| Apache Commons Net 3.6 |
| RELEASE NOTES |
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| The Apache Commons Net team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Net 3.6 |
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| Apache Commons Net library contains a collection of network utilities and protocol implementations. |
| Supported protocols include: Echo, Finger, FTP, NNTP, NTP, POP3(S), SMTP(S), Telnet, Whois |
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| This is mainly a bug-fix release. See further details below. |
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| This release is binary compatible with previous releases. |
| However it is not source compatible with releases before 3.4, as some methods were added to the interface NtpV3Packet in 3.4 |
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| The code now requires a minimum of Java 1.6. |
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| Changes to functionality: |
| * The FTP client now performs stricter checks on non-multiline command replies. |
| The 3 digit code must now be followed by a space and some text, as per RFC 959. |
| To suppress this stricter checking, call FTP#setStrictReplyParsing(false). This should not be needed with a well-behaved server. |
| Note also that if strict checking is disabled, some functions may unconditionally strip the next character after the code, without checking it if is a space. |
| * The FTP client mlistFile() method now checks for a leading space before removing it. |
| If the space is missing, a MalformedServerReplyException is thrown. |
| This will only happen if the FTP server is not compliant with RFC 3659. |
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| Notable additions: |
| * The POP3Mail examples can now get password from console, stdin or an environment variable. |
| * TFTPClient code has been rewritten to improve error handling and retries. |
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| Changes in this version include: |
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| Fixed Bugs: |
| o NET-613: TFTPClient assumes that lastBlock == 0 only once |
| o NET-320: Allow TFTPServer.java to bind to a specific network adapter Thanks to Kevin Bulebush. |
| o NET-414: Apache Commons TFTP does not reject request replies that originate from a control port. Thanks to Chuck Wolber. |
| o NET-477: TFTP sendFile retry broken Thanks to John Walton. |
| o NET-596: NullPointerException when disconnecting TelnetClient twice with JDK 7 Thanks to Vincent Bories-Azeau. |
| o NET-602: Failure to parse times from SYST_L8 systems that report as "WINDOWS Type: L8" Thanks to Ross Braithwaite. |
| o NET-604: TFTP send and receive don't have progress indication Thanks to Frank Delporte. |
| o NET-588: FTPClient.setPassiveNatWorkaround assumes host is outside site local range Thanks to Dave Nice / Thai H. |
| o NET-610: FTPClient.mlistFile incorrectly handles MLST reply Thanks to Sergey Yanzin. |
| o NET-611: FTP does not validate command reply syntax fully |
| o NET-609: DefaultUnixFTPFileEntryParserFactory Issue (leading spaces removal configuration) Thanks to Tqup3. |
| o NET-597: FTP fails to parse listings for Solaris 10 FTPd in Japanese Thanks to Hiroki Taniura. |
| o NET-593: HostnameVerifier is called with ip addess instead of the provided hostname Thanks to Jörg Weule. |
| o NET-594: TelnetClient._closeOutputStream unhandled exception from FilterOutputStream.close Thanks to Brad Worrral. |
| o NET-592: plainSocket in FTPSClient is never closed Thanks to Mark Ford. |
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| Changes: |
| o NET-612: Allow TFTP socket IO tracing |
| o POP3Mail example: support host port; allow reading password from Console/stdin/environment |
| o NET-599: Add shorthand FTPClientConfig constructor |
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| Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/changes-report.html |
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| For complete information on Apache Commons Net, including instructions on how to submit bug reports, |
| patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons Net website: |
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| http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/ |