Network Component  Version 7.19.0
MDK Middleware for IPv4 and IPv6 Networking
Revision History
Version Description
V7.19.0
  • using Event Recorder component from CMSIS-View pack (instead of deprecated ARM_Compiler pack)
  • fixed netNBNS_Resolve function to return resolved IP address when TTL=0 in response message
  • fixed netDNSc_GetHostByNameX function to return netTimeout instead of netError status on timeout
  • updated BSD socket API, type int changed to type int32_t
  • updated the default HTTP web page and error pages
  • fixed ARP issue that discarded ARP probe messages
  • fixed Neighbor Discovery issue that discarded NA messages if override flag not set
  • fixed possible allocation limit exceeded in debug version of SNMP agent
  • fixed possible NET_ERROR_MEM_FREE error when flooded with ARP requests
  • extended HTTP server functionality, added processing of query string in POST method
  • corrected BSD datagram socket to return BSD_EMSGSIZE error if message size is too large
  • fixed BSD socket datagram sending so that a large message is not split into smaller datagram messages
  • fixed possible buffer overflow in netMAC_ntoa function
V7.18.0
  • aligned with mbed TLS library version 3.1.0, SMTPS server verification is now mandatory
  • fixed ethernet issue not receiving VLAN-tagged frames
  • fixed DHCP client issue with relay agent causing "RelayAgentAddressInvalid" error
  • fixed un-initialize function to resume blocked threads if they are waiting for network resources
  • added functions netNBNS_Resolve and netNBNS_ClearCache in NBNS client
  • updated telnet server to allow three authorization attempts before closing connection
  • corrected md5 hash calculation in BE library versions
  • minor stability and performance improvements
  • improved code robustness
V7.17.0
  • libraries built with Arm Compiler 6
  • updated FTP server to check the specified path in change directory command
  • improved FTP server file system interface for easier integration with a custom file system
  • improved Event Recorder debug, updated documentation for debug events
V7.16.0
  • added support for HTTP cookies
  • fixed issue with netHTTPs_GetSession function, which may have returned an invalid session number
  • upgraded BSD sockets to dual-stack sockets for IPv6
  • added function netCGI_ProcessRequest to provide users with access to HTTP request haders
  • added option in SNMP agent to send NULL character in "OCTET STREAM" objects
  • fixed issue with netSNMP_Trap when parameter "addr" is NULL
  • extended permission to change the root path in FTP server (until the user logs in)
  • corrected processing of truncated DNS response messages
  • added support for IPv6 fragmentation and reassembly
  • added configurable MTU parameter for network interfaces that support IPv6
V7.15.0
  • added functions netARP_ClearCache and netNDP_ClearCache to clear the ARP or NDP cache at runtime
  • improved dynamic memory debugging, more detailed information in memory allocation and memory free debug events
  • improved DNS response validation to improve robustness and resilience against DNS cyber attacks
  • updated for use with the FuSa C Library, sprintf and sscanf are no longer used in the network library
  • fixed duplicate AutoIP addresses if the same firmware is deployed on multiple devices
  • fixed nonce caching issue in HTTP Digest authentication
  • corrected select function to report a socket closed by a peer as readable
  • fixed an Ethernet connectivity issue when the ARP cache table is fully utilized
  • added functions in the user API that enable or disable echo response at runtime
  • fixed Ethernet driver handling so that the receive function is not called before the link-up
  • fixed possible NULL pointer dereference in a multi-interface configuration
  • fixed issue with HTTP Digest authentication with Apple Safari browser
V7.14.0
  • fixed a problem in the netUninitialize function that active BSD sockets remain blocked when the function is called by a low priority thread
  • fixed a problem with the HTTP server when uploading files from the Firefox browser
  • corrected OS layer timeouts for RTOS2, if the RTOS tick frequency is not 1000 Hz
  • fixed a build error when IPv6 was disabled in all LAN interfaces
  • fixed "no route found" error when sending broadcast frames
  • added netUDP_OptionInterface option to change the default interface for sending broadcast frames
  • updated the netFTPs_ffind function in the File System interface of the FTP server
  • added configuration option to prevent sending ping response (no echo reply)
  • added blocking functions netARP_ProbeX and netNDP_ProbeX for easy use
V7.13.1
  • fixed an error when building projects with older network configurations that were not updated
V7.13.0
  • added support for multiple LAN interfaces (Ethernet, WiFi) that can be used simultaneously
  • reworked network system viewer in debugger, added status view for multiple network interfaces
  • corrected IGMP checksum check error if the IGMP message is longer than 8 octets
  • updated HTTP server to also add custom HTTP headers to internally generated server error messages
  • corrected possible memory corruption in HTTP server, when a long HTTP URL request is received and Root Folder is used
