From errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Sat Sep 24 23:32:30 1994 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA19876; Sat, 24 Sep 94 23:27:01 PDT Received: from uucp7.UU.NET by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxivp22001; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:26:59 -0400 Received: from megalith.UUCP by uucp7.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:27:19 -0400 Received: by megalith.miami.fl.us (AmigaSmail3.13 for ) id <0ip5@megalith.miami.fl.us>; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:22:00 -0400 (EDT) Sender: CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us Errors-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Warnings-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (CSAA-Submissions) X-Newsgatesoftware: Amiga Newsgate V1.6 Reply-To: ecarroll@maths.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll) Message-Number: 932 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce X-Newssoftware: CSAA NMS 1.2 From: ecarroll@maths.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll) (CSAA) Subject: (CSAA) SnoopDos 3.0 Message-Id: Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:22:07 -0400 Status: RO TITLE SnoopDos -- a system and application monitor VERSION 3.0 AUTHOR Eddy Carroll Email: ecarroll@maths.tcd.ie ecarroll@cix.compulink.co.uk DESCRIPTION SnoopDos patches a variety of AmigaDOS library functions that are commonly called by other programs and allows you to monitor the activities carried out by those programs. For example, you can see what files a program is looking for, what fonts it opens, and any special libraries or devices that it requires. This is often invaluable when you are trying to install a new application which has complex or inadequate documentation NEW FEATURES Many features have been added to SnoopDos since version 1.7. Here's a brief list of the most important additions: o Over 20 new system functions are supported o A full GUI provides easy access to all options o The output format can be customised using a new format editor o Output that scrolls off the window can be recalled o Messages sent by ARexx scripts can be monitored o Commodity support lets SnoopDos run in the background o Clipboard support lets you cut and paste output o Programs that use ixemul.library for i/o can be monitored o0 A packet debugger lets programmers monitor all DOS packets o Over 100 ARexx commands provide for unattended operation o Online AmigaGuide help covers all aspects of operation SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Kickstart 2.04 or above is required. Some new features work better if the debugging utilities Sushi and SegTracker are installed, but these are not essential. HOST NAME ftp.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) (and all other Aminet sites) DIRECTORY /pub/aminet/util/moni FILE NAMES snoopdos30.lha snoopdos30_src.lha (The source code archive is only of interest to programmers.) PRICE Free. DISTRIBUTABILITY Freely distributable. Copyright (c) Eddy Carroll 1994. PROGRAM SECURITY Several bogus versions of SnoopDos have appeared in the past two years. These have been disguised as legitimate updates while harbouring trojan horses or other undesirable intruders. The most recent such release, labelled 2.0, is still generally available. To help guard against this happening in the future, all new versions of SnoopDos will be signed using PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) by Philip Zimmermann. This allows anyone who is in possession of my PGP public key to verify that a particular release genuinely came from myself and not from a third party. PGP is not required to use SnoopDos; it merely allows you to verify that you have a legitimate and unmodified copy. You can download PGP from the /pub/aminet/util/crypt directory on Aminet. The filename is PGPAmiga2_3a.lha. My PGP public key is presented below for convenience. This key will work with all future releases of SnoopDos. If you have installed PGP, save this announcement to a file and then type "PGP " to install my key on your PGP keyring. You can then verify the integrity of SnoopDos by extracting the SnoopDos archive and typing "PGP Readme.first SnoopDos". See the PGP documentation for more ynformation on verifying signatures. Note that my public key is never included with the main SnoopDos archive -- if it was, then anyone modifying the program could also modify the key and escape undetected. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3a.3 mQBNAi5uunIAAAECALhYPccdXY+vXpMPV2liNxD5UyFjwXPbpZ7xL9sD1BXG8F9n VdB9g4Z/v1UiR7SFyGcI1dn0awutsn9vPMCw+t0ABRG0JEVkZHkgQ2Fycm9sbCA8 ZWNhcnJvbGxAbWF0aHMudGNkLmllPg== =+Wwv -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu. Comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. MAIL ALL COMP.SYS.AMIGA.ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu. ============================================================================ This is part of a mailing list gateway maintained by Carlos Amezaga. Bugs & comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. Subscribes, UnSubcribes, help and faq requests should be sent to announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu.