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<DIV><FONT size=2>George,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>we are planning to have a new beta within a couple of weeks,
and then have WinPcap 4.0 stable in mid-january, in any case no later than end
of january.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The new beta (beta3) will contain some bug fixes related to
AirPcap support, better support for Vista, and a major "polishing" of
packet.dll. This last task was carried on to guarantee an easier maintenance of
the code and have a more coherent tracing system for this DLL. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Moreover, starting from this new beta, we will completely drop
support for Windows 9x/ME. The latest version supporting Win9x/ME will be
WinPcap 3.1 (stable) or WinPcap 4.0beta2 (unstable).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>In general we determine when a beta goes stable from a number
of factors, among which feedback from the users and features and fixes that we
want to push into WinPcap (e.g. the support for AirPcap adapters that was added
this summer). For example, the main reason for this beta3 is basically the
"polishing operation" in packet.dll, that could have introduced some minor bugs
and glitches.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Related to Vista, I don't know exactly what you mean "Vista
reviews". I know there are already users playing with WinPcap on Vista, and no
specific problems have been reported on this platform. The major headache so far
is that NetMon (the Microsoft network sniffer component) is not shipped as
part of Vista, so WinPcap is not able to sniff on dialup and VPN
connections on this new release of the OS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I hope this answers your questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Have a nice day</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>GV</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gslockwood@gmail.com href="mailto:gslockwood@gmail.com">George S.
Lockwood</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=winpcap-users@winpcap.org
href="mailto:winpcap-users@winpcap.org">winpcap-users@winpcap.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Winpcap-users] WinPcap 4 Beta
to Stable date</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Hello, <BR><BR>Is there
a projected date for WinPcap 4 Beta to go Stable (no longer considered a beta
product)?<BR><BR>How do you determine when a beta goes
stable?<BR><BR><BR>Separate question:<BR>What are the Vista reviews?
<BR><BR>thanks so much,<BR><BR>george<BR>
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