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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 a SLIP driver which supports the use of serial
interfaces. FreeNet will also work with ethernet cards, using the driver
supplied with the card. A loopback driver is included within the main
FreeNet module, and need only be configured.
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
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
13 Priory Court
Hoddesdon
Hertfordshire
EN11 8DB
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 majordomo@jake.educom.com.au with 'subscribe freenet'
in the body of the message.
There is also a low bandwidth list for announcements regarding
FreeNet and client programs for it. To join it, send an email
message to majordomo@jake.educom.com.au with a message body
that contains the text 'subscribe freenet-announce'.