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V7.0.6 release notes [message #65280] Wed, 25 February 2009 07:49 Go to next message
Haje Korth is currently offline  Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
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Are there release notes for version 7.0.6? What has changed?

Haje
Re: V7.0.6 release notes [message #65341 is a reply to message #65280] Fri, 27 February 2009 05:13 Go to previous message
David Gell is currently offline  David Gell
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On Feb 26, 8:56 am, "Haje Korth" <some...@somewhere.com> wrote:
> Reimar,
> that's what I read out of that. However, I am not an expert on the subject.
>
> Haje
>
> "Reimar Bauer" <R.Ba...@fz-juelich.de> wrote in message
>
> news:go5kpp$7ops$1@zam602.zam.kfa-juelich.de...
>
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>> Haje Korth schrieb:
>>> David,
>>> That's what my wife tells me all the time. :-) So...I am trying... but
>>> life
>>> is giving me a hard time with that...
>
>>> So, I installed 7.0.6 in VMware and after the install you get the read me
>>> with the following information: "If you have an earlier version of IDL
>>> 7.0,
>>> ITT Visual Information Solutions recommends that you do not upgrade to
>>> IDL
>>> 7.0.6." Isn't that nice....
>
>>> v7.0.6. seems to be like some reduced functionality mode. The warning
>>> reads:
>>> "Support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication and other strong
>>> data
>>> encryption technologies has been removed from IDL 7.0.6. This change
>>> means
>>> that the IDLnetURL, IDLnetOGCWCS, and IDLnetOGCWMS objects can not use
>>> SSL
>>> encryption in IDL 7.06. Support for the MrSID file format has also been
>>> removed. Existing IDL programs that rely on SSL encryption or MrSID
>>> functionality will not work with IDL 7.0.6." Sounds like some licensing
>>> and/or ITAR problem to me that had to be fixed.
>
>>> So, I guess it wasn't worth the download.
>
>>> Yours semi-relaxed,
>>> Haje
>
>> Dear Haje
>
>> that means now that the users which don't upgrade makes the (copyright)
>> violation if they share programs based on those files.
>
>> Does this also mean that we can't communicate with ssl servers since
>> 7.0.6?
>
>> cheers
>> Reimar
>
>>> "David Fanning" <n...@dfanning.com> wrote in message
>>> news:MPG.240f383e4a7f99e99897b0@news.giganews.com...
>>>> Haje Korth writes:
>
>>>> > not so. I downloaded this morning versions for use with windows, mac,
>>>> > and
>>>> > linux.However, there was no link to the release notes. I want to read
>>>> > them
>>>> > before I install and not after the installer has done its job and
>>>> > placed
>>>> > the
>>>> > file somewhere.
>>>> Haje, you need to loosen up! Live adventurously. Life
>>>> is a mystery. Enjoy it. :-)
>
>>>> Cheers,
>
>>>> David
>
>>>> --
>>>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>>>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
>>>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>
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I think this may be an export version, with the strong encryption
removed to comply with ITAR.
Re: V7.0.6 release notes [message #65357 is a reply to message #65280] Thu, 26 February 2009 06:56 Go to previous message
Haje Korth is currently offline  Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
Senior Member
Reimar,
that's what I read out of that. However, I am not an expert on the subject.

