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- Short: TCP/IP stack as shared library binaries
- Type: comm/net
- Uploader: amitcp-group@hut.fi
- Author: amitcp-group@hut.fi (The AmiTCP/IP Group)
- Version: Release 3.0 beta 2
-
- Please read the NOTE_TO_BETA_TESTERS on the archive before you do
- anything else.
-
- AmiTCP/IP is the first publicly available TCP/IP protocol stack for
- the SANA-II interface. AmiTCP/IP provides an application level socket
- interface to the Internet protocol suite as an Amiga shared library.
-
- * distributions
-
- AmiTCP/IP 3.0 beta 2 is distributed in 3 archives:
-
- AmiTCP-bin-30b2.lha AmiTCP/IP package
- AmiTCP-api-30b2.lha Include files and link libraries
- AmiTCP-src-30b2.lha Source for AmiTCP/IP and utilities
-
- If you just want to use AmiTCP/IP you need just bin and one of
- document files. If you want to write your own applications or compile
- AmiTCP/IP you need api/src, too. Number in the name corresponds to
- distribution version. Printed documentation is currently up to release
- 2.0.
-
- Unpack archive(s), then read README.FIRST and HowToInstall.
-
- * Bug reports
-
- Send any bug reports to <AmiTCP-Bug@hut.fi>.
-
- * New Features, enchancements and bug fixes on each release:
-
- New Features on 3.0 beta 2:
-
- * binary distribution:
- - all files which are installed to non-AmiTCP directories are
- now placed in AmiTCP:export. After the installation is done
- you can delete all these files.
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - Added "INACTIVE" to the log window parameters (suggested by
- Carsten Heyl).
- - Added new callback functionality to coordinate fd tables
- with the link library. (SocketBaseTags() tag
- SBTC_FDCALLBACK).
- - Added simple (but efficient) access control to the protocol
- stack. Now it is possible to deny TCP connections to
- given/any ports from given/any machine.
- - Made name server resolving multithreaded. Now each
- application has it's own set of resolver state variables.
- Before any name resolvation would block if another
- resolvation was in progress.
- - Added h_errno setting via a pointer (SocketBaseTags() tag
- SBTC_HERRNOLONGPTR).
-
- * db/inet.access:
- - New configuration file for Internet access control. Includes
- documentation.
-
- * netinclude:
- - Added arpa protocol headers (arpa/ftp.h, arpa/nameser.h,
- arpa/tftp.h and arpa/telnet.h) to the distribution.
- - Added/deleted some files.
-
- * netlib:
- - Moved usr.lib functionality to here.
- - Added implementation of SAS/C level 1 I/O functions, which
- allows stdio on sockets (printf(), and a like).
- - Integrated inetd daemon startup code to here. Includes
- functions init_inet_daemon() and set_socket_stdio(). See
- src/examples/serv for an example.
- - Added some unix style functions (utime(), popen(), sleep()
- etc.). See doc/netlib.doc for a full list and a reference.
- - Added real h_errno variable.
-
- * libs/usergroup.library:
- - Added a new function call getcredentials() which returns all
- credential for a process, updated library version to 4.
-
- * ch_nfsc:
- - Carsten Heyl's (SUN NFS compatible) NFS client added to the
- distribution.
-
- * napsaterm:
- - Upgraded to version 3.8, merged enchanchements made by R. Knop
- (tektronix emulation). Major new feature is support of the
- Telnet protocol.
-
- * netfs:
- - Updated version.
-
- * tcp_AmiTCP:
- - Updated version.
-
- * inet-handler:
- - Updated version.
-
- * telnet:
- - Totally new version.
-
- * netstat:
- - Added resolving the IP addresses (by Pavel Troller
- <patrol@k332.feld.cvut.cz>). The resolving is done with
- AmiTCP command 'resolve', and can be bypassed with command
- line switch '-n'.
- - Added caching the resolved addresses (jraja).
-
- * src/examples/serv:
- - New example of stdio and inetd usage.
-
- * ftp:
- - removed from the distribution. Use NcFTP instead.
- (Hint: alias ftp ncftp -u [])
-
- Fixed Bugs on 3.0 beta 2:
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - Fixed bug in getservbyname() which now checks the protocol
- string.
- - Fixed the bug in log file/console name change notify
- function (NETTRACE's DosBase is no more used before
- initialization).
-
- * inetd:
- - Fixed bugs in server argument parsing. Before any more than
- one argument would not have worked. (Thanks to Magnus Lilja
- for pointing this out).
-
- * Install_AmiTCP:
- - Added copying of the "libs" dir.
-
- * rsh:
- - Fixed bug which caused sending to stop if input was redirected
- from a (not small) file.
-
- New Features on 3.0 beta:
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - Changed the AmiTCP ARexx port (AMITCP) to show only after the API
- is up and running (no need to "wait" on the bin/startnet).
- - Added functions sendmsg() and recvmsg() for scatter/gather I/O.
- - First parameter to Dup2Socket() can now be -1 to mark the fd
- (the second parameter) as not to be used by AmiTCP.
- - Added function SocketBaseTagList(). Tag definitions for it are
- on netinclude:amitcp/socketbasetags.h
- - Added function gethostid(), which returns the primary IP
- address of the host as the unique host id.
- - Implemented gethostname() API function and HOSTNAME ARexx variable
- (QUERY/SET). The host name is queried from the netdb and/or name
- server, if it is not explicitly given in db/AmiTCP.config _or_ set
- with the ARexx SET command.
