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| 114 | <li>Anonymous CVS checkout:<br /> |
114 | <li>Anonymous CVS checkout:<br /> |
| 115 | <tt> cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous\@cvs.schmorp.de/schmorpforge co $modules</tt><p /> |
115 | <tt> cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous\@cvs.schmorp.de/schmorpforge co $modules</tt><p /> |
| 116 | |
116 | |
| 117 | <small> |
117 | <small> |
| 118 | |
118 | |
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119 | <!-- |
| 119 | <p>The warning |
120 | <p>The warning |
| 120 | <b>cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file /schmorpforge/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied</b> |
121 | <b>cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file /schmorpforge/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied</b> |
| 121 | is expected and harmless, just ignore it. It simply means you have no write access to the repository. |
122 | is expected and harmless, just ignore it. It simply means you have no write access to the repository. |
| 122 | </p> |
123 | </p> |
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124 | --> |
| 123 | |
125 | |
| 124 | <p>The CVS server moved again on 2008-02-21, you can use the following |
126 | <p>The CVS server moved again on 2008-02-21, you can use the following |
| 125 | (untested) snippet to update your CVS checkout. Run it in the top level |
127 | (untested) snippet to update your CVS checkout. Run it in the top level |
| 126 | checked out directory:</ br> |
128 | checked out directory:</ br> |
| 127 | |
129 | |
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| 438 | See <a href="http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/lmainit.html">its homepage</a> for more info. |
440 | See <a href="http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/lmainit.html">its homepage</a> for more info. |
| 439 | |
441 | |
| 440 | Algorithm-FEC cpan cvs-pod(FEC.pm,) cvs-co(README.fec) cvs-co(Changes) |
442 | Algorithm-FEC cpan cvs-pod(FEC.pm,) cvs-co(README.fec) cvs-co(Changes) |
| 441 | Perl module implementing forward error correction using Vandermonde matrices |
443 | Perl module implementing forward error correction using Vandermonde matrices |
| 442 | |
444 | |
| 443 | AnyEvent cpan cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/CoroEV.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::CoroEV) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/CoroEvent.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::CoroEvent) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Coro.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Coro) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/EV.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::EV) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Event.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Event) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Glib.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Glib) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Tk.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Tk) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Perl.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Perl) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Qt.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Qt) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/EventLib.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/POE.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::POE) |
445 | AnyEvent cpan cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent.pm,) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Intro.pod,Introduction/Tutorial) cvs-co(Changes) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Util.pm,AnyEvent::Util) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Handle.pm,AnyEvent::Handle) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Socket.pm,AnyEvent::Socket) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/DNS.pm,AnyEvent::DNS) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/EV.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::EV) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Event.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Event) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Glib.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Glib) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Tk.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Tk) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Perl.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Perl) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/Qt.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::Qt) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/EventLib.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib) cvs-pod(lib/AnyEvent/Impl/POE.pm,AnyEvent::Impl::POE) |
| 444 | This module offers a simple API for I/O, timer, signal, child process |
446 | This module offers a simple API for I/O, timer, signal, child process |
| 445 | and completion events, independent of a specific event loop. |
447 | and completion events, independent of a specific event loop. |
| 446 | |
448 | |
