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Table 1. Document modification history
Document version	Publication date	Comments
SC23-6009-01	September 25, 2007	First IBM publication.
SC23-6009-02	August 22, 2008	Support for Linux® for zSeries added.
SC23-6009-03	December 31, 2008	Summary table updated. IPv6 support information added. FIPS information added. Installation section added.
SC23-6009-04	February 19, 2010	Summary updated.
SC23-6009-05	March 31, 2011	Installation section replaced by Installing probes.
SC23-6009-06	July 29, 2011	Information about operating system conventions added in Conventions used in this guide. IP environment information updated in Summary. Information about running the probe updated in Running the probe.
SC23-6009-07	March 2, 2012	Summary table updated. IPv6 support added for all UNIX and Linux operating systems.
SC23-6009-08	September 27, 2023	Version updated to 7.6 in Summary updated. Description for the SocketBufferSize property added to Properties and command line options. Descriptions for the following elements added to Elements. `$poll_rate` `$trip_time` `$timeout_time` Version 7.6 also addresses the following APARs: IV87938: Introduced SocketBufferSize property to allow users to increase maximum buffer size in socket and avoid ping replies being dropped. IJ03219: Added 64-bit probe binaries for Solaris, Linux, AIX and zLinux platforms. IJ06848: Probe now able to recognize an FQDN string as a host address instead of falsely considering the string to be an IP address. IJ27697: Fixed issue with probe ignoring hosts with unsuccessful lookups during probe startup. IV59592: Probe generates new elements that available in the rules file. IV60967: Fixed issue whereby the ping response time on Windows was always set to 0 ms.