# bettercap v2.41.0

- Product: bettercap (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bettercap)
- Vendor: bettercap
- Date: 2025-01-31
- Version: v2.41.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap/releases/tag/v2.41.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bettercap/releases/v2.41.0

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- **added** — Introduce zerogod module for ZeroConf / Bonjour impersonation attacks
- **added** — Make api.rest return stdout data after executing a session command
- **added** — Add addSessionEvent function for DNS and HTTP proxy script environments
- **added** — Add removeEventListener built-in function
- **added** — Implement support for named tickers
- **changed** — Add TLS support to DNS proxy
- **changed** — Implement backwards-compatible DNS record conversion
- **changed** — Support RFC3597 generic/unknown record types when Rdata field is present
- **added** — Introduce blacklist and whitelist support logic
- **changed** — Allow wildcards in blacklist configurations
- **changed** — Enhance IPv6 detection logic
- **fixed** — Add nil check for interfaces to prevent crashes in IPv6 handling
- **changed** — Improve readability of debug logs
- **changed** — Print JavaScript property conversion errors for better error tracking
- **fixed** — Catch nil values in DNS records
- **fixed** — Prioritize longer and more explicit hostnames in DNS proxy
- **changed** — Directly embed UI assets and remove UI submodule
- **changed** — Improve backwards compatibility for getHandshakeFileFor

###### New Features
- **ZeroGod Module**: Introduced the `zerogod` module for ZeroConf / Bonjour impersonation attacks.
- **API Enhancements**: `api.rest` now returns stdout data after executing a session command.
- **Session Event Handling**: Added `addSessionEvent` function for both DNS and HTTP proxy script environments.
- **Built-in Functions**: Added `removeEventListener` function.
- **Named Tickers**: Implemented support for named tickers.

###### Improvements
- **DNS Proxy Enhancements**:
  - Added TLS support.
  - Implemented backwards-compatible DNS record conversion.
  - Support for RFC3597 generic/unknown record types if the `Rdata` field is present.
- **Blacklist and Whitelist Support**: Introduced logic to support blacklists and whitelists.
- **Wildcard Blacklisting**: Allow wildcards in blacklist configurations.
- **IPv6 Improvements**:
  - Enhanced detection logic.
  - Added a nil check for interfaces to prevent crashes.
- **Logging & Debugging**:
  - Improved readability of debug logs.
  - JS property conversion errors are now printed for better error tracking.

###### Fixes
- **DNS Proxy Stability**:
  - Catch nil values in DNS records.
  - Prioritize longer and more explicit hostnames.
- **UI Asset Handling**:
  - Directly embedded UI assets.
  - Removed UI submodule.
- **Compatibility**:
  - Improved backwards compatibility for `getHandshakeFileFor`.
- **Miscellaneous**:
  - Various small fixes and refactorings.

###### Miscellaneous
- **Documentation**:
  - Updated `README.md`.
- **Credits**:
  - Acknowledged the `grandcat` package.

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap/compare/v2.40.0...v2.41.0