| 447 | This module allows module authors to use those events internally without |
449 | <p>This module allows module authors to use those events internally without |
| 448 | forcing users of the module to use a specific event loop, without adding |
450 | forcing users of the module to use a specific event loop, without adding |
| 449 | noticable overhead. Currently supported event loops are EV, Coro::EV, |
451 | noticable overhead. Currently supported event loops are EV, Event, |
| 450 | Event, Coro::Event, Glib/Gtk2, Tk, Qt, Event::Lib and POE (and thus also |
452 | Glib/Gtk2, Tk, Qt, Event::Lib and POE (and thus also WxWidgets and |
| 451 | WxWidgets and Prima). It contains a very fast (see benchmarks in the main |
453 | Prima). It contains a very fast (see benchmarks in the main manual page) |
| 452 | manual page) Pure Perl event loop and doesn't rely on XS, which ensures |
454 | Pure Perl event loop and doesn't rely on XS, which ensures that your |
| 453 | that your program will always run even when no C-based event loop is |
455 | program will always run even when no C-based event loop is available.</p> |
| 454 | available. |
456 | |
|
|
457 | <p>In addition to the event core (which might be all you need), AnyEvent |
|
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458 | comes with an optional, fully asynchronous, pure-perl DNS resolver |
|
|
459 | library supporting UDP, TCP and EDNS0, with many utility functions to |
|
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460 | "just resolve" stuff without having to instantiate even a resolver object |
|
|
461 | (and including an equivalent of C<getaddrinfo>).</p> |
|
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462 | |
|
|
463 | <p>The AnyEvent::Socket offers utility functions to make handling TCP |
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464 | connections (100% non-blocking, including DNS resolution, with both IPv4 |
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465 | and IPv6) and addresses as easy as possible, to the point of making IPv6 |
|
|
466 | completely transparent.</p> |
|
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467 | |
|
|
468 | <p>Lastly, AnyEvent::Handle offers a powerful framework for asynchronous and |
|
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469 | buffered protocol handling. You can push multiple read event handlers |
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|
470 | to parse your protocol and start TLS/SSL negotiation transparently (and |
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471 | fully non-blocking) at any time, in both server and client mode.</p> |
| 455 | |
472 | |
| 456 | AnyEvent-FastPing cpan cvs-pod(FastPing.pm,) |
473 | AnyEvent-FastPing cpan cvs-pod(FastPing.pm,) |
| 457 | This module implements a very fast and relatively flexible |
474 | This module implements a very fast and relatively flexible |
| 458 | ping (ping as in icmp echo request). |
475 | ping (ping as in icmp echo request). |
| 459 | |
476 | |
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| 464 | more address ranges, to which pings will be distributed according to a |
481 | more address ranges, to which pings will be distributed according to a |
| 465 | least-load principle. |
482 | least-load principle. |
| 466 | |
483 | |
| 467 | A command line utility (<tt>fastping</tt>) is included. |
484 | A command line utility (<tt>fastping</tt>) is included. |
| 468 | |
485 | |
|
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486 | AnyEvent-HTTP cpan cvs-pod(HTTP.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
|
|
487 | A simple and plain event based http and https client. |
|
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488 | |
|
|
489 | This module implements a simple, stateless and non-blocking HTTP |
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|
490 | client. It supports GET, POST and other request methods, cookies and more, |
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|
491 | all on a very low level. It can follow redirects supports proxies and |
|
|
492 | automatically limits the number of connections to the values specified in |
|
|
493 | the RFC. |
|
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494 | |
|
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495 | It should generally be a "good client" that is enough for most HTTP |
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496 | tasks. Simple tasks should be simple, but complex tasks should still be |
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497 | possible as the user retains control over request and response headers. |
|
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498 | |
|
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499 | The caller is responsible for authentication management, cookies (if |
|
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500 | the simplistic implementation in this module doesn't suffice), referer |
|
|
501 | and other high-level protocol details for which this module offers only |
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|
502 | limited support. |
|
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503 | |
|
