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File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.9.2

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Changes: Version 0.9.2 (Jan 21 2004) - FIX: buffer overflow in corby orb - FIX: typo in mDNSResponder script - works with MINGW32 compiler Version 0.9.1 (Jan 12 2004) - FIX: resource leak plugged in sw_ipv4_address_init_this_host Version 0.9 (Dec 18 2003) - Released under Porchdog Software name - FIX: robust support for text records - FIX: mDNSResponder could potentially crash when passed incorrect id's. Version 0.8.2 (Nov 25 2003) - FIX: mDNSResponder returns incorrect port information on resolve_reply - port to sparc linux - update docs Version 0.8.1 (Nov 12 2003) - compiles on Solaris (courtesy of Mr. Michael Walker) - FIX: memory leak in client side rendezvous library upon communication error with system service - FIX: potential memory leak in cleaning up socket resources upon client termination - FIX: resolve replies would not be invoked under moderate load - FIX: mDNSResponder crash under moderate network load Version 0.8 (Oct 29 2003) - added APIs for publishing domains and hosts - incorporates latest mDNS core source code from Apple. - passes latest rendezvous conformance tests (1.2) - mDNSResponder can run non-root - change executable names of sample programs to mDNSPublish and mDNSBrowse - update documentation Version 0.7.2b (Oct 3 2003) - enabled daemons to continue running when link connectivity detection fails Version 0.7.2a (Sept 30 2003) - increased portability across Linux variants Version 0.7.2 (Sept 26 2003) - Added single interface mode feature to mDNSResponder - fixed bug: nifd now consistently restarts interfaces - fixed bug: autoipd now gracefully handles pings Version 0.7.1 (Sept 22 2003) - Windows-specific changes Version 0.7 (Sept 22 2003) - Howl implements automatic ip addressing per Zeroconf spec on Linux (autoipd) - Howl implements network interface monitoring (nifd on Linux) - aggresively minimize use of system resources - FIX: all resources are cleaned up upon client termination, whether graceful or not - rendezvous clients can run single or multithreaded - added *nix documentation Version 0.6.1 - Howl runs on FreeBSD Version 0.6 - mDNSResponder handles SIGHUP, SIGINT - fixed bug in reading multicast packets - added command line parameters for browse sample application - added command line parameters for publish sample application - added HTML documentation Version 0.5 - Initial public version