<div>Hi Everyone, </div>
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<div>I just finished updating the sourceforge site with the new install for NC_Net.</div>
<div>I have not had a lot of feedback from testers, but I have done a lot of testing myself.</div>
<div><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nc-net">http://sourceforge.net/projects/nc-net</a></div>
<div>The document section of NC_Net on sourceforge also has been updated.</div>
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<div>there should not be a lot of issues with this release. </div>
<div>I urge everyone, (who uses NC_NEt) to at least try it out on one Host. </div>
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<div>This update had a lot in it, the end of this message has the updates and fixes list.</div>
<div>Some of the big things, are a improved EventLog check, Passive Host checks, improved check_nc_net, and fixed that space in path issue for using WIn32_send_NSCA</div>
<div>for issues or comments: Please visit the Forum on <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nc-net">http://sourceforge.net/projects/nc-net</a> , or email <a href="mailto:NC_Net@MontiTech.com">NC_Net@MontiTech.com</a>
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<div>TOny (author of NC_Net)</div>
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<p>WHats New in NC_NEt v4:</p>
<p>-Added new password system<br>-Moved writing Event Log Entries from NC_NEt to a seperate thread.<br>-Writing to Event Log now has Error checking and Handling, in case it fails.<br>-Moved some Global Variables to local.
<br>-Added a configurable timmer into the Counter Check (this allows for more accurate Counter results)<br>-Added Passive Host Checks<br>-Removed Error reporting From The Embeded_send_nsca (the Error Reporting is handled in the Wrapper call to this class)
<br>-Converted Send_nsca Event Log Entries to Warnings instead of Errors.<br>-Enhanced Check_nc_net with -a to allow for more than 1249 bytes by printing directly to output when recieving string is full.<br>-Fixed External_send_nsca, now it allows for a space in the path.
<br>-Fixed the Event log entries for when passive_always_on so that it does not report Testrun info.<br>-Added functionallity to Passive checks to allow for any command to be redirected to the Active checks. (this is a fallthrough for when the command is not explicitly defined as a passive check but it exists as an active check)
<br>-Modified The Accept_IP_List so now it also acceplts FQDN<br>-Added a Timout to the NC_NEt Active check commands recieved via the active check socket.<br>-added GETALLCHECK (added in 3.05) this is an active check that reports back the results of the last passive check of each <Service Desc> that was run.
<br>-ECHO command added<br>-RUNSCRIPS (added in 3.05) has a Syncronous counterpart, This one does not have its own TImeout, it must use the Active check TImeout. but it allows for running some scripts that fail with asyncronous output.
<br>-Added EVENTLOG_NEW this is a new and improved EventLog check, it is issued as a new command because the expected input has been simplified.<br>-Added WMICAT_NEW this will give a different output than WMICAT. it is expecting a paired list of Label,Attribute. and give result of Label="attrubute"
<br>-Added Command FIles this allows for running a series of check that were preloaded into a config file. issueing the active check calling one of these files, will run the commands in the file and then return the results in one concatinated output.
<br>-Added CHANGEPASS for changing the password since it is handled differently than prior versions of NC_NEt.<br>-Added -l to passive check CLIENTVERSION<br>-Modified Working Directory of RUNSCRIPTS to be the Script directory.
<br>-Pruned some of the older extra documentation files out of the project.<br>-Modified the existing Documention files.<br>-Added DOCUMENTATION.HTM as new Starting point of Documentation (with new commands only)<br>-Added new Welcome screen to the installer.
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