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504 | AnyEvent-DBI cpan cvs-pod(DBI.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
|
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505 | A relatively simple wrapper around DBI to make asynchronous |
|
|
506 | SQL requests. |
|
|
507 | |
|
|
508 | This module implements asynchronous DBI access my forking or executing |
|
|
509 | separate "DBI-Server" processes and sending them requests. |
|
|
510 | |
|
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511 | It means that you can run DBI requests in parallel to other tasks. |
|
|
512 | |
|
|
513 | AnyEvent-HTTPD cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/AnyEvent/HTTPD.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
|
|
514 | A simple and plain event based http web application server Perl module. |
|
|
515 | |
|
|
516 | This is a very basic HTTP server that allows the user/programmer to install |
|
|
517 | hooks for URL paths to generate the output. It uses AnyEvent to be easily |
|
|
518 | embeddable into other applications. The main objective was to make it |
|
|
519 | easier to make simple HTTP frontends in Perl for Perl programs and Perl modules. |
|
|
520 | |
|
|
521 | AnyEvent-IGS cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/AnyEvent/IGS.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
|
|
522 | A Perl module that interfaces to the International Go Server. |
|
|
523 | |
|
|
524 | This module is an Anyevent-based interface to the International Go Server |
|
|
525 | protocol. |
|
|
526 | |
|
|
527 | AnyEvent-EditText cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/AnyEvent/EditText.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
|
|
528 | A Perl module which allows editing any text via an editor in a seperate process. |
|
|
529 | |
|
|
530 | A utility Perl module that will start a terminal/editor for you and will |
|
|
531 | wait non-blocking for you to finish editing that file. Very useful to embed |
|
|
532 | content edititing in event based programs that have a AnyEvent compatible |
|
|
533 | event loop. |
|
|
534 | |
| 469 | Audio-Play-MPG123 cpan cvs-pod(MPG123.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
535 | Audio-Play-MPG123 cpan cvs-pod(MPG123.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
| 470 | A Perl module implementing an interface to mpg123. |
536 | A Perl module implementing an interface to mpg123. |
| 471 | |
537 | |
| 472 | Compress-LZV1 cpan cvs-pod(LZV1.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
538 | Compress-LZV1 cpan cvs-pod(LZV1.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
| 473 | A Perl module implementing the LZV1 compression algorithm. See |
539 | A Perl module implementing the LZV1 compression algorithm. See |
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| 485 | allows easy decoding of multipart mime, uuencode and a whole lot of |
551 | allows easy decoding of multipart mime, uuencode and a whole lot of |
| 486 | differently encoded messages. You basically throw files at it, and |
552 | differently encoded messages. You basically throw files at it, and |
| 487 | it extracts the files in them. This module is used by the popular <a |
553 | it extracts the files in them. This module is used by the popular <a |
| 488 | href="www.amavis.org">amavis virus scanner</a>. |
554 | href="www.amavis.org">amavis virus scanner</a>. |
| 489 | |
555 | |
| 490 | Coro cpan cvs-pod(Coro.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
556 | Coro cpan cvs-co(Changes) cvs-pod(Coro.pm,) cvs-pod(Coro/AIO.pm,Coro::AIO) cvs-pod(Coro/AnyEvent.pm,Coro::AnyEvent) cvs-pod(Coro/BDB.pm,Coro::BDB) cvs-pod(Coro/Channel.pm,Coro::Channel) cvs-pod(Coro/Debug.pm,Coro::Debug) cvs-pod(Coro/EV.pm,Coro::EV) cvs-pod(Coro/Event.pm,Coro::Event) cvs-pod(Coro/Handle.pm,Coro::Handle) cvs-pod(Coro/LWP.pm,Coro::LWP) cvs-pod(Coro/MakeMaker.pm,Coro::MakeMaker) cvs-pod(Coro/RWLock.pm,Coro::RWLock) cvs-pod(Coro/Select.pm,Coro::Select) cvs-pod(Coro/Semaphore.pm,Coro::Semaphore) cvs-pod(Coro/SemaphoreSet.pm,Coro::SemaphoreSet) cvs-pod(Coro/Signal.pm,Coro::Signal) cvs-pod(Coro/Socket.pm,Coro::Socket) cvs-pod(Coro/Specific.pm,Coro::Specific) cvs-pod(Coro/State.pm,Coro::State) cvs-pod(Coro/Storable.pm,Coro::Storable) cvs-pod(Coro/Timer.pm,Coro::Timer) cvs-pod(Coro/Util.pm,Coro::Util) |
| 491 | A large Perl module family that implements cooperative multitasking in |
557 | A large Perl module family that implements cooperative multitasking in |
| 492 | Perl. It supports filehandle and event abstraction and also implements |
558 | Perl. It supports filehandle and event abstraction and also implements |
| 493 | continuations as well as the necessary directives to implement a slightly |
559 | continuations as well as the necessary directives to implement a slightly |
| 494 | limited call/cc in Perl. |
560 | limited call/cc in Perl. |
| 495 | |
561 | |
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| 541 | <a href="EV.html">perl interface</a> is also available. |
607 | <a href="EV.html">perl interface</a> is also available. |
| 542 | <p /> |
608 | <p /> |
| 543 | A <a href="http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/libev">mailing |
