Re: [Blocks-development] V0.16 Release announcement

[Benjamin M. B. <br...@kr...>]

http://blocks.kripto.org / http://www.kripto.org/blocks is now updated to
the version 0.16 information.

Sorry it took a little longer than desired, as I worked all day ;D

-Ben

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Blat Froop wrote:

> V0.16 is now ready. The web page will (hopefully) be updated
> soon to let you all get the most recent binaries (including
> Linux binaries!) and source (which now builds on Linux without
> hacking!).
> 
> Michael will be running a V0.16 public test server which
> you can connect at mspencer.net:8016
> 
> Many thanks to everyone who has contributed directly and
> indirectly!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> PG.
> 
> Here is a summary of whats new...
> 
> 1) New protocol version message
> 
>    * V0.16 will not connect to previous versions of Blocks. This
>      should stop the sort of interoperability problems we saw
> 	 when moving from V0.14 to V0.15.
> 
> 2) Big Files
> 
>    * Support for files > 250Mb. New limit should be 2Gb.
>    * Files which are larger than 10% of the cache size are
>      not cached when routing. This stops large files from
> 	 trampling intermediate servers with small caches.
> 
> 3) Readvertisements
> 
>    * Only non-local files are readvertised (same as V0.15)
>    * Only servers with an uptime > 60secs readvertise files.
>    * Readvertisements are never routed or broadcast.
>    * Latest 512 adverts are immediately readvertised on
>      connection, then one every 15 seconds per connection,
> 	 for another 4096 ads (over some 17hours or so).
> 
> 4) Enhanced PRNG
> 
>    * Entropy from DH Keys fed back in much better
>    * Fixed PRNG bug (to do with connection management logic)
>    * PRNG now explicitly advanced after uploads, downloads,
>      and connections.
> 
> 5) Faster Uploading
> 
>    * V0.15 had an artificial limit of ~20 blocks/sec for
>      inserting into the cache. This limit has been removed
>      and upload times should be bound by your disk speed.
> 
> 6) Builds on Linux
> 
>    * Should build clean on most Linux variants, as well as
>      WIN32 and Solaris.
> 
> Stuff which didnt make it this time...
> 
>    * Resuming download from local cache.
>    * Automatic download route switching.
>    * Sticky files.
> 
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