| 1 | BBFTP |
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| 2 | ----- |
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| 3 | * What BBFTP is |
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| 5 | o BBFTP is a software designed to quickly transfer files accross a |
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| 6 | wide area network. It has been written for the Babar experiment in |
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| 7 | order to transfer big files (more than 2 GigaBytes) between SLAC |
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| 8 | (Californie) and the In2p3 Computing Center(Lyon,France). |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | o BBFTP is divided in two parts : a daemon and several clients. The |
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| 11 | clients are talking with the daemon on a control connection, and |
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| 12 | are transfering data throught several parallel tcp streams. All |
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| 13 | those streams use big windows as defined in rfc1323. |
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| 15 | o BBFTP also give the ability to compress (and uncompress) data on |
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| 16 | the fly. Usage has shown that with a speed link of 34 Mbps, |
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| 17 | compression, even with a powerfull computer is not efficient. |
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| 19 | o In order to secure the transmission of the username and the |
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| 20 | password BBFTP uses the cryptolib of the OpenSSL project. |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | * What BBFTP is not |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | o A client implementing the FTP protocol. |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | o A very efficient tool to transfer small files accross a local area |
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| 27 | network. |
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| 29 | * You can get more information on the BBFTP Home Page |
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| 30 | (http://doc.in2p3.fr/bbftp/) |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | Directories and files |
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| 33 | --------------------- |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | CHANGES |
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| 36 | History of changes |
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| 37 | README |
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| 38 | This file |
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| 39 | TODO |
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| 40 | Things to implement |
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| 41 | bbftpc |
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| 42 | The client bbftp. |
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| 43 | Tested for OSF1 4.0, OSF1 5.1, SunOS 5.7, SunOS 5.8, Linux 2.2, Linux 2.4, |
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| 44 | AIX 4.3, AIX 5.1. |
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| 45 | The Linux version is available under intel processor (it has only |
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| 46 | been tested on i686) and Linux power pc. |
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| 47 | bbftpd |
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| 48 | The daemon. |
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| 49 | Tested for OSF1 4.0, OSF1 5.1, SunOS 5.7, SunOS 5.8, Linux 2.2, Linux 2.4, |
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| 50 | AIX 4.3, AIX 5.1. |
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| 51 | The Linux version is available under intel processor (it has only |
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| 52 | been tested on i686) and Linux power pc. |
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| 53 | includes |
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| 54 | Headers |
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| 55 | doc |
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| 56 | Documentation |
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