Interarchy
Encyclopedia
Interarchy is a file transfer application for Mac OS X
. It is engineered by Nolobe Pty Ltd.
standards compliant TCP/IP file transfer client. It supports a number of file transfer protocols:
client) was one of the first FTP clients for the Macintosh; Peter N. Lewis wrote Anarchie 1.0 in 1993 while working at Curtin University, and founded Stairways Software in 1995.
Shortly after the release of Anarchie 2.0 in 1996, Stairways was joined by Andrew Tomazos, who managed the product for five years until the release of Interarchy 7.0.
Anarchie gained HTTP support by version 3.5, which also dropped Archie
support in favor of Apple's
Sherlock tool
. This was especially useful for owners of older systems, since Anarchie only required Mac OS
version 7.0, while Sherlock required version 8.5. (Interarchy's Internet search capabilities were dropped with version 7.0).
Anarchie became Interarchy with version 4.0, when it merged with Stairways' other network utilities (OTSessionWatcher, Script Daemon, Finger and Daemon). This gave Interarchy the network utilities listed above, as well as several (finger
, telnet
and network time protocol
) that were lost in the transition to Mac OS X
.
Interarchy was carbonized
with version 4.1, and has required Mac OS X
since version 7.0.
Interarchy was developed by Stairways Software Pty Ltd until February 1, 2007. It was then sold to Nolobe Pty Ltd in what was described as "an employee buyout" by Matthew Drayton. At the time of the purchase Drayton had been lead developer on Interarchy for nearly six years.
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. It is engineered by Nolobe Pty Ltd.
Features
Interarchy is an RFCRequest for Comments
In computer network engineering, a Request for Comments is a memorandum published by the Internet Engineering Task Force describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems.Through the Internet Society, engineers and...
standards compliant TCP/IP file transfer client. It supports a number of file transfer protocols:
- FTPFile Transfer ProtocolFile Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...
- FTP/SSL-TLSFTPSFTPS is an extension to the commonly used File Transfer Protocol that adds support for the Transport Layer Security and the Secure Sockets Layer cryptographic protocols....
- iFTP
- SFTPSSH file transfer protocolIn computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream...
- SCPSCP-Agencies, organizations, and political parties:* Salisbury City Police, a defunct city police force in Wiltshire, England operational between 1838 - 1943.* Scottish Christian Party* Society of Catholic Priests, a community of priests in the Anglican Communion...
- HTTP
- HTTPSHttpsHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with SSL/TLS protocol to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server...
- WebDAVWebDAVWeb-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
- WebDAVSWebDAVWeb-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
- Amazon S3Amazon S3Amazon S3 is an online storage web service offered by Amazon Web Services. Amazon S3 provides storage through web services interfaces...
- Rackspace Cloud Files
- Google StorageGoogle StorageGoogle Cloud Storage is a RESTful online storage web service for storing and accessing your data on Google's infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities...
History
Anarchie (so named because it was an ArchieArchie search engine
Archie is a tool for indexing FTP archives, allowing people to find specific files. It is considered to be the first Internet search engine. The original implementation was written in 1990 by Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan, and J...
client) was one of the first FTP clients for the Macintosh; Peter N. Lewis wrote Anarchie 1.0 in 1993 while working at Curtin University, and founded Stairways Software in 1995.
Shortly after the release of Anarchie 2.0 in 1996, Stairways was joined by Andrew Tomazos, who managed the product for five years until the release of Interarchy 7.0.
Anarchie gained HTTP support by version 3.5, which also dropped Archie
Archie search engine
Archie is a tool for indexing FTP archives, allowing people to find specific files. It is considered to be the first Internet search engine. The original implementation was written in 1990 by Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan, and J...
support in favor of Apple's
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
Sherlock tool
Sherlock (software)
Sherlock, named after Sherlock Holmes, was a file and web search tool created by Apple Inc. for the Mac OS, introduced with Mac OS 8.5 as an extension of the Mac OS Finder's file searching capabilities. Like its predecessor, it can search for local files and file contents, which it does using the...
. This was especially useful for owners of older systems, since Anarchie only required Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
version 7.0, while Sherlock required version 8.5. (Interarchy's Internet search capabilities were dropped with version 7.0).
Anarchie became Interarchy with version 4.0, when it merged with Stairways' other network utilities (OTSessionWatcher, Script Daemon, Finger and Daemon). This gave Interarchy the network utilities listed above, as well as several (finger
Finger protocol
In computer networking, the Name/Finger protocol and the Finger user information protocol are simple network protocols for the exchange of human-oriented status and user information.-Name/Finger protocol:...
, telnet
TELNET
Telnet is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communications facility using a virtual terminal connection...
and network time protocol
Network Time Protocol
The Network Time Protocol is a protocol and software implementation for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. Originally designed by David L...
) that were lost in the transition to Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
.
Interarchy was carbonized
Carbon (API)
Carbon is one of Apple Inc.'s procedural application programming interfaces for the Macintosh operating system. It provides C programming language access to Macintosh system services...
with version 4.1, and has required Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
since version 7.0.
Interarchy was developed by Stairways Software Pty Ltd until February 1, 2007. It was then sold to Nolobe Pty Ltd in what was described as "an employee buyout" by Matthew Drayton. At the time of the purchase Drayton had been lead developer on Interarchy for nearly six years.
Version History
- Anarchie 1.0 - 7 December 1993
- Anarchie 1.1 - 24 January 1994
- Anarchie 1.2 - 4 June 1994
- Anarchie 1.2.1 - 9 July 1994
- Anarchie 2.0 - 15 November 1996
- Anarchie Pro 3.0 - 7 September 1998
- Anarchie Pro 3.5 - 2 December 1998
- Interarchy 4.0 - 14 December 2000
- Interarchy 5.0 - 20 August 2001
- Interarchy 6.0 - 30 October 2002
- Interarchy 7.0 - 17 February 2004
- Interarchy 7.0.1 - 5 March 2004
- Interarchy 7.1 - 19 April 2004
- Interarchy 7.1.1 - 20 April 2004
- Interarchy 7.2 - 15 July 2004
- Interarchy 7.2.1 - 5 August 2004
- Interarchy 7.3 - 18 January 2005
- Interarchy 7.3.1 - 19 January 2005
- Interarchy 7.3.2 - 24 February 2005
- Interarchy 7.3.3 - 14 April 2005
- Interarchy 8.0 - 28 March 2006
- Interarchy 8.0.1 - 27 April 2006
- Interarchy 8.1 - 20 June 2006
- Interarchy 8.1.1 - 29 June 2006
- Interarchy 8.2 - 6 September 2006
- Interarchy 8.2.1 - 26 October 2006
- Interarchy 8.2.2 - 30 October 2006
- Interarchy 8.5 - 1 February 2007
- Interarchy 8.5.2 - 8 May 2007
- Interarchy 8.5.4 - 29 October 2007
- Interarchy 9.0 - 11 January 2008
- Interarchy 10.0 - 5 August 2010
- Interarchy 10.0.1 - 6 August 2010
- Interarchy 10.0.2 - 18 August 2010