SILC Toolkit 1.1 Beta2

[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/

New Beta version of the upcoming SILC Toolkit is out.  If you haven't 
started porting your applications from SILC Toolkit 1.0 to 1.1 start it 
now.  Test this Beta as much as possible and report any bugs.  The plan is 
to release the final version of 1.1 this month.  Read the porting manual 
at:

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


Summary of Changes
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o Imported LTM 0.41 to math library

o Ported new Toolkit APIs to WIN32.

o Rewrote WIN32 SILC Scheduler.  It handles async fds and sockets better
   now.

o DNS lookup is now done during silc_net_tcp_connect.

o Added support for packet waiting API to check for packet source.

o Fixed private message waiting API in client library.

o Fixed CMODE command and command reply channel pubkey auth handling.

o Allow formatted nicknames as input to silc_client_get_clients
   and silc_client_get_clients_whois.

o Added channel key cipher name and HMAC name to SilcChannelEntry in
   client library.

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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