Haje


"Reimar Bauer" <R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de> wrote in message
news:go5kpp$7ops$1@zam602.zam.kfa-juelich.de...
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Haje Korth schrieb:
>> David,
>> That's what my wife tells me all the time. :-) So...I am trying... but
>> life
>> is giving me a hard time with that...
>>
>> So, I installed 7.0.6 in VMware and after the install you get the read me
>> with the following information: "If you have an earlier version of IDL
>> 7.0,
>> ITT Visual Information Solutions recommends that you do not upgrade to
>> IDL
>> 7.0.6." Isn't that nice....
>>
>> v7.0.6. seems to be like some reduced functionality mode. The warning
>> reads:
>> "Support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication and other strong
>> data
>> encryption technologies has been removed from IDL 7.0.6. This change
>> means
>> that the IDLnetURL, IDLnetOGCWCS, and IDLnetOGCWMS objects can not use
>> SSL
>> encryption in IDL 7.06. Support for the MrSID file format has also been
>> removed. Existing IDL programs that rely on SSL encryption or MrSID
>> functionality will not work with IDL 7.0.6." Sounds like some licensing
>> and/or ITAR problem to me that had to be fixed.
>>
>> So, I guess it wasn't worth the download.
>>
>> Yours semi-relaxed,
>> Haje
>
>
> Dear Haje
>
> that means now that the users which don't upgrade makes the (copyright)
> violation if they share programs based on those files.
>
> Does this also mean that we can't communicate with ssl servers since
> 7.0.6?
>
> cheers
> Reimar
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "David Fanning" <news@dfanning.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.240f383e4a7f99e99897b0@news.giganews.com...
>>> Haje Korth writes:
>>>
>>>> not so. I downloaded this morning versions for use with windows, mac,
>>>> and
>>>> linux.However, there was no link to the release notes. I want to read
>>>> them
>>>> before I install and not after the installer has done its job and
>>>> placed
>>>> the
>>>> file somewhere.
>>> Haje, you need to loosen up! Live adventurously. Life
>>> is a mystery. Enjoy it. :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
>>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>>
>>
>
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Re: V7.0.6 release notes [message #65362 is a reply to message #65280] Thu, 26 February 2009 00:47 Go to previous message
R.Bauer is currently offline  R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
Senior Member
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Haje Korth schrieb:
> David,
> That's what my wife tells me all the time. :-) So...I am trying... but life
> is giving me a hard time with that...
>
> So, I installed 7.0.6 in VMware and after the install you get the read me
> with the following information: "If you have an earlier version of IDL 7.0,
> ITT Visual Information Solutions recommends that you do not upgrade to IDL
> 7.0.6." Isn't that nice....
>
> v7.0.6. seems to be like some reduced functionality mode. The warning reads:
> "Support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication and other strong data
> encryption technologies has been removed from IDL 7.0.6. This change means
> that the IDLnetURL, IDLnetOGCWCS, and IDLnetOGCWMS objects can not use SSL
> encryption in IDL 7.06. Support for the MrSID file format has also been
> removed. Existing IDL programs that rely on SSL encryption or MrSID
> functionality will not work with IDL 7.0.6." Sounds like some licensing
> and/or ITAR problem to me that had to be fixed.
>
> So, I guess it wasn't worth the download.
>
> Yours semi-relaxed,
> Haje


Dear Haje

that means now that the users which don't upgrade makes the (copyright)
violation if they share programs based on those files.

Does this also mean that we can't communicate with ssl servers since 7.0.6?

cheers
Reimar





>
>
>
>
>
> "David Fanning" <news@dfanning.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.240f383e4a7f99e99897b0@news.giganews.com...
>> Haje Korth writes:
>>
>>> not so. I downloaded this morning versions for use with windows, mac, and
>>> linux.However, there was no link to the release notes. I want to read
>>> them
>>> before I install and not after the installer has done its job and placed
>>> the
>>> file somewhere.
>> Haje, you need to loosen up! Live adventurously. Life
>> is a mystery. Enjoy it. :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David
>>
>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>
>

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Re: V7.0.6 release notes [message #65369 is a reply to message #65280] Wed, 25 February 2009 14:35 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
Senior Member
Haje Korth writes:

> So, I installed 7.0.6 in VMware and after the install you get the read me
> with the following information: "If you have an earlier version of IDL 7.0,
> ITT Visual Information Solutions recommends that you do not upgrade to IDL
> 7.0.6." Isn't that nice....
>
> v7.0.6. seems to be like some reduced functionality mode. The warning reads:
> "Support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication and other strong data
> encryption technologies has been removed from IDL 7.0.6. This change means
> that the IDLnetURL, IDLnetOGCWCS, and IDLnetOGCWMS objects can not use SSL
> encryption in IDL 7.06.

Shoot! Good thing I haven't yet worked up the courage
to heed my own advice. :-)

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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