Project info for ncp

Created 13 May 2000 at 21:01 UTC by Fefe.

Freshmeat page: http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/04/16/924270050.html

Notes: ncp simply runs tar over a TCP socket, so it basically is a quick hack to copy files over TCP between hosts and accounts. No encryption or authentication, this is for quick LAN use.

npush and npoll (same binary as ncp, argv[0] decides) do the same but the connection initiator downloads the files, not sends them. Also, npush will send periodic link-local UDP multicast announcements (or broadcast if no multicast is available) so that npoll can autodetect the sending host.

npush and npoll can also be used as network pipe when no file names are given to npush.

(Shameless plug: this is surprisingly useful. Much more so than it sounds)

License: free software

This project has the following developers:

• Fefe is a Lead Developer.

FOAF updates: Trust rankings are now exported, making the data available to other users and websites. An external FOAF URI has been added, allowing users to link to an additional FOAF file.

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