[HECnet] Announcing TCP/IP V2.8 for RSX-11M-PLUS

[Brian Hechinger]

Why do i want to host all my mail on rsx11 now? Give me an IMAP service and i just may. 😜
On Dec 26, 2021, 12:18 +0000, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se>, wrote:
> Time for a new release announcement of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS.
>
> This is version 2.8 of BQTCP/IP.
>
>
> It's been four months since the last official update, and there been
> various smaller improvements.
>
>
> Highlights:
>
> . Several smaller issues have been fixed which could cause crashes under
> certain circumstances.
> . Improvements in ICMP error handling.
> . Performance improvements in TCP, telnetd and Multinet.
> . Improved behavior in the DNS resolver.
> . Improved handling of many things in MAIL.
> . More patches for issues in RSX and LAT.
>
>
>
> Detailed information on things that have been done since the last release:
>
>
> TCP:
> . Bugfix. In some special circumstances, TCP could crash out with an odd
> address trap when doing an IO.REJ.
> . Fixed TCP handling at close, which could sometimes cause a spurios
> retransmit.
> . Fixed TCP behavior at large packet loss, which could lead to very bad
> performance. We now reset the delayed ACK handling when we get to a
> delayed transmit.
> . In Time wait state in TCP, a probe caused RST. It should be ignored.
> . Improved window update handling in TCP when we have lost packets.
>
>
> ICMP:
> . Improved ICMP time exceeded error handling. Also affected PING and
> TRACERT.
> . Improved ICMP error return value for destination unreachable to have
> IE.NRJ with subcode in high byte. Second word of IOSB now contain
> possible additional information. Also affected PING.
> . Bugfix. ICMP error generation could corrupt the IP pool in some
> circumstances.
> . ICMP errors returned for destination unreachable failed to include the
> correct subcode.
>
>
> DNS:
> . Improved resolver to ignore leading spaces in hostnames.
> . Improved name resolver to have more randomness in returning a random
> result to a name lookup with multiple answers.
>
>
> MAIL:
> . Changed mail back to using MAILDN for new mail delivery.
> . Improved MAILD. Refuse connections from hosts with no reverse DNS, or
> who claim to be someone else at EHLO/HELO.
> . Fixed maild. If outgoing mail have format=flowed, the mail was missing
> an extra space on lines starting with space.
> . Added mail blocking based on from address.
> . Improved MAILD memory usage.
> . Improved MAILRD handling of LAST keyword.
> . Improved MAILRD handling of reading current/next/previous mail.
> . Improved MAIL11 address rewriting in MAILD.
>
>
> HTTPD:
> . Bugfix in HTTPD. CGI execution could cause a spurious error.
>
>
> RSX:
> . Added patched LAT, DCL, RMSDSP, RMSDAP
> . Changed TT: driver patch. Updated MCR.
>
>
>
> Some additional notes:
>
> As usual, I would recommend people to update as soon as possible.
> The changes are not critical, but will lead to a much better experience.
>
> The patches to the TT: driver cannot be applied automatically, but
> requires users to apply the patches themselves, and then run SYSGEN to
> generate a new system.
> Once added, the TNC2 task can be run at login, and will define logical
> names for the user telling where he is connected from, if using telnet.
> The TT: driver patches also allows the updated MCR to give more
> information with the DEV command (SHOW TERMINAL in DCL).
>
> The other patches to RSX can be applied automatically by IPGEN, either
> if used interactively when answering YES to the question about applying
> RSX patches, or by running IPGEN explicitly to do the patches, with the
> command:
>
> @IPGEN PATCH
>
> Specific information about the patches:
> LAT: Fixes a memory leak, and adds the ability to read where a terminal
> connection comes from when using LAT, using SF.GMC.
> RMSDAP: Fixes a bug in getting the file protection, so the XAB gets
> filled in correctly for remote files.
> RMSDSP: Fixes that some numbers were displayed in signed octal, which
> should have been displayed in decimal or unsigned octal, depending on
> number.
> DCL: Added terminal attributes for COLOR.
> MCR: Too many fixes to be listed here...
>
>
> As usual, the distribution is available from:
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
>
> !!! BQTCP is also available through RPM !!!
>
>
> (As an additional note, if there are any problems communicating with Mim
> using port 21, the ftp service is also available at port 10021)
>
> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
> http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>
> I hope people find this update useful.
>
>
> On a final note, Mim have moved. Mim.Update.UU.SE still points to the
> machine, but the actual name is now Mim.Stupi.NET, and in case
> Update.UU.SE cease to work at some point, Stupi.NET should still be fine.
>
>
> Johnny
>
> --
> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
> || on a psychedelic trip
> email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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