(NETS) Nets 2.2 released

[Mike McCauley]

We are pleased to announce the release of Nets version 2.2
This version provides a number of bug fixes and some new features, including
support for auto-discovery, contracts, cards and slots.

As usual, the new version is available free of charge to current
licensees from
http://www.open.com.au/nets/downloads-unlimited/Nets-U-2.2.tgz
and to current evaluators from
http://www.open.com.au/nets/downloads/Nets-L-2.2.tgz

An extract from the history file is attached



Revision 2.2 (22/6/01) Enhancements, some new features.

Caution, changes to the database schema in this release require a
database dump and reload to migrate from earlier versions. Refer to
the Upgrades section in the Nets Installation and Administration Guide
for more information.  Added missing CGIUtil.pm to distribution

Fixed licensing problem.

Fixed a problem with GetName and fkmenu. reported and patched by Marco
Alberoni (m.alberoni at nettuno.it). Thanks Marco.

All executables now take an optional -home argument to override the
value of NetsDir.

Added Auto-Discovery plugin package, that can populate the database
based on an nmap log file. Nmap is a freely available network scanner,
nmap. The plugin is installed in the standard distribution.

Changed the order of items in the Network Browser to be database NAME
order.

In object editors, focus now defaults to the list on the left, and can
use arrow and space to navigate to and select an object from the list
by using keyboard only.

Object edit menu on main window is now 2 levels deep.

Added SLOTS, CARDS, CONTRACTS objects and editors.

Added SLOTS and CARDS to the Network Browser.

Added hourglass cursors during database import and export operations.


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