============================ = = = The GNU Netcat = = = = NEWS FILE = = = ============================ * Netcat 0.7.1 - 11 Jan 2004 - Release Notes Another bugfix release mainly focused on portability that was made possible by submitted bug reports. If you find something wrong with this release, always use the SourceForge bug tracking system. This release also represents the branch point for the first stable series. Next development version, 0.8, will introduce a code restyling, and the IPv6 support. If you want to contribute with ideas/code/documentation contact me. * Netcat 0.7.0 - 21 Aug 2003 - Release Notes This new Netcat version was supposed to be released as 0.6.2, but a lot of time passed since the previous release, so I decided to release it as 0.7.0, including some new core handler code and various bugfixes. Because of the planned version number, this release should be quite stable and usable, but only time will show it. Main introduced features are: - Command line switch `-c' to terminate on EOF from stdin - New signal handling code. You can now "kill -USR1 netcat's pid" to make it printing partial statistics (sent/received bytes). - New DNS resolver functions, which will now print more precise information about the target host if ran in verbose mode. - Support for large amount of data, you can now dump big files or streams on fast lines. * Netcat 0.6.1 - 15 Sep 2002 - Release Notes A bugfix release for the 0.6 major version. This version may be the last one for a long period, but it should be enough stable to stick to. Most important fix is indeed the Solaris related code added, that makes it able to use Netcat's UDP features on this OS too. Other fixes are in compilation scripts and internal socket code. It should also be a bit faster. Always report bugs to the Netcat bug tracking system on SourceForge. * Netcat 0.6.0 - 22 Aug 2002 - Release Notes The summer brought advice and this is the new major release of Netcat. In this version many important improvements and fixes are introduced, like the new UDP protocol routines and the ability to cross-protocol bridge between TCP and UDP in tunnel mode, and the new signal handling functions that allow sockets to be cleanly closed and shutdown before Netcat terminates. Also some portability problems were fixed but there is still something to do to achieve a good cross-platform support. This version introduces much new development code and thus may contain bugs. Please test a lot and always report bugs through the Netcat bug tracking system. * Netcat 0.5.2 - 18 Jun 2002 - Release Notes This is another bugfix release that includes a lot of very important bugfixes like a better handling of unexpected situations and improved error messages and verbose info messages. A first version of the documentation (man page and info page) is now fully complete. All Netcat users are encouraged to download and try this new version and to report bugs. * Netcat 0.5.1 - 10 Jun 2002 - Release Notes And here it is the bugfix release. This version of Netcat should be much more stable than the previous one. Most important fixes are the UDP listen mode which caused one packet to be lost, and a internal problem causing a "socket already in use" error which shouldn't happen. There are also many fixes for the portability. Netcat now compiles correctly under Solaris and some other OSes. * Netcat 0.5.0 - 31 May 2002 - Release Notes This version introduces a new internal socket interface which allows a better new features support. The UDP protocol and the tunnel mode are also greatly improved from the previous versions. Note that there have been an important command line interface change about the tcp/telnet switches. The new telnet switch is now `-T', while the tcp protocol selection took the old `-t' switch. The configure option --enable-compat restores the old interface. Fixed also many minor bugs. * Netcat 0.4.0 - 15 May 2002 - Release Notes The first beta version of GNU Netcat! This should be self-explanatory, but I will write some basic notes anyway. Main netcat functions, like the UDP support, the telnet protocol support, and the zero-I/O mode (used for scanning) are now restored, and many bugs have been fixed, improving notably the stability. Another important addition is the configure command option `--enable-compat', which turnes on ALL the backwards compatibility support available in the GNU Netcat. Refer to ChangeLog for a full list of changes. * Netcat 0.3.1 - 9 May 2002 - Release Notes This is the usual bugfix release following a major release. In this release many smaller things are improved and fixed, which makes it a stabler version good for testing and bug reporting. New features will be added for the next major release, so if you have any suggestion or feature request this is the right time to submit them. * Netcat 0.3.0 - 6 May 2002 - Release Notes Here it is, finally the first fully rewritten release is out! In this release there is the new core part of the program that allows me to start the real work. From now on I will be able to implement many more new features. Please remember that this release is still "alpha" and there are many known bugs, but feel free to report any bug or broken feature that you may experience testing the package. * Netcat 0.2.2 - 1 May 2002 - Release Notes This is a bugfix release that introduces the contrib library, containing all the library functions that should be supported by the System. This version also updates translation files and improves input validity checks for port numbers. * Netcat 0.2.1 - 30 Apr 2002 - Release Notes Surely the most important change in this release is the Native Language Support addition. Another important addition is the configure option `--enable-oldhexdump', which remarks one of the most important points of this project, the full compatibility with the original nc110.