  • added netCGI_CustomHeader function to add a custom HTTP header to the web server response
  • corrected memory issue when BSD stream socket keeps sending data on half-closed connection
  • corrected DHCPv6 client issue to discard address offers, if preferred lifetime is equal to valid lifetime
  • corrected modem driver issue with modem initialization string length limited to 64 characters
  • added netHTTPs_CalcHashHA1 function to calculate MD5 hash HA1 for HTTP Digest authentication
V7.12.0
  • corrected possible memory corruption in CHAP authentication, when PPP interface used in client mode, and the server generates CHAP challenges of less than 16 bytes
  • added support for user accounts in HTTP server Digest authentication
  • added support for passwords stored as MD5 hash value HA1
  • added support for Digest access authentication in HTTP server
  • corrected memory issue when receiving fragmented broadcast message
  • corrected return code from BSD_EINVAL to BSD_ESOCK if BSD socket is not created
  • improved robustness in BSD sockets
  • corrected filtering for link-layer addressed UDP messages (datagrams with correct MAC address and invalid IP address are no longer received)
V7.11.0
  • added support for the WiFi interface
  • corrected Neighbor Discovery failure, when the requested global IPv6 address is on-link
  • updated lease renewal in the DHCP client also updates the default Gateway
  • corrected possible TCP socket retransmission failure in keep-alive mode for very short time limits, when the keep-alive timer expired before the retransmission timer
  • corrected CHAP authentication failure in the PPP interface, when used in client mode
  • optimized send_frame functions for network interfaces
  • updated IGMP multicast address filtering
  • improved and optimized network core processing
  • improved versioning, added library version to a map file (ie: "network_ip4_release_v7.10.6")
  • improved access to ethernet, serial and modem drivers
  • minor code cleanup and optimization
  • corrected problem in BSD socket timeouts, when the blocked receiving and blocked sending in the socket are simultaneously used from two threads
  • corrected problem, that the device is not accessible to IPv6 after changing the MAC address
  • added send frame buffering, if the MAC address in the IPv6 NDP cache is not resolved (the first call to the netUDP_Send function does not fail anymore)
  • improved Event Recorder debug, updated documentation for debug events
V7.10.0
  • corrected reduced performance in the loopback interface
  • added debug configuration for Event Recorder
  • added sendmsg function to BSD sockets
  • corrected netTCP_GetSocket and netUDP_GetSocket functions to return netError code, if no free sockets are available, instead of calling net_sys_error handler
  • corrected potential failure to start network tick timer in RTX5 environment
  • added implicit binding to BSD sockets in connect and sendto functions
  • updated bind function to support dynamic ports (bind to port 0)
  • added recvmsg function to BSD sockets
  • added dynamic port range settings in TCP and UDP sockets
  • improved Ethernet debugging
  • added Virtual LAN support in Ethernet interface (VLAN)
  • updated Ethernet interface for reading the MAC address from the driver, if a unique MAC address is available in the driver
  • updated netIF_SetOption and netIF_GetOption functions to accept a possibly non-aligned buffer, when 16-bit or 32-bit option is passed in the buffer
V7.9.0
V7.8.0
  • corrected quoted-printable encoding for the character '=' in netSMTPc_SendMail function
  • documented possible return codes for Network API functions
  • changed return code netError to netFileError where appropriate in TFTP client
  • corrected netSMTPc_SendMail functionality, if the requested attachment does not exist, the function fails with error code netFileError, rather than send a dummy attachment
  • corrected a failure in netSMTPc_SendMail function, when sending an email with a large attachment
  • added netUninitialize function to uninitialize the Network component
V7.7.0
  • added SMTPS Client for secure emails (SMTP over SSL/TLS) using mbed TLS library
  • corrected notifications in the Ethernet interface to send gratuitous ARP for each change of the IP address
  • corrected poor performance on the HTTP server, when opening large files
  • corrected thread lock issue in accept function of BSD sockets, if called from a different thread in blocking mode
  • improved robustness required for Achilles level 1 certification
  • added transmit frame buffering, if MAC address in ARP cache is not resolved (first call to netUDP_Send function does not fail anymore)
  • replaced deprecated "__declspec" compiler directives with "__attribute__" directives
  • updated SMTP client configuration for backward compatibility
  • some optimizations of Network Core and services
  • added netSMTPc_SendMail function, which runs in blocking mode
  • added support for multiple email recipients (To, Cc, Bcc)
  • added support for email address friendly names in SMTP client
  • added configurable character encoding to support non ascii characters in SMTP client
  • added support for email attachments in SMTP client
V7.5.0
  • added netDHCP_SetOption function to change DHCP client options at runtime (for example DHCP Client-identifier option)
