Dramatically improved scalability particularly for corporate, large-scale, integrated VoIP solutions
• Fully redesigned database module supporting even the most complex SQLite or MySQL integrated solutions
• All new, fully customizable user groups with powerful, new permission sets
• Improved text chat capabilities much like today’s popular Instant Messenger applications
• BBCode formatting in welcome messages, channel descriptions, etc.
• Tabbed voice connectivity, allowing you to simultaneously connect to multiple servers
• Powerful, new Server Query module (formerly known as “TCP query”) with new command-line capabilities
• All new, PHP-based web administration application allowing full control of multiple server instances at once
• All new key bindings module with additional support for joysticks, mouse buttons, and other hardware
• All new “Bookmarks Manager”, allowing users to store their favorite servers similar to storing favorites within your web browser
• All new Speex and GSM codecs, providing capabilities for dramatically improved voice quality
• Improved latency and response times so there is less delay in the time between someone speaking and actually hearing the user’s voice on the other end
• Multi-headset support allowing you to for example plug in two USB headsets to your PC and have each headset connect to a different server at the same time
• Sound packs, allowing users to create and distribute their own custom sounds within TeamSpeak such as “Player joined” or “Player kicked”
• … and MUCH MORE!

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