Announcing The Release of WhistleWare 4.2.1!

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Key:  network

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.2.1

  • AOF features have been turned on by default for NTT.
  • Fix #4499: Increase timeout when starting the HTTP proxy.
  • Fix #4478: Don't send mail to admin when WSB is updated.
  • Remove the IDENT timer for inbound email.
  • Increase number of inbound sendmail processes from 5 to 10.
  • Security patch for NTP.

Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.2p2

  • Security fix: upgrade to bind 8.2.3-REL.
  • Security fix: ipfw bug fix.
  • Update copyrights from 2000 to 2001.
  • Fix web site blocking to always update correctly for WC customers.
  • Fix for ddns to verify update against interjet.domain instead of just domain.
  • Fix to handle mirroring error condition when reverse DNS is not available.
  • Fix for PPPoE to interoperate with (broken) internet servers.
  • Properly send client information for perimeter net using DHCP.
  • Fix #4204 - Clarify firewall help for firewall holes.
  • Fix #4367 - Previously we were getting incorrect values for the PPPoE setting.
  • Fix #4372 - cannot ftp in active mode from office net.
  • Fix #4377 - enable/disable of perimeter net causes WAN port to be disabled.
  • Fix #4396 - Cannot POP mail remotely with Windows ME.
  • Fix #4399 - Mac/IE5 Script Error on first page of AutoConfig Wizard.
  • Fix #4421 - No feedback after processing mail queue entry.
  • Fix #4422 - Processing selected mail queue doesn't work.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.2p1

  • Make first externally visible DNS name an A record instead of a CNAME. This only affects InterJets providing primary DNS and was needed for Telstra to properly delegate .com.au domains.

  • Fix bug where some of the firewall rules where getting skipped.

  • Fix bug #4029: Add missing word to external mail retrieval confirmation message.

  • Fix bug #4285: IE5/Mac JavaScript error on configuration restore.

  • Properly display PPPoE help for Japanese and German translations.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.2

  • Feature: PPPoE support Allows WAN connection using PPPoE over broadband connection (such as DSL or cable.)

  • Feature: DHCP client support Allow the perimeter port to be setup via DHCP (needed for interoperability with some broadband connections (such as DSL or cable.)

  • Feature: Address translation changes which allow PPTP outbound and streaming media protocols.

  • Feature: Allow autoconfiguration over all WAN options and use SSL for autoconfiguration with fallback to HTTP.

  • Feature: Add checkbox to allow less restrictive port blocking when in limited mode.

  • Bug #04232: Make sure InterJet restarts correctly after configuration restore.

  • Bug #04283 "Unable to Auto-configure using ISDN through the DSV".

  • Bug #04259: batch import bug fix.

  • Bug #04211: Treat "user@" addresses as local users for purpose of displaying a mailing list.

  • Bug #04221: Fix JavaScript in setup wizard.

  • Bug #03938 & #03954: Better handling of importing internal mailing list users.

  • Substantially increase speed of importing names to a mailing list.

  • Edit/View mailing list page lists users and associates in sorted order.

  • Improve robustness of mail delivery by making sure dynamic DNS update occurs to DNS server before sending email for relaying.

  • Fix bug where FTC mode was incorrectly getting set in the initial mail configuration.

  • Fix bug that could cause an infinite loop in web mirroring.

  • Internal: Make DDNS more robust.

  • Numerous language updates and bug fixes (English, German and Japanese.)

  • Disable the "New Machine" command in the Perimeter Network menu if the perimeter net is not enabled.

  • Enable ISDN and SYNC ports by default to allow for initial autoconfiguration.

  • SRA support for Win2K to force it to use MD5-CHAP.

  • DSV support for IE5 on the Mac.

  • Improve handling of multi-link PPP sequence numbers.

  • Work around Lucent/Ascent ISDN bug where the 2nd link would not connect until after IPCP finishes for the 1st link.

  • Don't favor sync receive interrupts over transmit interrupts.

  • Remove "time" and "daytime" from externally visible IP address.

  • Deny IP options record-route and timestamp, along with the loose and strict source routing options we currently deny. This is in response to an internet security advisory.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.1.4

  • Add German language translation.

  • DSV: Fix 3994.

  • SFOqa04020: "Dialog message is incomplete when selecting PPTP in Firewall Configuration".

  • Disable "time" and "daytime" from eternally visible IP addresses.

  • Fix #4176: Eliminate the duplicated entries in mailing list editor.

