11Mar97:
Ver 1.03 fixed 'GetSocketInfo messagebox' that pop up when using mIRC. The error is caused
by accepted socket not being inserted into sockets linked list.
28Mar97:
Rwsock.zip is now zip with 'relative path' information. Please unzip the file with 'create
directory' option. This is to avoid setup problem. If rwsock.exe and wsock32.dll are in
the same directory, you might encounter error
'remote address value missing or too long.'
when you start up Remote Winsock. Remote Winsock is supposed to load Microsoft copy of wsock32.dll instead of z2 Wsock32.dll. z2 wsock32.dll is meant to be loaded by your internet application at the client PC.
18April:
Limit the access to authorised clients. If the authorized clients list is not specified,
the access is limit to PCs within the same network segment.
The view of all current client connections is provided. Each connection will show the
number of running threads and the number sockets opened.
A new button to place the Remote Winsock in taskbar notification area.
3July: Ver 1.05
'Register Code key' menu item grayed under certain condition is now permanently enabled.
Allow user to change value of Port number or Code key by clicking at them.
A new program, Rdialer.exe is added to allow remote dialing.
Rwsock.reg and wsock32.reg is remove from rwsock.zip. Registry setting is done by the 2
programs (rwsock.exe and rdialer.exe)
19July: Ver 1.06
Some applications which issue multiple WSACleanup to close connection disable rwsock at
the server. Ver1.06 of rwsock fixed this problem.
26July: Ver1.07
Previous 2 release of Rwsock did not setup registry correctly. Rwsock Ver 1.07 now create
registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\ZZsoft\Rwsock when it run for the first time.
24August: Ver1.08
This release fix an error encounter when playing DiscPlay
4.0 (Obvion System). The error message 'recv() from client failed. rc=-1' is displayed
when user click send button.
22 October Ver1.09
This release do not obtain subnet mask from system registry anymore. This is enable rwsock
to run on Win NT without extra setup procedure. Rwsock could not find subnet mask
information in Win NT registry. With the removal subnet mask, clients access to Rwsock is
now controlled only by Authorized Client List.
Disconnect button is added in Rdialer to enable client PCs to disconnect the modem.
16 December 1997: Ver1.10
This release fixed 'local socket error:10036' error when exiting Netscape Communicator
4.01. It also clear up hanged threads when you exit Netscape Communicator 4.01.
A new feature enable Rwsock to minimized in the taskbar during startup.
The product ID can be copy and paste to facilitate registration of shareware.
Tooltips are added to explain some of the interfaces.
21 December 1997: Ver1.11
This release fixed a 'stack fault' error in wsock32.dll
30 December 1997: Ver1.12
IE3 and IE4 reported 'Internal network error' error message when the browsers are started.
The is due to an error in getsockopt( ) function.
20 January 1998: Ver1.13
Asynchronous message FD_CLOSE erroneously terminate threads in Rwsock. This error was
encountered in Outlook Express Ver 4.72.2106.4.
24 January 1998: Ver1.14
Ioctlsocket call do not return arg value. This error was encountered in News Xpress Ver
2.01.15.
8 February 1998: Ver1,0,1,5
Recvfrom return WSAEFAULT error. This error was encountered in RealPlayer (32-bit) Version
5.0 (Ver5.0.0.97)
15 August 1998: Ver1,0,1,6
I cannot generate code key for product id 6cd1-28bc-5a4b. Version 1,0,1,6 is a quick fix
to this problem.
28 February 1999: Ver1,0,1,7
Remove restrictions. This release allows unlimited users and remote dialing.
19 May 1999.
Rdial is rewritten using Microsoft Foundation Class.
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