609 | A <a href="http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/libev">mailing |
| 544 | list</a> for discussion and support is now available. |
610 | list</a> for discussion and support is now available. |
| 545 | |
611 | |
|
|
612 | libeio dist cvs-pod(eio.pod,) cvs-co(eio.h) cvs-co(demo.c) cvs-co(Changes) |
|
|
613 | Event-based fully asynchronous I/O library for C (used by IO::AIO). |
|
|
614 | Currently in BETA! |
|
|
615 | |
|
|
616 | <p>Libeio is a full-featured asynchronous I/O library |
|
|
617 | for C, modelled in similar style and spirit as <a |
|
|
618 | href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html">libev</a>. Features |
|
|
619 | include: asynchronous read, write, open, close, stat, unlink, fdatasync, |
|
|
620 | mknod, readdir etc. (basically the full POSIX API). sendfile (native on |
|
|
621 | solaris, linux, hp-ux, freebsd, emulated everywehere else), readahead |
|
|
622 | (emulated where not available).</p> |
|
|
623 | |
|
|
624 | <p>It is fully event-library agnostic and can easily be integrated into any |
|
|
625 | event-library (or used standalone, even in polling mode). It is very |
|
|
626 | portable and relies only on POSIX threads.</p> |
|
|
627 | |
|
|
628 | <p>Its code, documentation, integration and portability quality is |
|
|
629 | currently below that of libev, but should soon be ready for use in |
|
|
630 | production environments.</p> |
|
|
631 | |
| 546 | libspf cvs-co(README) |
632 | libspf cvs-co(README) |
| 547 | Libspf is a C library that implements the <a |
633 | Libspf is a C library that implements the <a |
| 548 | href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework"> Sender |
634 | href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework"> Sender |
| 549 | Policy Framework</a>. It allows software to identify and reject forged |
635 | Policy Framework</a>. It allows software to identify and reject forged |
| 550 | envelope-from addresses, a typical nuisance in e-mail spam. SPF is |
636 | envelope-from addresses, a typical nuisance in e-mail spam. SPF is |
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| 610 | JSON encoders available for Perl, it supports a variety of format options, |
696 | JSON encoders available for Perl, it supports a variety of format options, |
| 611 | such as single-line, ASCII-only or pretty-printed and can be tuned for |
697 | such as single-line, ASCII-only or pretty-printed and can be tuned for |
| 612 | speed or memory usage. It comes with a wealth of documentation describing |
698 | speed or memory usage. It comes with a wealth of documentation describing |
| 613 | usage and implementation details. |
699 | usage and implementation details. |
| 614 | |
700 | |
|
|
701 | Games-Go-SimpleBoard cpan cvs-pod(SimpleBoard.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
|
|
702 | A Perl module representing a go board. |
|
|
703 | |
|
|
704 | This Perl module represents a Go game. It can check for valid moves, |
|
|
705 | capture stones, stores move history and can represent a variety of |
|
|
706 | additional annotations (circles, labels, grayed-out stones etc.). |
|
|
707 | |
|
|
708 | Gtk2-GoBoard cpan cvs-pod(GoBoard.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
|
|
709 | A Perl module implementing a go board widget. |
|
|
710 | |
|
|
711 | This Perl module implements a beautiful go board (see <a |
|
|
712 | href="http://data.plan9.de/kgsuemel.jpg">example</a>), implemented as a |
|
|
713 | Gtk2 widget. |
|
|
714 | |
| 615 | Linux-AIO cpan cvs-pod(AIO.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
715 | Linux-AIO cpan cvs-pod(AIO.pm,) cvs-co(Changes) |
| 616 | A Perl module that implements asynchronous I/O using <tt>clone</tt> |
716 | A Perl module that implements asynchronous I/O using <tt>clone</tt> |
| 617 | on Linux. Apart from AIO reading and writing, this module also allows |
717 | on Linux. Apart from AIO reading and writing, this module also allows |
| 618 | asynchronous <tt>stat</tt>, <tt>open</tt> and <tt>close</tt> (and more) |
718 | asynchronous <tt>stat</tt>, <tt>open</tt> and <tt>close</tt> (and more) |
| 619 | calls, which often are a substantial problem. See also its (newer) brother |
719 | calls, which often are a substantial problem. See also its (newer) brother |
| … | |
… | |
| 696 | |
796 | |
| 697 | dhcpping cvs-pod(dhcping.pod,) |
797 | dhcpping cvs-pod(dhcping.pod,) |
| 698 | A version of dhcpping enhanced by <a href="mailto:marco@nethype.de">Marco Maisenhelder</a> |
798 | A version of dhcpping enhanced by <a href="mailto:marco@nethype.de">Marco Maisenhelder</a> |
| 699 | to support passing dhcp options. Intended to test dhcp server implementations. |
799 | to support passing dhcp options. Intended to test dhcp server implementations. |
| 700 | |
800 | |
| 701 | AnyEvent-DNS cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/AnyEvent/DNS.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
|
|
| 702 | A non-blocking DNS resolver with AnyEvent using Net::DNS. |
|
|
| 703 | |
|
|
| 704 | This Perl module is a simple wrapper around Net::DNS, which provides |
|
|
| 705 | a non-blocking interface to make DNS queries with Net::DNS. |
|
|
| 706 | |
|
|
