1CHANGES 2------- 3 42.31 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) 10 112.30 Apr 18 14:00 2003 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). 22 232.29 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 42 432.28 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). 51 522.27 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. 82 832.26 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. 94 952.25 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 1002.24 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 1102.23 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 1202.22 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 1302.21 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 1432.20 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 1522.19 Jun 03 19:00 2002 153 - Add $p->source_verify method to skip source 154 endpoint verification of udp protocol pings for 155 those remote destinations with multiple interfaces 156 that may have the "reverse telnet" bug. 157 Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck) 158 - Moved files to more standard locations. 159 - Less common martian used for ping test 160 to reduce conflicts 161 1622.18 May 06 12:00 2002 163 - More RPM spec generalizations. 164 1652.17 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 1712.16 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 1802.15 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 1882.14 Apr 01 14:00 2002 189 - Added text ip lookup feature. 190 e@arix.com (Erick Calder) 191 1922.13 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 1992.12 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 2062.11 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 2112.10 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 2192.09 Dec 06 19:00 2001 220 - Documental and test changes only. 221 - No functional changes. 222 2232.08 Dec 04 13:00 2001 224 - Faster response for Win32 tcp_connect. 225 - Better explanations in test comments. 226 2272.07 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 2372.06 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 2422.05 Nov 18 20:00 2001 243 - Added test suite 244 2452.04 Nov 16 16:00 2001 246 - Added CHANGES and README to tarball. 247 - No functional changes. 248 2492.03 Nov 15 12:00 2001 250 - Portability adjustments to ping_tcp() 251 made by Rob Brown to work with most 252 default systems. 253 2542.02 Sep 27 12:00 1996 255 - Magic version by Russell Mosemann from CPAN 256