BW-Connect NFS v3.6 Ready to Give Windows NT Users More Open Systems Connectivity Options.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1995--At NetWorld+Interop this week, Beame & Whiteside Software will unveil the latest release of its Network File Systems (NFS) solution for Microsoft's Windows NT platform, BW-Connect NFS v3.6 for Windows NT. The development team at Beame & Whiteside have rewritten many of the features recently incorporated into BW-Connect NFS v3.2 for DOS & Windows in order to take advantage of the Windows NT 32-bit system architecture. Among the new features added to BW-Connect NFS v3.6 for Windows NT are extended e-mail services, a Gopher client and server, network news services, graphical TraceRoute, a BOOT-P server, and much more. BW-Connect NFS for Windows NT gives customers a full suite of TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. applications and Network File System (NFS) connectivity running on top of the Microsoft 32-bit TCP/IP stack over both client and workstation versions of Windows NT. Among the new 32-bit TCP/IP applications is an enhanced e-mail handler that now accommodates MIME as well as the MAPI (Mail API) A programming interface from Microsoft that enables a client application to send to and receive mail from Exchange Server or a Microsoft Mail (MS Mail) messaging system. Microsoft applications such as Outlook, the Exchange client and Microsoft Schedule use MAPI. . MIME allows users to send and receive multipart/multimedia e-mail messages, such as binary and graphics files. The new MAPI support allows users to send MAPI messages over SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. . A multi-threaded Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) The protocol used to connect to Usenet groups on the Internet. Usenet newsreaders support the NNTP protocol. See also NTP. (messaging) NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol. ) reader has also been added to BW-Connect NFS v3.6 for Windows NT. Now users can post and read information on any of the thousands of special-interest Network News groups across the Internet. This Windows-based application is capable of following news threads throughout the Internet. And since this application is multi-threaded, users can open multiple News groups simultaneously. A Gopher server and Gopher client are now included to allow users to post and retrieve data across the Internet. The Gopher server allows users to provide data to any Internet Gopher client. The Gopher client can reach across the Internet and return text files, binary files, and menus of information from Gopher servers. Clicking on specific menu items can either return information or connect the client to other threaded menus scattered around the Internet. Other administration tools that have been added include a TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) A lightweight version of the FTP protocol that has no directory browsing or password capability. Employing UDP rather than TCP for transport, TFTP is typically used to transfer firmware upgrades to network equipment such as server to support requests for file transfers using the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (networking) Trivial File Transfer Protocol - (TFTP) A simple file transfer protocol used for down-loading boot code to diskless workstations. TFTP is defined in RFC 1350. . TFTP can be used as an alternative to FTP to save time and network bandwidth when transferring smaller files or bits of data. It's particularly useful in supporting configuration for diskless workstations. A graphical TraceRoute program has also been added to help isolate network connectivity faults. Using TraceRoute, the user can trace a network connection through various points across an enterprise network or even the Internet. BW-Connect NFS creates a graphic representation of the network, labeling each router through which the packet passes. A new Quick Configuration Utility has also been added to the FTP application that utilizes entries in pull-down menus to store host, username, password, and default directory information. This makes it easier for users to connect to frequently accessed remote servers without having to re-enter access information or passwords. A new BOOTP (BOOTstrap Protocol) A TCP/IP protocol used by a diskless workstation or network computer (NC) to obtain its IP address and other network information such as server address and default gateway. server is also included to support secure network access. When used with the new TFTP server and a BOOT PROM chip in the workstation, BOOTP allows diskless workstations and other computers to be configured using configuration parameters stored on a BOOTP server. BW-Connect NFS v3.6 for Windows NT also adds support for more UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). "r" commands, including RLOGIN (Remote LOGIN) A Unix command that allows users to remotely log into a server in the network as if they were at a terminal directly connected to that computer. Rlogin is similar to the Telnet command, except that rlogin also passes information to the server about the type of support for DOS-only users, and RLOGIN, RSH, REXEC REXEC Remote Execution REXEC Remote Execution Command , and RCP (networking, tool) rcp - (Remote copy) The Unix utility for copying files over Ethernet. Rcp is similar to FTP but uses the hosts.equiv user authentication method. Unix manual page: rcp(1). for Windows users. BW-Connect NFS v3.6 for Windows NT begins shipping April 1 at a list price of $449. Quantity discounts are available. Beame & Whiteside Software can be reached at 706 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603-1655; telephone: 919/831-8989; Fax: 919/831-8990, or via Internet at sales@bws.com. CONTACT: Woolf Media Relations, Inc. Tom Woolf, 415/508-1554 |
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