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1 | CHANGES |
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3 | |
03550e9d |
4 | 2.31 Jun 28 14:00 2003 |
5 | - Win32 Compatibility fixes. |
6 | Patch by mhx-perl@gmx.net (Marcus Holland-Moritz) |
7 | - Apply bleadperl patch #22204 |
8 | - Add ToS support. |
9 | Patch by martin@lorensen.dk (Martin Lorensen) |
10 | |
11 | 2.30 Apr 18 14:00 2003 |
9539e94f |
12 | - Fix select() bug for UDP and ICMP protocols |
13 | in case packet comes from wrong source or seq. |
14 | - Allow UDP ping to different IP addresses |
15 | without instantiating a new object. |
16 | - Add retrans() method to customize or disable |
17 | backoff factor for udp pings. |
18 | Thanks Torgny.Hofstedt@sevenlevels.se |
19 | - Let ECONNRESET be considered reachable for |
20 | UDP pings. Now it works for cygwin. |
21 | Spot by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
22 | |
c94ff782 |
23 | 2.29 Apr 12 15:00 2003 |
24 | - Implement "double send()" concept for udp pings. |
25 | See: <http://perlmonks.thepen.com/42898.html> |
26 | Thanks to rdw @ perlmonks. |
27 | - Send multiple udp packets in case of loss. |
28 | - Exponential backoff code swiped from Net::DNS |
29 | Thanks to mike@fuhr.org (Michael Fuhr). |
30 | - Also allows to capture udp ECONNREFUSED condition. |
31 | - Rename tcp_service_check method to service_check. |
32 | - Allow demo/fping -s to force service check. |
33 | Idea by ralijani@yahoo.com (REZA Alijani) |
34 | - Fix return from ping to be compatible with wantarray |
35 | when the host doesn't even resolve. |
36 | - Add udp proto test to test suite. |
37 | - VMS patch from Craig Berry to pre-check echo. |
38 | - Apply bleadperl patch (change #18904) |
39 | - Apply bleadperl patch as explained: |
40 | http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5- |
41 | porters/2003-03/msg00992.html |
42 | |
9c36735d |
43 | 2.28 Jan 23 18:00 2003 |
44 | - No new features. Bug fixes only. |
45 | - Fixed ICMP_STRUCT to work on Big Endian platforms. |
46 | Thanks to danb@thelittlemacshop.com (Dan Buettner) |
47 | for testing on Mac OS X 10.2.3 and many others |
48 | for testing on Big Endian boxes. |
49 | - Not do binmode(). Causes more problems than helps. |
50 | - Perl 5.004 compatibility fixes (Spot by Honza). |
51 | |
52 | 2.27 Jan 15 23:00 2003 |
53 | - Patch by slebedev@iwl.net (Sergey Lebedev): |
54 | - 1) Fixed response packet parsing offsets in ping_icmp. |
55 | - 2) Added icmp_result method. |
56 | - Patch by radu@netsoft.ro (Radu Greab): |
57 | - 1) Changed ping_tcp() to use non-blocking connect |
58 | instead of alarm() interface in order to avoid |
59 | conflicts with user applications. |
60 | - 2) Also get rid of all eval {} code in ping_tcp |
61 | in order to avoid catching SIGALRM trigger and |
62 | to avoid conflicts with other evals. |
63 | - 3) Avoid ioctl() syscall for more accurate error |
64 | detection on non-blocking tcp connects. |
65 | - 4) Fix fcntl() syntax usage. |
66 | - Patch by adelton@fi.muni.cz (Honza Pazdziora): |
67 | - 1) Fix icmp request pack code to be more platform |
68 | independent regardless of Big/Little Endian. |
69 | - 2) Use binmode for filehandle in case perl 5.8.0 |
70 | tries to dink with the data stream. |
71 | - Other changes by Rob Brown: |
72 | - Fixed ack() failures under certain rare conditions. |
73 | - Use more appropriate \z instead of $ in regex. |
74 | - Resolved Cygwin "make test" problems reported by |
75 | h.m.brand@hccnet.nl (H.Merijn Brand). |
76 | - Add sending a real ICMP packet in the test suite. |
77 | - Add Socket to PREREQ_PM (missing on some boxes?) |
