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2006-12-06: The research project was completed. FEC with Reed-Solomon was partially implemented, but further progress relies on the availability of a large-block, expandable, rateless FEC codec. See Fall 2006 for more information.

2006-10-09: I will now be working on this project under independent study at a university, see Fall 2006 for details.

2005-09-16: Go get 0.8.15 (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=113628). New in this version:

• Upgraded to to Python 2.4. Please report (http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?group_id=4611) any issues. I'd prefer if you also try the previous version of SUMI before reporting bugs, as it is protocol-compatible but uses Python 2.3.
• Bugfixes: the modmirc transport works again, better interface selection
• Scripting support. Pass -e script.py to sumigetw to run any Python code.
• Client can join multicast groups.
  • This is not full multicast support. The server still needs work. However, sending to 224.0.0.1 across my LAN works.
• The no-installer release is a smaller self-extracting 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) archive

Summer is over. Development will proceed slowly as I will no longer have all day to work on SUMI. Sorry. Feedback is, as always, welcomed. Patches (http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?group_id=4611) or other contributions even more so. I will be back... --Shellreef 08:14, 17 Sep 2005 (BST)

2005-09-12: 0.8.14 is out, featuring:

• More bugfixes
• CRC-32 in every packet
• SHA-1 for file verification
• Improved uninstaller

This is the first release with the source code in Subversion. Due to the CRC-32 and SHA-1, the protocol is backwards-incompatible, so you'll need to upgrade in order to access the sample servers.

2005-09-01: 0.8.13 released, notably featuring:

• Many bugfixes
• Torrent-like .sumi files--see sample files above
• WinPcap is included with installer to simplify installation
• modirclib is back, with full crypt_req support
• Drag-and-drop support (can drop a .sumi file onto the sumigetw window to open it)
• GUI enhancements: upgraded to wxPython 2.6.1.0, add context-menu options to resume and abort

Additionally, the Tor and irclib sample SUMI servers are back up.

2005-08-30: Moved SUMI Wiki to BerliOS. Let's hope it is faster...

2005-08-27: Created this Wiki, powered by MediaWiki, hosted on SourceForge

2005-08-25: Temporarily shutdown the sample server due to MTU/MSS incompatibilities introduced in CVS. Will be restored with next release.

2005-08-21: 0.8.12 released! Featuring full file data encryption, and the ability to use Tor (http://tor.eff.org/) as a transport. A sample server should be up soon.

2005-07-31: 0.8.11 is now out, with sharing integrated within the GUI and optional request encryption

2005-07-02: 0.8.10 released, featuring Windows 95/98/Me sumiserv compatibility, UDP checksums, optional Ethernet address spoofing, a better transport plugin mechanism for sumiserv, and AIM support in sumiserv.

2005-06-20: development resumed

2005-06-15: #sumi moved to irc.xtc-dreams.com and after many months, the sample SUMI server sumi-00 is back up.

Using a NAT? As of v0.8.5, a new program, rawproxd is included to run on NATs (particularly the WRT54GS) to enable SUMI serving.