[Vpn-help] Development Update ...

[Huy Nguyen]

does this mean that new 2.2.0-alpha5 is useless with vista x64?

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Matthew Grooms <mgrooms at shrew.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> Just wanted to send out a quick development update. Some of you may have
> noticed, I posted two new builds last night. There were some significant
> changes so here is a quick summary ...
>
> Extensive testing was done with the installer and a few problems were
> discovered. A typo in the NSIS uninstall script prevented the filter
> driver from being removed properly on some 64 bit platforms. This also
> had the side effect of requiring a reboot to remove the driver package.
> With older builds, the install simply ran the existing uninstall process
> before allowing a new install to take place. Now the installer includes
> an embedded uninstaller that runs immediately before a new install takes
> place. This circumvents any latent bugs in an existing uninstaller and
> provides a more seamless experience for the user. If you plan to run an
> upgrade on a machine that has a version of the client installed, please
> skip the uninstall and just run the new installer from now on. A few
> other installer relate bugs were fixed.
>
> A new 'universal' installer is available for windows. In other words, a
> single install binary can be used on any supported platform regardless
> of the CPU architecture. I may switch to this exclusively for new builds
> considering the increase in size is negligible.
>
> A few people reported problems with the updated NDIS 5 filter driver. In
> particular, this prevented the driver from binding to some devices. The
> regression caused NDIS query requests to fail miserably when a miniport
> driver PENDED a response.
>
> The new 2.2.0 alpha now includes support for negotiating the proprietary
> Cisco UDP encapsulation. A big thanks to Robert Nelson for submitting an
> initial patch. This also let to some important cleanups in the *nix IKE
> socket code that caused problems with non standard NAT-T port values.
>
> Please see the complete changelog for more details.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Matthew
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- Huy Nguyen -
Microsoft MVP
Cisco CCIE Security
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