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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:15:12 +0000
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Subject: Re: Ending development of libsocket
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Hello.

Damian Yerrick wrote:
> 
> Richard Dawe wrote:
> >Damian Yerrick, did you test libsocket with Windows ME? I sent you test
> >programs a while back, but got no response. Did you receive my test
> >programs?
> 
> I didn't get them; I didn't have networking set up on the box yet.
> Could you please resend them to d_yerzigrick AT hotzigmail DOT com
> (take off every zig)?

They're on their way. Please note that I no longer maintain libsocket, so
you should direct any reports to libsocket AT yahoogroups DOT com. TIA for any
testing you can do.

> >IPv6 is not available for Windows '9x. Microsoft is unlikely to do IPv6
> 
> Because it presumably wants users to upgrade from 9x to NT-based
> systems when the world switches from IPv4 to IPv6.

Is it worth them developing IPv6 support for Windows '9x? Anyhow, I think
IPv6 for NT & 2000 is just a research project right now - the researchers
certainly wrote an interesting document on how they were developing IPv6
for Windows NT for a Usenix conference.

Even if MS doesn't do native IPv6 support for Windows '9x, there are a
number of ways you can make IPv4 and IPv6 hosts interoperate, so that
should not be a problem. I imagine many hosts will operate in dual stacks
supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 for quite some time.

> >How are they implementing Unix domain sockets?
> 
> Cygwin is GPL; download the source.

I know that, but I was hoping someone would furnish me with a simple
explanation or overview - I don't really have time to dig into the Cygwin
sources.

Bye,

-- 
Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/ 

"The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe."
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