| 707 | AnyEvent-HTTPD cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/AnyEvent/HTTPD.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
|
|
| 708 | A simple and plain event based http web application server Perl module. |
|
|
| 709 | |
|
|
| 710 | This is a very basic HTTP server that allows the user/programmer to install |
|
|
| 711 | hooks for URL paths to generate the output. It uses AnyEvent to be easily |
|
|
| 712 | embeddable into other applications. The main objective was to make it |
|
|
| 713 | easier to make simple HTTP frontends in Perl for Perl programs and Perl modules. |
|
|
| 714 | |
|
|
| 715 | Object-Event cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/Object/Event.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
801 | Object-Event cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/Object/Event.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
| 716 | A simple event callback API for Perl. |
802 | A simple event callback API for Perl. |
| 717 | |
803 | |
| 718 | This is just a very simple event callback registration and call API |
804 | This is just a very simple event callback registration and call API |
| 719 | which new Perl classes can inherit. It's mainly used by Net::XMPP2. |
805 | which new Perl classes can inherit. It's mainly used by Net::XMPP2. |
| 720 | |
|
|
| 721 | AnyEvent-EditText cpan-elmex git-pod(lib/AnyEvent/EditText.pm,) git-co(Changes) |
|
|
| 722 | A Perl module which allows editing any text via an editor in a seperate process. |
|
|
| 723 | |
|
|
| 724 | A utility Perl module that will start a terminal/editor for you and will |
|
|
| 725 | wait non-blocking for you to finish editing that file. Very useful to embed |
|
|
| 726 | content edititing in event based programs that have a AnyEvent compatible |
|
|
| 727 | event loop. |
|
|
| 728 | |
806 | |
| 729 | psycpp |
807 | psycpp |
| 730 | A project that was aimed to implement a PSYC server in C++. |
808 | A project that was aimed to implement a PSYC server in C++. |
| 731 | |
809 | |
| 732 | This is a mostly abandoned project at the moment, however, the repository |
810 | This is a mostly abandoned project at the moment, however, the repository |
| 733 | contains interesting C++ code that might be useful to someone, especially |
811 | contains interesting C++ code that might be useful to someone, especially |
| 734 | the C++ JSON implementation might be of interest. The project is mostly |
812 | the C++ JSON implementation might be of interest. The project is mostly |
| 735 | dead at the moment though... |
813 | dead at the moment though... |
| 736 | |
814 | |
| 737 | gtm git-co(README) |
815 | gtm git-co(README) |
| 738 | GT.M Database |
816 | GT.M Database |
| 739 | |
817 | |
| 740 | <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/">GT.M</a> |
818 | <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/">GT.M</a> |
| 741 | is a a vetted, industrial strength, transaction |
819 | is a a vetted, industrial strength, transaction |
| 742 | processing application platform consisting of a |
820 | processing application platform consisting of a |
| 743 | database engine optimized for high TP throughput and |
821 | database engine optimized for high TP throughput and |
| 744 | a compiler for the M (aka MUMPS) programming language. |
822 | a compiler for the M (aka MUMPS) programming language. |
|
|
823 | |
|
|
824 | fcrackzip cvs-co(fcrackzip.html) |
|
|
825 | <b>fcrackzip</b> is a zip password cracker, similar to fzc, zipcrack and others. |
|
|
826 | |
|
|
827 | <h3>Why, the hell, another zip cracker?</h3> |
|
|
828 | |
|
|
829 | Naturally, programs are born out of an actual need. The situation with |
|
|
830 | fcrackzip was no different... I'm not using zip very much, but recently |
|
|
831 | I needed a password cracker. "Sure", I thought, "there are hundreds of |
|
|
832 | them out there, I'll just gonna get one!". This wasn't so easy, in fact, |
|
|
833 | none of the zipcrackers I found were able to find the passwords, either |
|
|
834 | they didn't accept more than one zipfile, were awfully slow, or didn't do |
|
|
835 | brute force attacks (which I needed). The worst thing was: no source!. |
|
|
836 | |
|
|
837 | <h3>Why is <i>no source</i> such a bad thing?</h3> |
|
|
838 | |
|
|
839 | [insert big chapter about the free software spirit here ;)], anyway |
|
|
840 | people will never learn... You will find reasons why it's much better to |
|
|
841 | provide source to your programs here, at opensource.org, and here, at the |
|
|
842 | Free Software Foundation. Now, what are the features of fcrackzip? |
|
|
843 | |
|
|
844 | <ul><li> |
|
|
845 | <p>FREE</p> |
|
|
846 | |
|
|
847 | <p>It doesn't cost anything, it will run on many architectures, and |
|
|
848 | the source is freely available, so you can customise it to your |
|
|
849 | needs. If you make improvements, don't hesitate to mail them to me, |
|
|
850 | and I will include them in fcrackzip!</p> |
|
|
851 | |
|
|
852 | <p>One goal of fcrackzip was to provide a free but still fast |
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853 | zipcracker, so that other people can improve and contribute it |
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854 | further, in an open developement style.</p> |