  • Allow autoconfiguration of ISDN and Perimeter net.

  • Allow the CPU fan to spin up to 10,000 RPM before complaining.

  • Wait 2 minutes after startup before checking fan speed and temperature.

  • Properly restart external port when the ISDN port restarts.

  • Fix #4157: Correctly test times in mail checks.

  • Fix non-display of networking pages due to NDCP hanging.

  • Deny IP options record-route and timestamp, along with the loose and strict source routing options we currently deny. This is in response to a FreeBSD security advisory.

  • MIRRORING: Various bug fixes and improvements.

  • MIRRORING: Speed up mirroring by renaming files instead of deleting them.

  • MPD: Log link origination when link comes up (in text format.)

  • ISDN: Minimize UP/DOWN transitions when resetting the line.

  • ISDN: Recognize a new bearer capability IE seen at an Illinois customer site. It is the same as a u-law speech IE, except the "information transfer capability" value is one instead of zero. Seems to mean the same thing.

  • FRAME: Don't favor receive interrupts over transmit.

  • FRAME: Improved statistics.

  • FRAME: Don't access already-been-freed memory during node shutdown.

  • FRAME: Cisco HDLC patch from FreeBSD.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.1.3p1

  • Allow the CPU fan to spin up to 10,000 RPM before complaining.

  • Wait 2 minutes after startup before checking fan speed and temperature.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.1.3

  • Changes to support WebConnections dynamic IP (Dynamic DNS and ODMR.)
  • Added additional WebConnections WAN and service levels.
  • Changes to strings to make them more generic for unbundled bandwidth.
  • MAIL: Add loopback sendmail to eliminate certain restart errors.
  • MAIL: Rewrite sendmail cf files in a more protected manner.
  • MAIL: Disallow the SMTP EXPN and VRFY commands.
  • MAIL: Properly handle "hard to deliver" email settings.
  • MAIL: Fix for 3957. Eliminate option to receive mail immediately.
  • MAIL: Send ETRN to each of our backup MX's (merge from HEAD.)
  • ISDN: Fix typo: "itr6" should be "1tr6".
  • ISDN: Fix for 03983: fix bug displaying locked down pulldown fields.
  • ISDN: Fix 2 B channel bandwidth degradation problem.
  • PPP: Add MP fragment reassembly - RFC 1990.
  • PPP: Fix bug triggered by both links coming up at the same time.
  • PPP: Do sequence number comparisons using 32-bit arithmetic.
  • PPP: Don't completely throw away packets with old ACK sequence numbers, just ignore the ACK.
  • PPP: Avoid core dump due to race condition setting the link cookie.
  • PPP: Avoid 60 second restart delay in reusing PPTP listen socket.
  • For the Aterm, initialize with ATZ0 instead of ATZ98 (hardware reset.)
  • NAT: Ignore a PORT or 227 encoded port number if not "reasonable" to avoid security problems with these commands embedded in an FTP URL.
  • Classless subdomain delegation is always enabled.
  • Disallow a zero-length hostname in the upgrade URL.
  • Mailing lists: Fix for 3992, local user cannot subscribe.
  • When authenticating to the web server, if user's password is greater than 8 chars and fails, try with just the first 8 chars. ICJ passwords are limited to 8 chars but this is often a prefix of a longer one.
  • Web mirroring: fix bug that caused regular files to appear as directories.
  • Fix for 3955. Personnel administrator should be able to change the surf/wsb privileges.
  • New users' internal and public directories were not getting their set-UID bits set when they were created like they should. Nobody noticed because this would get corrected after a reboot.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.1.2p2

  • Bug fix: More robust delivery of dial on demand mail.
  • Bug fix: More robust updates for WSB list.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.1.2p1

  • Bug fix: Reduce the amount of logging for reloading of the WSB userdefined database.

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Whistle Ware Release Notes - US 4.1.2

  • Allow ability to schedule Web Mirroring and backup to occur at the same time.
  • Able to mirror folder with 128 character name.
  • User Interface responds normally with /26 network in use on office LAN.
  • Mirroring correctly terminates with FTP 'quit'.
  • Additions and modifications to online help.
  • Y2K copyrights added.
  • Changing email size limit changes effective immediately.
  • WhistleWare user interface operates correctly from Macintosh computers using I.E. 4.5 and MRJ 2.2.
  • Improved performance of proxy server, resulting in improved browsing capabilities.
  • Modem race condition fixed when closing device and carrier lost detected at same time.

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