jburnes@crash.cts.com (Jim Burnes) (09/11/90)
Hi All! I'm looking for high quality PD TCP/IP software FTP/TELNET and berkeley sockets stuff for both Xenix/386 and MSDOS machines. If this sounds somewhat ingorant ..then so be it. What are the names of these programs and where can they be found (what machines). I have pc pursuit and shell access to a usenet unix box. I would also like to get access to sources if possible. Any help appreciated. Jim Burnes
ingea@IFI.UIO.NO (Inge Bj|rnvall Arnesen) (09/11/90)
In article <4350@crash.cts.com> you write: >Hi All! > >I'm looking for high quality PD TCP/IP software FTP/TELNET and berkeley >sockets stuff for both Xenix/386 and MSDOS machines. The best PD TCP/IP SW package for MS DOS is probably NCSA Telnet, if what you need is a user friendly Telnet & FTP. But, there is no socket library that I know of for this TCP, yet... NCSA Telnet is available from zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu If you MUST have a socket library interface, Phil Karn's KA9Q, originally written for packet radio only, but now with Ethernet support for most cards (nonintellegent ones), will be a good choice. According to my FTP list, KA9Q is available from flash.bellcore.com, ucsd.edu, vax.cs.pitt.edu and terminator.cc.umich.edu. For SCO XENIX 2.3.2 (I assume this is the XENIX OS you're referring to) I have only come across one PD TCP/IP - the XENIX port of KA9Q. It's implemented outside the kernel and is neither very fast, nor fully integrated with the rest of the UNIX world, but it works. There is a port underway of the original BSD TCP/IP code (which is now freely available) for the good old 3B2, at least thats what I've heard. Since 3B2 is standard AT&T SysV, a port from 3B2 to SCO XENIX should a managable job for the average hacker. You can probably find out more about this port in comp.protocols.tcp-ip and comp.archives. I've looked at the KA9Q port for XENIX, and found that it leaves a lot to be desired, but I do not have the time nor the initiative to do something about it, at least not this year. If you find out more about PD TCP/IP's for XENIX, drop me a line. -- Inge (BoB) { ingea@ifi.uio.no } ========================================================================= == Inge Arnesen, University of Oslo, Norway. == == ==