[proxyTools-announce] latest localProxy package release is out

[wayne <wa...@ny...>]

Hi,

The latest localProxy package release is up on sourceforge now.
You can follow the links from the main page at:
http://proxytools.sf.net
or go straight to
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/proxytools/localProxy01-09-07.zip

Here are the release notes:
Localproxy 2001/9/7 release

The changes this time are nowhere near as extensive as the last release.
On the whole, there are improvements in data (hosts, firewalls, etc.).
New services added (Socks4, anon http proxy, etc.) - again just data, 
since the code was already there. Many bugfixes of course. 
Doc improvements, but I still haven't reached that 'user feels like 
he understands' stage. :-)

The user might notice improvements in speed. CommStrat 2 was 
implemented (finally), and (at least in the UAE) that means the ISP 
proxies can be used in their normal mode (rather than only in CONNECT 
mode), removing a layer of proxies and enabling very fast surfing.
Also, localProxy now sorts hosts and services by descending order 
of a score based on speed and reliability, so only the best get 
selected at startup (the user may set a limit on the number chosen 
for each layer).

Some code from the back end has been split out to WLib.pm. The 
objective is to reduce the size of the back end, and to create a 
library which contains routines of use to the other proxy tools.
There is a localProxyBuild.pm file which is empty at the moment.
Much of the code involved in the config build stage at startup of 
the back end will move here.

wa...@ny...
http://proxytools.sourceforge.net
http://www.angelfire.com/my/6waynes