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- AmTelnet II - The AmigaOS Telnet Client
- =======================================
-
- Copyright ⌐ 1996 - 1999 by Mathias Mischler
- and Oliver Wagner <owagner@vapor.com>
-
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- FTP Support Site: ftp.vapor.com, /pub/amtelnet
- WWW Support Site: http://www.vapor.com/
-
- Support Mailing List: <amtelnet-request@vapor.com>
- ("SUBSCRIBE" in subject or body to subscribe)
-
- =====================================================================
-
- 1. Introduction
-
- AmTelnet II is a client for the Internet "Telnet" and "SSH"
- protocols for remotely logging into computers, playing
- text-oriented multi-user games ("MUD"s or "MUSH"s) or
- manually simulating internet protocols.
-
-
- 2. Note for registered AmTelnet 1.x users
-
- AmTelnet II requires new keyfiles. However, the upgrade for
- registered AmTelnet 1.x users is *FREE*. New keyfiles have been
- mailed out to all existing AmTelnet 1.x users to the e-mail
- addresses on which they originally received their keyfiles.
-
- Should you, for some reason, not have received your AmTelnet II
- keyfile yet, please mail your current AmTelnet keyfile together
- with a short note on *WHERE* and *WHEN* you originally registered
- to <keyfile-update@vapor.com>. Please note that those requests
- have to be manually processed by a poor overworked software
- developer (me), and thus they generally have awkward response
- times -- sorry for that.
-
- Please note that NetConnect II users are not entitled for
- an free AmTelnet II upgrade. AmTelnet II may be part of the
- general NetConnect III upgrade, however, please contact
- Active Technologies for any relevant information on the
- NetConnect package issues.
-
-
- 3. Bug reporting
-
- Please mail bug reports and enhancement suggestions to
-
- <amtelnet-bugs@vapor.com>
-
- Any reportes submitted this way are automatically entered into
- the VaporWare bug tracking system. Please see
-
- http://bugs.vapor.com/
-
- on more information on how to access the bug tracking system.
-
-
- 4. Documentation
-
- As the time of writing, AmTelnet II totally lacks any documentation.
- Any volunteers on that are greatly appreciated :)
-
- =====================================================================
-
- Changes since last public release (AmTelnet 1.8)
-
- 1.11 internal
- -------------
- [took over Source from Merlin]
- - XPR: changed XPR frontend to use AsyncIO lib
-
- 1.12 internal
- -------------
- - Telnet: fixed initial IAC sending screwup (what happened was that
- DO TELOPT_BINARY was send with a function which does a strlen()
- somewhere in between, and TELOPT_BINARY is ascii 0...)
- - GUI: now explictely checks for Term.MCC Version 20+ to avoid
- confusion
-
- 1.13 internal
- -------------
- - XPR: fixed XPR receive (IAC escaping across boundaries didn't
- work)
-
- 1.14 internal
- -------------
- - Net: Added SSH1 support (IDEA, BLOWFISH, 3DES)
- - GUI: now uses Textinput.mcc
-
- 1.15 internal
- -------------
- - SSH: did tons of code cleanup
- - SSH: fixed memory leakage
- - SSH: removed IDEA encryption code, added Arcfour encryption code
- - SSH: password input will no longer echo "*"
- - SSH: fixed error handling
- - SSH: added compression support
- - SSH: fixed multiple initialization crash
- - SSH: should now also work with as225r2
- - GUI: fixed menu shortcuts
- - GUI: fixed menu item enabling
- - GUI: now shows "[SSH]" in title bar/iconify text when SSH connected
- - XPR: fixed TimerIO screwup in sread() implementation
- - XPR: fixed excess XPR window refreshes. Should considerably speed up
- XPR transfers on fast media (e.g. ethernet). Tiny benchmark: sz'ing
- over Ethernet from a 486DX-100 linux machine gives 250k/s in "raw"
- and about 45k/s in SSH mode
- - XPR/SSH: XPR transfers now also work on SSH connections
- - XPR: added support for automatic Z-Modem Upload/Download
-
- 1.16 beta
- ---------
- - GUI: now properly reports when term.mcc is too old, instead of saying
- that it's not there
- - GUI: regrouped menu items
- - GUI: added "Reset tweaks" to reset the emulation tweaks (CR/LF etc.)
- to sensible defaults
- - GUI: edit window terminal type is now a cycle as well
- - GUI: added "Auto fullsize when connected" option
- - SSH: fixed screwup when clicking "Close connection" during SSH
- login
- - GUI: fixed opening of SSH hosts from history
- - Prefs: Added SSH shell option/tooltype
- - Prefs: fixed saving of new prefs items
- - GUI: added support for Vapor Update Library
-
- 1.17 beta
- ---------
- - General: Now uses vapor_toolkit.library for various stuff
- - SSH: now using cryptographically strong random number generator
- from vapor_toolkit for generating session keys
- - GUI: char bar was limited to 80 characters (oops)
- - General: removed a few remaining calls to OldOpenLibrary()
- to make Patchwork happy
-
- 1.18 beta
- ---------
- - General: recompiled with full optimization
-
- 1.19 beta
- ---------
- - GUI: made "CRASLF" the default
- - GUI: added flag "Use custom terminal settings?"
