Marionet 1.1 update ships: Better HTTP and corporate intranet support highlight release.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1996--Allegiant Technologies Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. : ALGT)(VSE See DOS/VSE. VSE - Virtual Storage Extended : AGH AGH Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza AGH Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) AGH Alpena General Hospital (Michigan) AGH Helsingborg, Sweden - Angelholm/Helsingborg (Airport Code) ) Friday shipped version 1.1. of Marionet, its groundbreaking toolkit for scripting custom Internet applications and hybrid multimedia titles. The version 1.1 upgrade extends Marionet's flexibility for building custom World Wide Web-based solutions as well as its applicability for "intranet" developers building custom Internet solutions within corporate firewalls. "We significantly expanded support for the HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. protocol, allowing for sophisticated Web `agent' development," explained Brian Molyneaux, Marionet product manager. "We also addressed the needs of many of our corporate customers' intranet installations by adding support for several firewall protocols and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. ." Released in January, Marionet was the first complete script-level interface to the Internet protocols Refers to all the standards that keep the Internet running. The foundation protocol is TCP/IP, which provides the basic communications mechanism as well as ways to copy files (FTP) and send e-mail (SMTP). . Marionet is designed to work with popular authoring tools, such as Allegiant's SuperCard, Macromedia Director and Apple's HyperCard, as well as a variety of popular productivity tools, such as Claris FileMaker Pro, and AppleScript. With Marionet, developers can access and modify Internet data from within their custom applications. The tool is already being used for building Internet management and control applications, web searching "agents" and personal Internet utilities, as well as building hybrid multimedia titles, which incorporate dynamic Internet data directly within CD-ROM-based multimedia titles. Among the key new features in Version 1.1 are: -- Firewall Support -- Marionet's ftp commands Following are some of the common FTP commands for manipulating files: Log in/out ftp domain_name log in Example: ftp ftp.mycompany.com quit, bye log out Change Between ASCII and Binary Mode (ASCII is default, but graphics and programs requiry binary mode. have been enhanced to support both passive and proxy ftp. In addition, support for the SOCKS protocol has been added to all appropriate commands across the protocols supported by Marionet. -- Expanded HTTP Support -- Marionet 1.1 adds support for the POST method, as well as basic authentication support, giving developers the ability to take full advantage of cgi solutions. In addition, Marionet's existing support for the GET method has been greatly expanded with custom header support and other features. -- Better Control of Dial-up Connections -- Many home and small business Internet users access the Internet through a PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using dial-up account. Marionet 1.1 permits opening and closing the PPP driver under script control in products such as Apple HyperCard, SuperCard and Macromedia Director. Other enhancements include support for longer URLs, specification of ports with URLs, greater control over e-mail retrieval and more. Pricing and availability: Version 1.1 is shipping now. The 1.1 upgrade is available free to current users from Allegiant's WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. site at http://www.allegiant.com/. The Marionet developer kit carries a suggested retail price of $219, with a limited time introductory price of $99 that expires on June 30, 1996. The kit allows developers to build and test applications from their local computers. Distribution licenses for Marionet are available based on volume, with a maximum cost of $1,000 for unlimited distribution with a single application. Site license pricing is also available. A free trial version of Marionet is also available from Allegiant's Web site located at http://www.allegiant.com/. The trial version contains all the functionality of the retail version, for a 30-day evaluation. About Allegiant Allegiant Technologies develops and markets innovative multimedia, Internet and application development software that empowers people to interactively educate, entertain, present and manage information. Allegiant's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SuperCard 2.5, was recently honored with the 1995 MacUser Editors' Choice ("Eddy") award for Best New Multimedia Authoring Application. CONTACT: Allegiant Technologies Inc., 619/587-0500 Stuart Henigson, ext. 101 Kevin La Rue La Rue may refer to:
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