  • added support for IPv4 fragmentation and reassembly
  • added configurable MTU parameter for all network interfaces
  • extended netIF_SetOption to change MTU parameter at runtime
  • added netETH_SendRaw and netETH_ReceiveRaw functions to support implementing ethernet protocols by users
  • added netDNSc_ClearCache function to clear the DNS cache at runtime
V7.4.0
  • corrected HTTPS Web server problem, upload files limited to small files
  • corrected problem of data loss in BSD stream sockets (TCP), which was caused by a traffic congestion on high-latency networks
  • corrected FCARM file converter processing of regular expressions in java script (js) files
  • corrected FCARM filename encoding to use slash '/' folder separator character (allows saving resource files in virtual subdirectories)
  • library made RTOS agnostic, OS calls are from external functions which are compile time available
  • added RTOS configuration files for CMSIS-RTOS and CMSIS-RTOS2
  • added netIF_SetDefault function to dynamically change default interface at runtime
  • added netHTTPs_SetRootPath, netFTPs_SetRootPath and netTFTPs_SetRootPath functions to change root folder at runtime
  • corrected PPP_ACCM option negotiation in PPP interface, which caused connectivity issues with some GSM modems
V7.3.0
  • added event recording debug library variant
V7.2.0
  • corrected DHCP client to accept DHCP OFFER message, if source IP of relay agent is 0.0.0.0
  • corrected return status in netUDP_Send function to indicate an error, if the packet is dropped while sending UDP packets back to back
  • improved compatibility with ARM Compiler 6
  • expanded buffer size for the modem response string from 40 to 128 bytes
  • corrected infinite receive timeout in recv function, when BSD stream socket is in server mode
  • simplified and optimized processing user command in Telnet server user interface
  • added decoding of URL-encoded file/path information in HTTP server (ie. space character in a resource filename)
  • optimized sending emails to generate less packets in SMTP client
  • corrected thread deadlock in gethostbyname function, if netDNSc_GetHostByName function is called at the same time
V7.1.0
  • added HTTPS Server for secure communication (HTTP over SSL/TLS) using mbed TLS library
  • corrected link disconnect problem in netPPP_Close and netSLIP_Close functions
  • updated HTTP, FTP, Telnet and TFTP Server start/stop control functions to blocking mode (function is completed after the server is running/has stopped)
  • corrected problem of FTP Server not working with USB Host file system
  • corrected BSD receive functions to return BSD_ERROR_CLOSED, if the connection is unexpectedly closed in blocking mode
  • corrected serial communication problem on high-speed devices using PPP or SLIP interface
  • added osThreadYield in Network core main loop (cooperative multithreading)
  • added BSD socket event notification for mbed-client integration
  • added access to modem response string in modem driver
  • corrected low TCP performance problem when using only netTCP_Send and no network services
V7.0.0
  • corrected connectivity problem in PPP interface running in server mode
  • added support for relay agents in DHCP client (server on different subnet)
  • added SO_RCVTIMEO option in BSD socket interface to set blocking receive timeout
  • added support for AAAA-records in DNS client (resolves IPv6 address)
  • added DHCPv6 client for dynamic address configuration (stateless or stateful mode)
  • corrected minor bugs identified by static analysis of the source code
  • added support for content type "text/plain" in HTTP server POST request processing
  • corrected DHCP client lease renewal to update also DNS servers
  • added fractional seconds time information in SNTP client
  • added redirection of missing resources to a new location in HTTP server
  • added IP address conflict detection for IPv4 and IPv6
  • added Stateless Address Auto Configuration (SLAAC)
  • added IPv6 FTP extensions in FTP server and FTP client
  • added MIME type ".pdf" in HTTP server supported file types
  • added netCGI_ContentType() function for custom MIME types
  • added system configuration check in netInitialize(), signal NET_ERROR_CONFIG on error
  • added system created network Core and interface threads in a library
  • added mutex protection to network API functions, these functions are now thread-safe
  • added adaptive time polling in ETH thread when ETH driver is used in polling mode
  • updated dynamic port range in TCP and UDP sockets to use IANA recommendation (49152 - 65535)
  • updated to provide full path for FTP server user access control
  • corrected "frame too short" error in HTTP server when processing fragmented POST requests
  • corrected application build problem when using PPP interface
  • corrected bug in processing router advertisement message
  • corrected vulnerability to Spank Attack and Spoofed RST packets
  • corrected IPv6 receive address for loop-back interface
V7.0.0 (beta)
  • Initial release of dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) version of Network Component
  • Incompatible API to version 6.x (refer to Migration)
  • Added Implemented RFCs
  • This Pack contains example projects for development boards: MCB1800, MCBSTM32F200, MCBSTM32F400