- to individual profiles. If unset, will not modify the
- default AmTelnet Terminal tweaks etc. settings when
- selecting the host
- - GUI: removed stupid "About" animation
-
- 1.20 beta
- ---------
- - Net: in SSH mode, Return is now always sent as LF
- (protocol standard)
- - GUI: useless "8-Bit-Mode" is now OFF by default
- - GUI: made "8-Bit-Mode" labeling more clear
- ("8-Bit CSI?")
- - Net: fixed a bug in fkey parsing which could
- overwrite a buffer, thus causing crash
- - Net: now sets SO_KEEPALIVE even for non-ssh
- connections
- - GUI/Net: added option to disable the nagle
- algorithm (TCP_NODELAY)
- - GUI/Net: added option to set the SSH compression
- level
- - Net: will now translate CTRL^C to telnet
- IAC IP
- - GUI: changed CRASLF to Off by default (sigh --
- obviously, term.mcc implements the proper
- ESC sequences to turn this on/off)
-
- 1.21 beta
- ---------
- - GUI: raised term.mcc required version to 22
- - Net: removed CTRL^C to IP translation again
- - GUI: removed "Autofullsize" option;
- previous "Fullsize" will behave now behave
- more like this (fullsize when connected,
- control panel otherwise)
- - Net: no longer sets a broken term ident type
- when connecting to a phonebook entry
- - GUI: no longer opens a bogus "Can't open file ''"
- requester when a Save operation is aborted
- - GUI: added Send IP/AO/AYT menu items in
- "Functions" menu
- - GUI: changed to special vapor table
- catalog handling. This renders old
- catalogs useless, though.
- - GUI: "CRLF" was still the default after
- "Reset tweaks"
- - General: did some code cleanup and reduced
- static memory usage by 16k
-
- 1.22 beta
- ---------
- - GUI: showing "About" while the about window
- was already open would OpenDiskFont()
- two fonts which would never have been
- closed again
- - GUI: reworked GUI a bit, added new logo
- and updated about text
- - SSH: updated crlf conversion to deal
- with new term.mcc behavior
- - GUI: raised term.mcc required version to 23
- - GUI: now sets UsedClasses properly
-
- 1.23 beta
- ---------
- - Net: Sending of username/password wasn't
- following the proper \r\n-semantics
- - GUI: Nagle and SSH compression settings
- weren't saved
- - GUI: relabeled "Use custom terminal settings?"
- with "Save terminal settings with profile?"
- to make function more clear
-
- 1.24 beta
- ---------
- - GUI: fixed SSH Compression default settings
- - GUI: per-profile terminal settings weren't
- properly saved
-
- 1.25beta
- --------
- - GUI: "Change Transfer path" is now an
- ASL drawersonly request instead of a stupid
- text gadget window
- - GUI: fixed "will use wrong server entry
- when reconnecting with double click and
- having multiple server with same hostnames
- in phonebook" bug
- - SSH: fixed overwriting of passwords in
- host entry on auto-login
-
- 1.26beta
- --------
- - GUI: now checks for Term.MCC V24
- - GUI: added escape code help line to
- function key window. Also gives the
- Fkey window a more reasonable default size
- - GUI: fixed control bar group spacing
- - Net: Send Username/Password now also works
- in SSH mode (without causing a SSH packet
- screwup :)
- - Net: no longer sends a DO BINARY WILL BINARY
- after connection establishment
- - GUI: Z-Modem Auto Send/Receive was always
- done, even when deselected
- - Net: now sends DO BINARY WILL BINARY
- before starting XPR, and DONT BINARY WONT BINARY
- after finishing
-
- 1.27beta
- --------
- - Prefs: serious bug in getting term arguments
- from the term.mcc caused overwriting of innocent
- memory. The memory overwriting may have caused
- all kind of (not so) funny side effects, so if you
- experienced one of those, they may well be gone
- now.
-
- 1.28beta
- --------
- - CVS: initial import
- - GUI: fixed a few typos in catalog
- - General: fixed enforcer hit flood when pressing
- "connect" without having an host entry selected
- - General: changed a last reamining OldOpenLibrary()
- to OpenLibrary() for Patchwork's sake
-
- 1.29beta
- --------
- - GUI: added "Resume transfers" option (Wiz)
- - Net: it's possible to telnet to any port now (Zapek)
-
- 1.30beta
- --------
- - GUI: completely rewrote host phonebook system. Old
- style host lists are loaded and converted on first
- start. Host entries can now have a reference
- to a custom config file which is loaded when
- a host is connected (Olli)
- - Prefs: changed config file naming to "<name>.AmTcfg"
- and default config to "Default.AmTcfg". Old file
- is still read when "Default.AmTcfg" doesn't exist.