78 | - Adjust syn_forking IPC pipe for fatter Win32 pids. |
79 | - Better handling of alarm() in test suite for Win32. |
80 | - Add a DESTROY method to reduce chances of |
81 | lingering connect-choking children. |
82 | |
83 | 2.26 Dec 02 12:00 2002 |
84 | - More compatibility fixes. |
85 | - Thanks for Solaris bug reports: |
86 | Paul.Gaborit@enstimac.fr (Paul Gaborit) |
87 | Jost.Krieger@ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Jost Krieger) |
88 | - Thanks for Solaris testing box: |
89 | Gunther.Heintzen@rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Gunther Heintzen) |
90 | - Solaris ENOTCONN select() for write choke bug. |
91 | - Thanks for Cygwin bug reports: |
92 | h.m.brand@hccnet.nl (H.Merijn Brand) |
93 | - Cygwin "EAGAIN instead of ECONNREFUSED" buttwag. |
94 | |
95 | 2.25 Nov 19 12:00 2002 |
96 | - Handle condition where O_NONBLOCK tcp connects |
97 | immediately fail without EINPROGRESS |
98 | (certain platforms or SMP optimizations). |
99 | |
100 | 2.24 Oct 21 22:00 2002 |
101 | - Compatibility fixes. |
102 | - Avoid using 127.1.1.1 and 127.2.2.2 because |
103 | it breaks on some platforms (Irix). |
104 | - Handle condition where nonblocking tcp connects |
105 | immediately connect on some platforms |
106 | (solaris and freebsd) and to be SMP safer. |
107 | - Win32 $p->ack( $host ) method should now work. |
108 | - Add ack( $host ) test cases to test suite. |
109 | |
110 | 2.23 Oct 18 22:00 2002 |
111 | - Fix ack() fd "each" detection bug. |
112 | - Add nack() method for OO interface to the |
113 | reason why the ack() failed. |
114 | - Fix premature "Timed out" side effect when a |
115 | different specified ack( $host ) fails. |
116 | - IO::Socket::INET ephemeral port buttwag |
117 | hack for the t/450_service.t test. |
118 | - Documental changes. |
119 | |
120 | 2.22 Oct 17 16:00 2002 |
121 | - Add $p->tcp_service_check() method to enforce |
122 | remote tcp service availability checking. |
123 | Patch by jef@linuxbe.org (Jean-Francois Dive). |
124 | - Changed default behavior of "syn" protocol to |
125 | disabled tcp_service_check instead of enabled. |
126 | - Win32 compatibility changes ("syn" protocol). |
127 | - Increase timeouts for tests in case client or |
128 | server network(s) are busy. |
129 | |
130 | 2.21 Oct 14 12:00 2002 |
131 | - Preserve/restore ALRM settings for tcp mode pings. |
132 | Spot by d@niel-berlin.de (Daniel Berlin) |
133 | - Can now select device for udp and icmp protocols. |
134 | Patch by sarfata@altern.org (Thomas Sarlandie). |
135 | - Add new "syn" protocol to allow for mass parallel |
136 | (syncronous) TCP service reachability checking. |
137 | - Add ack() method to utilize non-blocking connect |
138 | (SYN/ACK) feature of the "syn" protocol. |
139 | - Add demo/fping script as a "syn" demonstration. |
140 | - Compatibiliy patches for cygwin. |
141 | Spot by frazee.23@osu.edu (Joseph Frazee) |
142 | |
5d20095f |
143 | 2.20 Jun 20 10:00 2002 |
144 | - Perl 5.8.0 compatibility stuff. |
145 | Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck). |
146 | And patch by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
147 | - Move INSTALL doc into perldoc. |
148 | - Allow source_verify method to work |
149 | for icmp protocol as well as udp. |
150 | Spot by taner@taner.net (Taner Halicioglu) |
151 | |
15d96390 |
152 | 2.19 Jun 03 19:00 2002 |
5d20095f |
153 | - Add $p->source_verify method to skip source |
15d96390 |
154 | endpoint verification of udp protocol pings for |
155 | those remote destinations with multiple interfaces |
156 | that may have the "reverse telnet" bug. |
5d20095f |
157 | Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck) |
