SILC Toolkit 1.1 Beta1

[Pekka Riikonen]

The new version of the SILC Toolkit is now available!  The source package
of the software is available from the following sources:

         http://silcnet.org/
         ftp://ftp.silcnet.org/

Here we got with the brand new SILC Toolkit 1.1 Beta1.  As the name 
suggests we are still in beta which means that there may be stuff that 
doesn't yet work.  However, I can make a semi-binding promise that the 
Toolkit APIs are now frozen and will not change anymore.  So, if you 
haven't yet started porting your application to 1.1 now is a high time to 
start it.  Read the porting manual at:

 	http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/porting.html


Summary of Changes
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o Rewritten and improved SILC Client Library API.

o Improved runtime library.  Added SILC Async Operations API,
   SILC Data Stack API, SILC Condition Variable API, SILC Stream API,
   SILC Socket Stream API, SILC Fd Stream API, SILC FSM API, SILC Time API,
   SILC Snprintf API, SILC Atomic Operations API.

   Improved the following APIs: SILC Buffer Format API, SILC Schedule API,
   SILC Strutil API, SILC Mutex API, SILC Thread API, SILC Net API,
   SILC Buffer API.

o Added SILC ASN.1 Library, with ASN.1 API and BER API.

o Added SILC Key Repository (SILC SKR) API for storing and retrieving
   public keys and certificates.

o Added SILC Vcard Library (removed from runtime library).

o Added SILC HTTP Server Library and SILC PHP Translator API.

o Rewritten SILC SKE Library.

o Rewritten SILC ID Cache API.

o Rewritten SILC PKCS API and various other Crypto library improvements.

o Improved core protocol library, especially Packet API, by adding
   SILC Packet Engine.

o Added Symbian OS support (preliminary).

The full list of changes is available on the website and in CHANGES file
in the source package.


Installation
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The source package is compiled and installed as instructed in the INSTALL
file found from the package.  Refer also to the building instructions in
the Toolkit Reference Manual:

   http://silcnet.org/docs/toolkit/building.html

Quick installation:

   ./configure
   make
   make install


Known Issues
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