* Fixed a bug in listen (missing AI_PASSIVE flag)
* Converted to use autopoint for i18n source (merged from autopoint_test
branch)
* Fixed a segv in the bluez code (null local address)
* Moved afindep and bluez network code to separate modules with very generic
interfaces and refactored to create functions for common code. The bluez
code now uses a similar approach to afindep.
* Reworking of warnings and other messages to simplify and reduce the number of
strings for translation.
* Made parameter checking more resilient and now always includes arguments for
optional components (such as bluetooth), but now gives an appropriate error
if used.
* Updated man page with bluetooth options.
* Created a system.h header for system specific defines, which includes
autoconfs config.h.
* Changed boolean types to use stdbool.h (where available)
* Fixed typedefs to use *_t for the typedef symbol, not the original struct
name.
* Extensive code cleanup to prepare for a release.
* Add -X and --rev-transfer options (reverse transfer).
* Updated copyright notices for 2005.
* Fixed --transfer example in man page.
* Corrected --no-reuseaddr handling (it was inverted).
* Updated i18n subsystem to gettext 0.14.1
* Added configuration time detection of Bluez.
* Applied Chris's patch that fixes SOMAXCONN backlog parameter for listen(2) in
src/network.c, slightly modified.
* Added support for Bluez (http://www.bluez.org) on Linux systems.
* Fixed a conflict with FreeBSD profiling library by renaming warn() to
warning(). Thanks to Filippo Natali for reporting the bug.
* Fixed CFLAGS handling problem. Thanks to Filippo Natali for the patch and to
the FreeBSD maintainers for reporting the bug.
Netcat6 is a total rewrite of netcat, with several advantages:
* It fully supports IPv6.
* It is far more efficient, utilizing flexible buffering and minimal (or
no) data copying or analysis.
* The source is well structured, documented and very easy to follow. One of
the main objectives of netcat6 is to produce an excellent example of AF
independent networking and efficient data transfer. The code has minimal
dependency on the address family or protocol type and can be trivially
extended to talk many layer 3 protocols.
* Greatly improved configuration and platform independence.
* Can support servers or clients that use TCP half-close.
Some features of the original netcat are not present in netcat6, either because
they haven't yet been implemented or because there exists better tools for the
job. See the TODO file included in the netcat6 package for more information.
