On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:12:37PM +1100, Adam Vaughan wrote:
> We have our own software that uses TCP/IP communications. Certain
> parameters in Redhat 7 have had to be set/changed for this software to
> work.
For example? Your question if extremely broad, probably too broad to be
answered as asked. What things needed to be changed?
> Now Redhat 7.1 does not work. What are the differences in the TCP/IP
> implelentation between Redhat 7 and Redhat 7.1?
Well, I guess you mean the differences between the TCP/IP stack in the
kernel versions and possibly the various tools that work with the stack
(e.g. libpcap). Unfortunately, I can't remember the two kernel versions
that were standard with those distros (although 2.2.15 for 7.0 sounds
familiar). If one is 2.2.x and one is 2.4.x, then there were definitely
some changes. You can find these in the kernel ChangeLogs a bit, but
most of the details are in the code and not of relevance in day-to-day
use.
The Linux kernel IP stacks strive to be RFC compliant as much as
possible, so nothing major changed.
> Any help or even an e-mail address for someone who can help me
> you be greatly appericated.
You could try browsing the linux kernel-traffic archives
(http://kt.zork.net) for any major network stack changes. I couldn't
fashion a reliable and tight Google search for this area, but, again,
it's pretty broad and I probably didn't try hard enough.
Cheers,
Malcolm
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