Martin Hall
Mark Towfiq
Geoff Arnold
David Treadwell
Henry Sanders
Copyright © 1992 by Martin Hall, Mark Towfiq
Geoff Arnold, David Treadwell and Henry Sanders
All rights reserved.
This document may be freely redistributed in any form, electronic or otherwise, provided that it is distributed in its entirety and that the copyright and this notice are included. Comments or questions may be submitted via electronic mail to winsock@microdyne.com. Requests to be added to the Windows Sockets mailing list should be addressed to winsock-request@microdyne.com. This specification, archives of the mailing list, and other information on Windows Sockets are available via anonymous FTP from the host microdyne.com, directory /pub/winsock. Questions about products conforming to this specification should be addressed to the vendors of the products.Revision history:Portions of the Windows Sockets specification are derived from material which is Copyright © 1982-1986 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights are reserved. The Berkeley Software License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
1.0 Rev.A June 11, 1992
1.0 Rev.B June 16, 1992
1.0 Rev. C October 12, 1992
1.1 January, 1993
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The authors would like to thank their companies for allowing them the time and resources to make this specification possible: JSB Corporation, Microdyne Corporation, FTP Software, Sun Microsystems, and Microsoft Corporation.
Special thanks should also be extended to the other efforts contributing to the success of Windows Sockets. The original draft was heavily influenced by existing specifications offered and detailed by JSB Corporation and Net Manage, Inc. The "version 1.0 debate" hosted by Microsoft in Seattle allowed many of the members of the working group to hash out final details for 1.0 vis-a-vis.
Sun Microsystems was kind enough to allow first time implementors to "plug and play" beta software during the first Windows Sock-A-Thon of Windows Sockets applications and implementations at Interop Fall '92. Microsoft has shared WSAT (the Windows Sockets API Tester) with other Windows Sockets implementors as a standard Windows Sockets test suite to aid in testing their implementations. Finally, Sun Microsystems and FTP Software plan to host the Windows Sock-A-Thon II in Boston February '93.
Without the contributions of the individuals and corporations involved in the working group, Windows Sockets would never have been as thoroughly reviewed and completed as quickly. In just one year, several competitors in the networking business developed a useful specification with something to show for it! Many thanks to all which participated, either in person or on e-mail to the Windows Sockets effort. The authors would like to thank everyone who participated in any way, and apologize in advance for anyone we have omitted.
Martin Hall (Chairman) JSB Corporation martinh@jsbus.com Mark Towfiq (Coordinator) Microdyne Corporation towfiq@microdyne.com Geoff Arnold (Editor 1.0) Sun Microsystems geoff@east.sun.com David Treadwell (Editor 1.1) Microsoft Corporation davidtr@microsoft.com Henry Sanders Microsoft Corporation henrysa@microsoft.com J. Allard Microsoft Corporation jallard@microsoft.com Chris Arap-Bologna Distinct chris@distinct.com Larry Backman FTP Software backman@ftp.com Alistair Banks Microsoft Corporation alistair@microsoft.com Rob Barrow JSB Corporation robb@jsb.co.uk Carl Beame Beame & Whiteside beame@mcmaster,ca Dave Beaver Microsoft Corporation dbeaver@microsoft.com Amatzia BenArtzi NetManage, Inc. amatzia@netmanage.com Mark Beyer Ungermann-Bass mbeyer@ub.com Nelson Bolyard Silicon Graphics, Inc. nelson@sgi.com Pat Bonner Hewlett-Packard p_bonner@cnd.hp.com Derek Brown FTP Software db@wco.ftp.com Malcolm Butler ICL mcab@oasis.icl.co.uk Mike Calbaum Fronteir Technologies mike@frontiertech.com Isaac Chan Microsoft Corporation isaacc@microsoft.com Khoji Darbani Informix khoji@informix.com Nestor Fesas Hughes LAN Systems nestor@hls.com Karanja Gakio FTP Software karanja@ftp.com Vikas Garg Distinct vikas@distinct.com Gary Gere Gupta ggere@gupta.com Jim Gilroy Microsoft Corporation jamesg@microsoft.com Bill Hayes Hewlett-Packard billh@hpchdpc.cnd.hp.com Paul Hill MIT pbh@athena.mit.edu Tmima Koren Net Manage, Inc. tmima@netmanage.com Hoek Law Citicorp law@dcc.tti.com Graeme Le Roux Moresdawn P/L - Kevin Lewis Novell kevinl@novell.com Roger Lin 3Com roger_lin@3mail.3com.com Terry Lister Hewlett-Packard tel@cnd.hp.com Jeng Long Jiang Wollongong long@twg.com Lee Murach Network Research lee@nrc.com Pete Ostenson Microsoft Corporation peteo@microsoft.com David Pool Spry, Inc. dave@spry.com Bob Quinn FTP Software rcq@ftp.com Glenn Reitsma Hughes LAN Systems glennr@hls.com Brad Rice Age rice@age.com Allen Rochkind 3Com - Jonathan Rosen IBM jrosen@vnet.ibm.com Steve Stokes Novell stoke@novell.com Joseph Tsai 3Com joe_tsai@3mail.3com.com James Van Bokkelen FTP Software jbvb@ftp.com Miles Wu Wollongong wu@twg.com Boris Yanovsky NetManage, Inc. boris@netmanage.com