15d96390 |
158 | - Moved files to more standard locations. |
5d20095f |
159 | - Less common martian used for ping test |
160 | to reduce conflicts |
15d96390 |
161 | |
564e2e78 |
162 | 2.18 May 06 12:00 2002 |
163 | - More RPM spec generalizations. |
164 | |
ef73e1db |
165 | 2.17 May 03 18:00 2002 |
166 | - RPM spec generalizations. |
167 | michael.mclagan@linux.org (Michael McLagan) |
168 | - Win32 compatibility changes. |
169 | (Didn't compile on Win32 since v2.11.) |
170 | |
a5a165b1 |
171 | 2.16 Apr 11 14:00 2002 |
172 | - Documentation changes. |
173 | - Added INSTALL doc. |
174 | - Added README to rpm %doc. |
175 | - Added neat MakeMaker constants routine. |
176 | - Buttwag around Makefile.PL warnings: |
177 | o "the following files are missing in your kit" |
178 | o "is not a known MakeMaker parameter name" |
179 | |
180 | 2.15 Apr 06 23:00 2002 |
181 | - Added ABSTRACT info. |
182 | - Allow for smoother upgrade from |
183 | from older Net::Ping versions. |
184 | - Change default protocol from udp to tcp |
185 | so it will work on most default systems |
186 | without any arguments to new(). |
187 | |
e82f584b |
188 | 2.14 Apr 01 14:00 2002 |
a5a165b1 |
189 | - Added text ip lookup feature. |
e82f584b |
190 | e@arix.com (Erick Calder) |
191 | |
192 | 2.13 Apr 01 14:00 2002 |
193 | - Added ping time measuring feature. |
194 | e@arix.com (Erick Calder) |
195 | - Optionally allow for high resolution |
196 | precision for timeouts and measuring |
197 | using the Time::HiRes module (Erick). |
198 | |
b757f218 |
199 | 2.12 Feb 17 19:00 2002 |
200 | - More general error determination for |
201 | better cross platform consistency and |
202 | foreign language support. |
203 | Spotted by arnaud@romeconcept.com |
204 | - Test changes for VMS (Craig Berry) |
205 | |
ddbbf559 |
206 | 2.11 Feb 02 12:00 2002 |
207 | - Test changes in case echo port is not available. |
208 | - Fix 110_icmp_inst.t to use icmp protocol |
209 | Spotted by craigberry@mac.com (Craig Berry) |
210 | |
49afa5f6 |
211 | 2.10 Dec 26 12:00 2001 |
212 | - Added bind() function useful for clients with multiple |
213 | network interfaces performing the ping check thanks to |
214 | sethb@clarkhill.com (Seth Blumberg). |
215 | - Execution optimizations for several constants (Seth). |
216 | - More test changes in case Socket module is not available |
217 | (Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
218 | |
505f3f16 |
219 | 2.09 Dec 06 19:00 2001 |
220 | - Documental and test changes only. |
221 | - No functional changes. |
222 | |
223 | 2.08 Dec 04 13:00 2001 |
224 | - Faster response for Win32 tcp_connect. |
225 | - Better explanations in test comments. |
226 | |
227 | 2.07 Nov 28 13:00 2001 |
228 | - Compatibility changes |
229 | - Works with UNIX and Win32 OS |
230 | - Works with Perl 5.005 5.6.x 5.7.x 5.8.x |
231 | - Applied several patches from distro |
232 | - External protocol added thanks to |
233 | colinm@cpan.org (Colin McMillen) |
234 | - Stream protocol added thanks to |
235 | bronson@trestle.com (Scott Bronson) |
236 | |
237 | 2.06 Nov 19 12:00 2001 |
238 | - Added Net-Ping.spec for RPM to easily |
239 | utilize using "rpm -ta Net-Ping*tar.gz" |
240 | - Moved Copyright section to perldoc |
241 | |
242 | 2.05 Nov 18 20:00 2001 |
243 | - Added test suite |
244 | |
245 | 2.04 Nov 16 16:00 2001 |
246 | - Added CHANGES and README to tarball. |
247 | - No functional changes. |
248 | |
249 | 2.03 Nov 15 12:00 2001 |
250 | - Portability adjustments to ping_tcp() |
251 | made by Rob Brown to work with most |
252 | default systems. |
253 | |
254 | 2.02 Sep 27 12:00 1996 |
255 | - Magic version by Russell Mosemann from CPAN |