Tue May 13 14:52:29 EDT 1997
How time flies. Here at last is Penguin3.

Known problems: this probably doesn't work on a Mac.

Wed Apr 17 13:51:29 CDT 1996
This is the second release candidate of One Penguin, the first public version of Penguin.

Although this is 92% of the way towards what I want to release, it still isn't exactly where it needs to be yet. This release is a bugfix release of One_Penguin-pre1; I expect that the beta testing of this release will result in something that is very, very close to a releasable thing.

For information about what Penguin is, consult the FAQ; the rest of this document (and indeed this release) is somewhat technical.

That said, here are the things which have changed since the last release candidate:

1. Unable to work around problems with the latest PGP module, I wrote my own PGP module (FPGP.pm). It acts like the PGP module, but implements only digital signatures and verification. Also, it's a lot smaller and simpler, and it hides the PGP user's password in a more secure fashion.
2. I added the 'getinfo' method to the Channel interface. This allows Penguin programs to discover what the remote end's hostname is without breaking encapsulation. I'll probably add the ability to 'setinfo' a line of userunderstandable text.
3. penguind is a bit more macho, and it handles problems better.
4. Various bugs, typos and oversights have been fixed.

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Felix
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