CHANGES
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The current (stable) version is available at
  http://www.horsburgh.com/h_npulse.html

Pre-release versions (the ones with a 'p' in the version number) can
be downloaded directly as
  http://www.horsburgh.com/download/npulse-VERSION.tar.gz
where VERSION is the pre-release number (i.e., 0.32p1)

Version 0.42:
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1. Fixed an OS sorting error. When OS was chosen as the sort parameter,
   the display became garbled.


Version 0.41 beta2:
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1. A number of users reported LAYER problems with various versions
   of Netscape Navigator/Communicator. I've eliminated the LAYER
   html code and have checked the results on Linux, Macintosh,
   and Windows 9x/NT for NS 4.5, 4.72, 4.75 and the problem seems
   to be fixed.


Version 0.40 beta2:
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Many thanks to all those who participated in the beta1 test.
The suggestions and bug reports were invaluable! nPulse is
now a much better program due to your responses.
Long Live Open Source!

 1. Minor changes to the User Interface.
 2. The 'Basic' and 'Compact' pages are now dynamic and based on
    user settings. (So icon changes and custom settings now change
    the overview pages immediately.)
 3. Now have over 50 device icons. --Many logos provided by Chris
    Winter <cwinter at mentortech.com> My graphic skills are limited
    at best! Anyone who can create realistic (32x32 pixel) icons, please
    email them to me and I'll add the best of the bunch.
 4. An icon subdirectory has been placed under the 'images' directory.
    This is the location of all available icons. If you want to include
    your own, simply at 32x32 gif file with a '.gif' extension into this
    directory.
 5. Added limited multi-user capability. Users other than 'admin' will
    only be allowed access to the home, help, copyright, basic, compact,
    and detail pages. There is limited access to the detail page as well.
 6. Added a 'TruePing' preference parameter to speed scanning by using
    only ICMP scans rather than both ICMP/TCP ACK scans. This is useful
    for networks with multiple devices that are down. On my network the
    scans are about 5 times faster. Note: some networks/firewalls block
    ICMP scans, so set TruePing to zero (0) for those situations.
 7. Added a 'Ping Sweep' command to the status page. You can quickly
    check the status (up/down) of any network, sub-net (using ranges),
    or current saved set. -- First suggested by Scott Stout 
    <skout at 121-17.waldenweb.com>
 8. Added a 'sort' capability to the Basic and Compact displays. 
    --First suggested by Brian Johnson <brian at netcom.duke.edu>
    Note: Sorting initiates another scan to recreate the appropriate
    HTML pages.
 9. Added SSL support to the nPULSE server. The 'pem' file is generic
    and the private key does not have a pass-phrase. So you might want
    to replace it with one of your own 'pem' files. Note that the server
    requires RSA keys. I've tested it with OpenSSL (www.openssl.org)
    and SSLeay.pm (www.cpan.org).
10. Added the ability to change the device icon from the 'detail' page.
11. Added a 'ScanDelay' timing variable that controls the scaning
    speed of nPULSE. (This is the --scan_delay option to nmap.)
    Increasing this value reduces network load and possible machine
    crashes (especially Macintoshes!). Decreasing this value speeds up
    the scan at the expense of missed devices or possible device crashes.
12. Added the ability to change the 'welcome' pages for both regular
    and admin users. (See Settings/Files)
13. Added a new 'Filter' capability which allows users to specify
    different IP address filters to limit the devices shown.
    --Similar capability first suggested by Brian Johnson
    <brian at netcom.duke.edu>
14. Added an 'Service/Event Log' which keeps track of when devices
    fail/recover and also when specific ports (services) fail to respond.
    The log is displayed on the overview pages. The settings that control
    the event log are in Settings/Configuration: MaxEvents,
    MaxEventLogSize, and EventSeverity. The filename is specified by
    Settings/Configuration:Eventlogfile. To turn off the event log
    display, set MaxEvents to zero (0). --First suggested by Keith
    Washington <kwashington at weather.com>
15. Included a new utility 'usermod' allows user create/delete/modify
    capabilities.
16. Included a program to update old infofile.txt files from any
    previous version to 0.40. To run the update program issue the
    following command: 
      # perl updateinfofile.pl
    If all goes well the infofile will be updated.
    If any problems occur your original infofile is renamed
    /usr/local/npulse/data/infofile.txt.bak which you can restore from.
17. Fixed a bug in the 'Information' section on the 'Detail' page
    that did not properly handle quotes, slashes, and other non-
    alphanumeric characters.
18. Fixed an 'alias' bug which would not display an alias name if the
    device did not have a DNS entry.
19. Fixed a bug on the Status page which would display an error
    message if the user had not defined any devices to monitor.
20. Fixed a bug in the history graph in which the numbers did not always
    add up to 100%. --First reported by Brian F. Jensen
    <Mnemonic at paradis.dk>
21. Fixed a bug in the 'discover' code which incorrectly handled
    commas in the discover ip specification. 
    --First reported by Brian F. Jensen <Mnemonic at paradis.dk>
22. Fixed a bug where a device which was operational but with no ports
    responding would appear in the 'Fully Operational' area on the
    overview page.
    --First reported by Brian F. Jensen <Mnemonic at paradis.dk>
23. Fixed an OS detection bug which gave an invalid OS if the device
    was down during its first scan.

Version 0.31 beta:
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1. Fixed the 'alias bug' which displayed scan data instead of alias/name
   information. 
   -- First reported by Vito Sansevero <vsansevero at linksys.com>
2. Added ability to 'Add New Hosts Only' when using the 'discover' feature. 
   -- First suggested by Scott Stout <skout at 121-17.waldenweb.com>
3. Added a 'Status' page (suggestions for additional content on this
   page are welcome).
   -- First suggested by Vito Sansevero <vsansevero at linksys.com>
4. Fixed reference to nSite in Readme and autorecheck.pl files.
   (That's what happens when you reuse code!)
5. /usr/local/npulse/etc/restart now has execute privs.
6. Put instructions into the README file on how to change the admin
   password.


Version 0.3 beta:
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Overall the automatic device checking is much improved and much more stable.

1. Fixed known autorecheck.pl bugs:
   a. Multi-device check error (dumb bug).
   b. Restart errors (total restart code rewrite).
   c. Conflict with manual recheck (using a lock file).
2. Added debugging code for developers (see $ADEBUG in preferences.pl).
3. The auto recheck function now regenerates the HTML pages so
   a manual recheck is no longer necessary.
4. Added a 5 minute (default) screen refresh meta tag
   (does not work with all browsers).
5. Included additional OS type identifications
6. Added a 'restart' option in addition to the stop/start options.
7. Added additional (configurable) timing parameters.
8. Added 'overall network status' to basic and compact pages.
9. Minor changes in the setup.sh routine.
10. Other minor display and code bug fixes.

Version 0.2 alpha:
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1. Added support to detect the FreeBSD 4.0 operating system.
2. Removed reliance on GD::Graph::bars module. nPULSE now
   generates its own bar graphs!
3. Fixed a bug in setup.sh which did not properly over-write
   the miniserv.conf file during an upgrade or re-run of setup.
4. Setup now deletes the config file if the user selects 'no'
   during the confirmation section.
5. Fixed a bug in autorecheck.pl which would generate multiple
   entries for the same timestamp.
6. Fixed the Auto Check stop/restart bug.

Version 0.1 alpha:
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Initial Release.
