Release History


Release Features
Release 4.03 Production
(9/97)
Added Watcher Daemon for continuous server operation
Fixed the Content Length associated with server-side includes
Fixed the SCRIPT_NAME to not include PATH_INFO (when present)
Added wildcard searches to the Search Engine
Added support for executing CGIs without requiring '.exe' or '.bat'
Release 4.03 Beta 2
(9/97)
Fixed a significant networking bug that resulted in "Document has no data" errors (thanks Joe Smith!).
Added document and CGI aliasing.
Fixed CGI environment variables to return values with UNIX directory paths (/) -- required for PERL
Changed search index to use relative paths (requires re-indexing!)
Fixed POST bug that affected many PERL discussion CGIs
Fixed FTP_WELCOME message to display line breaks as they appear in the macro define.
Added FTP_GOODBYE message to display on QUIT.
Fixed bug in the performance timestamp written to the log file.
Removed all PC-specific directory notation, now use UNIX forward slash (/) (affects configuration files)
Fixed HTTP SSL Proxy bug
Fixed FTP server bugs associated with directory slash (/) symbols
Implemented FTP REST (restart) command -- NOT fully tested!
Included the Ceilidh 1.50 Group Discussion forum from www.lilikoi.com
Added CR/LF to all configuration and log files.
Added HTTP_COOKIE CGI environment variable.
Fixed FTP RENAME bug.
Fixed document directory list of server when "home page" is missing.
Fixed search bug that caused words following HTML tags to be missed
Release 4.03 Beta 1
(8/97)
Implemented Sambar Server NT Service option (see Install Documentation)
Implemented Virtual Hosting
Implemented FTP APPE (append) command -- NOT fully tested!
Implemented HTTP PUT method -- NOT fully tested!
Added support for multiple users/groups for security restriction
Support for ISINDEX queries (see CGI documentation).
Fixed bug in security.c where case-sensitive comparison was performed
Fixed bug when writing out server configuration that caused the document directory to get trashed
Fixed bug in security processing when directory is not the install directory
Modified FTP to support file names with spaces and dashes (valid characters are alpha-numeric, space, dash and underline)
Provide status update while Search Indexer is running (file list)
Implemented Server-side includes (see SSI documentation for implementation notes)
Improved the log analysis agent discovery (more extensible)
Added active users report (and the ability to terminate sessions)
Added parent environment to CGI environment
Added REMOTE_USER, PATH_INFO, PATH_TRANSLATED and CONTENT_TYPE to CGI
Fixed FTP root directory path bug
Fixed WinCGI and CGI to work with 16-bit applications and fixed parameter passing
Fixed CGI QUERY_STRING bug (was passing URL with )
Release 4.02
(6/97)
Fixed many CGI bugs (thanks for being patient)
Implemented WinCGI (bug reports appreciated)
Added ODOMETER-like page counter with source code
Fixed directory redirect when request does not include trailing slash (/)
Implemented CGI in-lining with internal scripting language
Fixed user administration page to show configured privs
Implemented log file rotation mechanism
Added support for incremental additions to the search engine
Fixed bug in FTP authentication bug
Added ability to redirect HTTP proxy requests to a remote caching proxy
Moved system administration and error messages out of docs directory
Added auto-directory listing capability (if no default page)
Release 4.01
(6/97)
Added SSL-tunneling to HTTP Proxy
Added FTP proxy support (via HTTP protocol) Beta Release!
Fixed MIME bug with case sensitivity.
Support for network-disconnected HTTP & FTP use (localhost)
Support for FTP directories not rooted under the Sambar Server installation
Search indexing of files without file extensions (character ~ to Index Only configuration entry)
Allow the WWW Document directory to be rooted in a directory other than the Sambar Server installation directory
Fixed Perl bug when installation directory has a space in the name
Release 4.0
(5/97)
FTP Server implemented
FTP Log Analysis tool
SMTP, POP3 & IMAP4 proxy services
HTTP keep-alive implemented
AD/content filtering via HTTP proxy
Search engine character set configurable
CGI 1.1 implemented (Perl 5 included with server)
Windows GUI shell wrapper (source code provided).
DLL based Server interface exposed.
Release 3.0
(2/97)
Server runs in DOS console
Rewrote server-side scripting language
Implemented format for user-definable RPCs via DLLs
Dymamic HTML content generation via server-side scripting
Full-text search engine
HTTP proxy server
HTTP Log Analysis tool
HTML based System administration console
Customized error messages.
Source code samples provided
Release 1.0
(95-96)
HTTP Server implemented
Primitive server-side scripting language
Flat-file based personal profiling
Release 0
(94)
Known as RCom (Remote Commander)
Sun RPC based protocol
Client API library provided client/server distributed architecutre
Primitive command line GUI tool and scripting language.
Focus was on software distribution using "push" technology
Client profiles maintained by server
Dynamic server-side scripting provided based on client information


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