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+To: z3950iw@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
+Cc: asf@cni.org
+Subject: ANNOUNCE: ziffy - a promiscuous, and free, Z39.50 APDU sniffer
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+ hi all,
+I am pleased to announce the release 0.0.1 of the 'ziffy' tool,
+a small utility program which can be of interest for the community.
+
+`ziffy' is a promiscuous, and free, Z39.50 APDU sniffer.
+It is released under the GPL License.
+
+'ziffy' is available in source tarball format by anonymous FTP from:
+
+ftp://zeta.tlcpi.finsiel.it:/pub/z3950/ziffy/ziffy-0.0.1.tar.gz
+
+
+I have tested this tool on Solaris 2.6 and Linux (Debian `slink' 2.1).
+
+Feel free to contact me for comments, suggestions, enhacements, ....
+
+Hope it helps!
+
+/rocco