-
- 1.31beta
- --------
- - GUI: phonebook listview is now default object and
- can be controlled with the cursor keys after window
- opened (Olli)
- - GUI: fixed username input problem in SSH mode
- with certain term.mcc CR/LF settings (Olli)
- - SSH: math now uses workbench math libraries,
- making use of FPU if available (Olli)
-
- 1.32beta
- --------
- - GUI: added "Sort" button to phonebook (Olli)
- - GUI: fixed problems with configuration asl popup
- and certain ASL hacks (Olli)
- - GUI: main window server string now browses
- through phonebook server list upon
- cursor up/down (Olli)
- - GUI: fixed bug with connection port and type
- being lost (Olli)
- - GUI: server string is now active by default
- when AmTelnet opens (Olli)
- - GUI: added shortcut keys to phonebook (Olli)
-
- 1.33beta
- --------
- - GUI: addded shortcuts to all phonebook's gadgets (Carlos)
- - Fixed bug causing phonebook gadgets to be initialized
- with trash for newly added entry (Carlos)
- - GUI: when phonebook is not empty, first entry
- is made active by default for the 1st time phonebook
- is being opened (Carlos)
- - GUI: phonebook can no longer be dissmissed, if you
- got some asl requesters remaining opened (Carlos)
- - General: RegUtil related calls now use VAT (Carlos)
- - GUI: fixed 'broken' AmTalk logo in win_demo object (Carlos)
- - GUI: Corrected menu layout and shortcuts (Carlos)
- - GUI: Localized a few remaining hard-coded strings (Carlos)
- - GUI: Added CloseGadget to 'connecting...' window, so you
- can now abort with ESC easyily (Carlos)
- - GUI: fixed shortcut keys in phonebook to follow ASG (Carlos)
- - GUI: removed ugly phonebook flickers on window open (Carlos)
- - GUI: fixed autologin (broken in 1.32beta) (Olli)
-
- 1.34beta
- --------
- - GUI: passing a "hostname" on the commandline which matches
- a phonebook shortname now triggers an autoconnect to the
- given entry, using those parameters (Olli)
- - GUI: cycle chained main window gadgets (Carlos)
- - GUI: reworked menu once again (Carlos)
- - GUI: Iconify title reflects "[Telnet]" as well
- as "[SSH]" depending on connection type (Carlos)
- - General: user is now asked for confirmation whenever
- he is going to open new connection while the old
- one is not closed (Carlos)
- - GUI: Phonebook will now disallow you to remove/edit the
- definition of the host you are connected to (Carlos)
- - General: AmTelnet now checks and warns before it
- overwrite existing file (Carlos)
- - General: Added "Connect thread" feature (Carlos)
- - GUI: you can no longer quit AmTelnet if there are
- any pop asl objects wanking around (Carlos)
- - GUI: it's now possible to manually enter the shortname
- of a phonebook entry and press return to connect to it (Olli)
- - GUI: made about window height more reasonable (Olli)
- - GUI: cycle chain for main window gadgets is now
- disabled when a connection is established, to allow TAB
- to work normally when inside term window (Olli)
-
- 1.35beta
- --------
- - GUI: phonebook gadgets get disabled if you connect to the
- the currently selected host from main window while phonebook
- window is still opened (Carlos)
- - GUI: reworked "FKey" window (Carlos)
- - General: "Connect thread" now clones terminal dimensions
- as well (Carlos)
- - GUI: Phonebook's "Entry name" string gadget gets automatically
- activated when new host is added (Carlos)
- - GUI: fixed bug causing manually entered host name being
- always overriden by phonebook active entry (Carlos)
- - General: Opening SSH connection with "Connect thread" didn't
- work (Carlos)
- - GUI: fixed bug causing manually entered host name in main
- window's "Server" string gadget, being always overriden by
- phonebook active entry, which made AmTelnet connect to the
- wrong host as soon as you used phonebook. As a side effect,
- phonebook's connect-on-list-double-click had to be disabled
- (Carlos)
-
- 1.36beta
- --------
- - GUI: now uses Popplaceholder.mcc class (Carlos)
- - GUI: reenabled phonebook double click (Olli)
- - GUI: lame bug (reusing object pointer) caused main window
- port gadget to not be available once the phonebook was
- opened (Olli)
-
- 1.37beta
- --------
- - GUI: Phonebook should now fit 640x200 screens (Carlos)
- - General: Fixed "Connect thread" bug causing it to not
- spawn new AmTelnet correctly (Carlos)
- - GUI: "Open new window" clones now terminal size (Carlos)
- - GUI: Phonebook's "Entry name" string didn't get activated
- when the new host was added to the virgin phonebook (Carlos)
- - General: fixed potential nuke on "New AmTelnet" and
- "Connect thread" due to missing TAG_DONE (Olli)
-
- 2.0 (2.0 prerelease)
- -------------
- - General: moved to new style keyfiles (Olli)
- - General: fixed bug making (under some circumstances) the app to
- behave as unregistered even the valid keyfile was placed in valid
- key directory (Carlos)
-
- 2.0.1
- -----
- - General: fixed "Conntect thread" wrongly passing port number
- (Carlos)
-