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<html> <head><title>Release History</title></head> <body bgcolor=white link=black vlink=black> <center> <IMG SRC="/images/system/sambar.gif"> <h2>Release History</h2> </center> <TABLE border=0 cellpadding=10> <TR valign=top> <TH align=left width=160>Release</TH> <TH align=left>Features</TH> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 4.03 Production (9/97)</TD> <TD> Added support for executing CGIs without requiring '.exe' or '.bat' </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 4.03 Beta 2 (9/97)</TD> <TD> 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 </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 4.03 Beta 1 (8/97)</TD> <TD> Implemented Sambar Server NT Service option (see <A HREF=install.htm>Install Documentation</A>) 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 <A HREF=ssi.htm>SSI documentation</A> 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 <query>) </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 4.02 (6/97)</TD> <TD> 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) </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 4.01 (6/97)</TD> <TD> 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 </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 4.0 (5/97)</TD> <TD> 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. </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 3.0 (2/97)</TD> <TD> 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 </TD> </TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 1.0 (95-96)</TD> <TD> HTTP Server implemented Primitive server-side scripting language Flat-file based personal profiling </TD> <TR> <TR valign=top> <TD>Release 0 (94)</TD> <TD> 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 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR> <CENTER> Copyright 1995 to 1997 Sambar Technologies </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>