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.