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- The FreeNet TCP/IP Stack
-
- (C) Tom Hughes 1995
-
- 0. Copyright
-
- The FreeNet module and application and the tools and documentation
- that go with them are all copyright. They are however released as
- freeware subject to certain terms and conditions. These are described
- in the file named 'Licence' which should have accompanied this
- document.
-
- 1. Introduction
-
- This file provides an overview of the FreeNet TCP/IP stack. It is
- supplied with a number of files providing further, more detailed
- information on configuring and using FreeNet.
-
- The FreeNet package is centred around the FreeNet module which is a
- full TCP/IP stack providing a SWI call interface to the BSD socket
- calls, and which matches the SWIs provided by Acorn's TCP/IP suite. As
- a result, client programs should be interchangeable between the
- two. It also uses the same hardware drivers as Acorn TCP/IP so that
- these two are interchangeable.
-
- The package includes two hardware drivers. The first is a loopback
- driver, which simply returns packets to the sender, and is provided
- mainly for testing purposes. The second is a SLIP driver which
- supports the use of serial interfaces. FreeNet will also work with
- ethernet cards, using the driver supplied with the card.
-
- Also provided are a number of simple client programs, useful mostly
- for testing and debugging the configuration of FreeNet. These include
- ping, traceroute, finger and whois clients.
-
- 2. Credits
-
- There are a large number of people that need to be thanked for their
- help during the development of FreeNet, including all the beta testers
- and those who have given me ideas. Those needing particular mention
- are:
-
- Adam Goodfellow for providing me with various things (including the
- loopback driver and DNS module) that made life a lot easier and
- greatly reduced the amount of work I had to do.
-
- Mark Smith for doing vast amounts of alpha testing at all times of the
- day and night, and helping me to find an inumerable number of bugs in
- early versions of the software.
-
- Paul Lebeau for the FreeNet, FreeUser and FreeTerm icons which are
- far, far better than my efforts.
-
- 3. Contacting the author
-
- All queries, bug reports, cash, freebies or anything else you want
- should be sent by email to freenet@compton.demon.co.uk, or by snail
- mail to:
-
- Tom Hughes
- 5 Lampits
- Hoddesdon
- Hertfordshire
- EN11 8EH
-
- There is a mailing list for people interested in FreeNet and its
- development. To join the list, send mail to my MailList server, whose
- address is maillist@compton.demon.co.uk with a subject line that
- contains the text 'SIGNON freenet-l'.
-
- If you wish to receive an automatic mailing detailing the current
- version of FreeNet, together with expected future developments, send
- an email message to maillist@compton.demon.co.uk with a subject line
- containing the text 'SEND freenet.info'.
-
- Similarly, mail to maillist@compton.demon.co.uk with a subject line
- containing the text 'SEND freenet.bugs' will get you a list of
- currently known bugs, together with their current status.
-