Cheshire v0.03			(

An open gateway implementation using (more or less) standard system tools
(no perl), in under 100k.

Requirements:

  * NetPipes, http://freshmeat.net/projects/netpipes/

    Specifically, only getpeername is required.  You can also optionally 
      use faucet to run cheshire as a standalone daemon, if you don't want
      to use your own inetd.

  * sed, awk, tr, cat, grep, cut, and a standard bourne-like shell.  Ash is fine.

  * cron (any version will do; it will reset the firewall as often as you
      like, typically once per day.)

  Currently, only iptables / Linux is supported, but all NoCat compatible
firewall rules and platforms will be supported in due time.

Installation:

  Read INSTALL

BUGS:

  Still very little regression testing.  Needs a solid security audit. 
General http implementation is slow and cumbersome.

Explanation:

  Yes, it's a bad idea.  Yes, it's heavy and inefficient.  But it doesn't
use Perl.  It's intended as a stop gap to shut people up who want the C
version of NoCat...  ;)

For more information:  http://nocat.net/

--Rob Flickenger
rob@nocat.net