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855 | |
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856 | <p>Other programs, like fzc, come not only without source, but the |
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857 | executable is even encrypted, so improving it or customizing it is |
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858 | difficult at best. (Maybe the programmers of other crackers don't |
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859 | want that people see how crappy their code actually is? Nobody |
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860 | knows for sure, but I see no other reason for this strange, but |
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861 | common, behaviour)</p> |
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862 | |
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863 | </li><li> |
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864 | <p>FAST</p> |
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865 | |
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866 | <p>On my old machine (a pentium-90), the portable C version is 12% |
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867 | slower than fzc, the fastest cracker I could find. Small parts of |
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868 | fcrackzip have been converted to x86 assembly, so it performs a bit |
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869 | faster (around 4%) than fzc now, on the same hardware (note: this |
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870 | is highly os/compiler dependent). Since the author of fzc claims |
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871 | that it is written fully in assembler, further improvements might |
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872 | well be possible. Incidently, on my new P-II machine, fcrackzip is |
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873 | almost twice as fast as fzc ;)</p> |
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874 | |
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875 | </li><li> |
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876 | <p>PORTABLE</p> |
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877 | |
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878 | <p>fcrackzip was written in ISO-C, and should run on most platforms, |
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879 | even 64 bit ones (maybe after some tweaking). I'll be glad to hear |
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880 | about portability problems so I can fix them.</p> |
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881 | |
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882 | </li><li> |
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883 | <p>FEATUREFUL</p> |
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884 | |
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885 | <p>fcrackzip will, at some later stage at least, support many more |
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886 | useful operation modes than other crackers. It already supports |
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887 | multiple zip files with multiple files. Remember that the code is |
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888 | only a few hours old!</p> |
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889 | |
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890 | <p>However, since version 0.2.0 fcrackzip also includes a mode to |
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891 | brute force cpmask'ed images, something no other program (that I |
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892 | know of) can do, so at least there is one feature other crackers |
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893 | don't have.</p> |
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894 | |
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895 | <p>And you can always implement your own modes.</p> |
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896 | |
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897 | </li></ul> |
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898 | |
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899 | <h3>Caveat, Imperator!</h3> |
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900 | |
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901 | <p>Naturally, there are also some drawbacks. At the moment, fcrackzip |
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902 | is a bit slower than necessary, and lacks some important (or nice) |
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903 | features, like automatic unzip-testing and others. On the other hand, |
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904 | fcrackzip-0.0.1 was hacked together in under ten hours, and you can |
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905 | always modify the source (and send me patches!!!) (I hope I've made it |
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906 | clear now ;)</p> |
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