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- Enjoy NETPIPES 3
-
- by Robert Forsman
-
- Check the Makefile. You will want to change where it installs
- stuff. Some systems require extra libraries or compile flags.
-
- There has been a change in the way that the subcommand is specified.
- It is MUCH better than the old way. Read the manual pages.
-
- Someone suggested using setsid(2) to disassociate myself from the
- terminal. Sounds great. I hope everyone has it.
-
- Also, I need portable ways to clean up child processes. Maybe I'll
- just read the perl source one day.
-
- This program has, in the past, been compiled and tested on a DEC
- 5100, an RS6k, an HP9k, an SGI and sees almost daily usage under SunOS
- 4.1.3 and Linux.
-
- If you compile this program on an architecture/OS not mentioned
- above, drop me a line. If you have problems compiling on any
- architecture, I want to hear about it (and I'll try to help you fix
- the problem and make sure that the next version compiles out of the
- box).
-
- Normally, I say all software sucks, but I can now proudly say that
- NETPIPES RULES! If you disagree, tell me why and I'll see if I can
- fix it.
-
- HEY CYPHERPUNKS!
-
- I'm having difficulty thinking of new things to add to netpipes.
- The only thing I would like to add is some sort of authorization/
- encryption filter so that two processes which normally wouldn't care
- about authentication/encryption could be secured.
-
- I would write an RSA thingy myself, but I'm a U.S. citizen and
- suffer from unwieldy export restrictions (yes, my appointed officials
- are twits). If somebody in the U.K. (or wherever encryption is legal
- to export) ever does write an encryption filter compatible with
- netpipes, could you talk to me and I'll have you make a combo package
- for export to the U.S.
-