- - Added support for the BSD %m feature to the syslog() (%m is
- replaced by the error description of current errno value), Also
- changed the formatting code to not use the Exec's RawDoFmt()
- allowing 32 bit values to be printed without the 'l' size
- modifier.
- - Only the sizes 1, 2 and 4 are now allowed for the errno
- variable.
- - SetErrnoPtr() has now return value. 0 on success and -1
- otherwise. The _old_ errno indicates the error causing the
- failure.
- - "new" interface naming style (eg. slip.device/0 -> sl0)
-
- * db/interfaces:
- - New configuration file to allow easy extension to new sana2
- devices. Maps interface names to sana2 parameters.
-
- * netinclude:
- - Added SocketBaseTagList() definitions to
- amitcp/socketbasetags.h
- - GCC: Added inline functions from clib/socket_inlines.h to
- inline/socket.h, since those had to be modified for gcc.
- Generated big list of defines to make possible to use local
- `SocketBase' variable in calls to bsdsocket.library calls.
- This feature is invoked defining SOCKETBASE_IN_CONTEXT.
- - Added syslog.h (includes sys/syslog.h) for source
- compatibility.
- - SAS/C: inline functions are defined only if OPTINLINE is
- used, netlib stubs are used otherwise.
- - Added new prototypes and declarations for the
- usergroup.library and its link library (grp.h, pwd.h,
- unistd.h, utmp.h, clib/netlib_protos.h)
- - Changes for the short interface names, removed interface
- tags.
- - Added include files for the netinfo.device
- - Added RPC include directories rpc and rpcsvc
-
- * net.lib:
- - Added rcmd() and resvport(), removed getpwuid() and getgrgid().
- - Added syslog() support functions: openlog(), closelog() and
- setlogmask().
- - Removed errlst.c (error tables are now inside the AmiTCP to
- decrease overall memory usage).
- - Removed gethostname(), now implemented in the AmiTCP.
- - Added strerror().
- - Added perror() and stubs for the inline functions (if the
- inlining is not done).
- - Program name is passed to the AmiTCP at startup. It is used
- in the syslog() messages.
- - New function herror() will print the host error code set
- after host resolving failure (uses SocketBaseTags()).
- - New function GetHErrno() will return the host error code
- using the SocketBaseTags().
-
- * usergroup.library:
- - New library managing the user/group information.
-
- * netinfo.device:
- - New device, which handles the actual user/group database
- files.
-
- * rpc.lib:
- - AmiTCP implementation of the Sun RPC 4.0.
-
- * help/RPC.guide:
- - Full documentation for the RPC in the AmigaGuide format.
-
- * rh(c)slip.device:
- - Added configureable MTU and EOFMODE.
-
- * tcp_AmiTCP:
- - Added sending of custom packet to ABORT pending read packet
- when network closes the connection. This packet is FIFO
- spesific and won't do anything when using another handler.
- Anyway, it works with emacs which uses FIFO to communicate
- with spawned processes.
-
- * ping:
- - New loose routing option (-L).
-
- * napsaterm:
- - New version, has some bugs fixed and uses the
- usergroup.library for user information.
-
- * ncftp:
- - Uses usergroup.library to find the user name _and_ home
- directory.
-
- * id, login, passwd, umask and whoami:
- - New usergroup.library oriented utilities
-
- * resolve:
- - New utility, trying to return host name from the IP address.
-
- * rsh:
- - New utility to execute commands on remote hosts, note that
- the server program is not included.
-
- * rcsrev:
- - New development utility, which creates standard _rev.h files
- from some files RCS id.
-
- * src/devtools, src/examples, src/doc:
- - New directories to clean up the directory structure.
-
- * portmap:
- - RPC program,version to port mapper, needed to be run before
- any RPC based servers.
-
- * rpcinfo:
- - Utility to show RPC bindings on a portmap on some host.
-
- Fixed Bugs on 3.0 beta:
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - Fixed the route dumping bug.
- - Logging information is now appended to the end of the old
- log file.
-
- * ping:
- - record routing (-R) now works.
-
- New Features on 2.3:
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - New ARexx command "KILL" and a new script, bin/stopnet,
- which sends this command to AmiTCP, causing it to try to
- stop all networking applications, and if successfull,
- itself, too.
-
- * NcFTP:
- - Faster I/O on binary transfers.
-
- Fixed Bugs on 2.3:
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - Removed the incorrect use of M_EOR, which caused fragmented
- packets to be truncated.
-
- New Features in 2.2:
-
- * AmiTCP:
- - The interactive sessions have now a higher priority when
- using rh(c)slip.device
- * arp:
- - Arp table dumping is now working
- * netstat:
- - Routing table can be dumped
-
- New Features in 2.1:
-
- * Inet-handler:
- - With Inet-Handler you can use AmigaDOS IO to access TCP protocol
- * finger:
- - New application, prints information about local and remote users
- * fingerd:
- - Calls now finger when asked for local users. (This feature requires
- Apipe-handler by Per Bojsen, Apipe-handler can be found e.g. on Fish
- disk 783)
- * ls:
- - New application, an imitation of Unix directory lister. Supports
- multiuser filesystems. Included as an example of user and group
- database usage
- * Napsaterm:
- - Default window title is now the name of the remote host
- - A public screen can be used with -S switch (thanks trossi!)
- * SynClock:
- - A simple script which synchronize clock in Amiga with
- specified host in network
- * AmiTCP:
- - A timestamp is added to the log messages
- - Faster checksum calculation implemented in assembler
- * netlib:
- - User and group database handling routines are added to the
- net.lib. Release includes example databases for `ls' and `finger'
- utilities, which use these databases
- - A real gettimeofday() using locale is also added
-