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-Q. Why did you implemented ziffy?
-A. because of my own personal needs!
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-Q. What can ziffy do for me?
-A. ziffy can promiscuously capture network packets from different interfaces,
- including of course Ethernet, PPP and ISDN lines, and other interfaces
- that your OS supports. Each packet, as read from the network, is stripped
- from the lower-level protocols (Ethernet/IP/TCP) header information and
- then passed to a Z39.50 ASN.1/BER Decoder. All valid Z39.50 packets are
- passed to a pretty print function to show all the Z39.50 information
- that the packet carries.
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-Q. Why I should use this program?
-A. So, if you are interestered in Z39.50 APDUs, please give ziffy a chance
- to run on your system. Perhaps you are interested in network statistics
- collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc.
-
- If you are a trusted user, ziffy is your friend!
-
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-Q. Why does ziffy use the Packet Capture Library libpcap?
-A. Well, the libpcap package provides a portable framework for low-level
- network monitoring. Its system-independent API helps in porting and
- alleviates the need for several system-dependent packet capture modules.
- libpcap is the choice by default for tools such as ziffy!
-
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-Q. Why does ziffy use the YAZ Toolkit by IndexData?
-A. This is a long story.
- To perform its task ziffy needs ASN.1 run-time BER decoding and printing
- routines.
-
- The initial version was based on the ZETA Core Library by Finsiel S.p.A.,
- which in turn includes and uses the Finsiel X/ASN.1 Toolkit to perform
- Z39.50 encoding/decoding/printing routines.
-
- I still have and maintain this version of the X/ASN.1 software. But I do not
- have permissions to let this software run free on the Net because of
- copyrigth restrictions. That is the reason I decided to port ziffy
- on freeware ASN.1 Toolkits.
-
- The popular Yaz Toolkit:
- o provides the required Z39.50 decoding and printing functionalities
- o it is largely used in different contests by several people and organizations
- o it is in the public domain
-
- So it is the choice by default.
- Thanks to Sebastian Hammer <quinn@indexdata.dk> and Adam Dickmeiss
- <adam@indexdata.dk> for their superb and clean work
-
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-Q. Had ziffy been compiled against other public domain ASN.1 Toolkits?
-A. Yes.
- I have a version of ziffy written on top of the SNACC ASN.1 Toolkit,
- that is not so popular in the Z39.50 community so the YAZ Toolkit does.
-
- If you know of other public domain ASN.1 Decoders with a pretty print
- APDUs routines, please drop me a mail.
- I will try to include different printing routines as run-time options
- in the following releases of ziffy.
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-
-Q. Can I know the list of OSs and supported platforms ziffy run on?
-A. I written and tested the program on my intel based linux box.
- And I ported it on the Solaris 2.6.
- I think it should be ported with minimal effort on
- o Ultrix 4.1.3
- o Irix 6.2
-
- AIX? who can say? it is a so different flavor of Unix
-
- NT? oh no, again! please don't ask.
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-Q. Where can I get the latest version of ziffy?
-A. You can download it from ftp anonymous site:
- ftp://zeta.tlcpi.finsiel.it/pub/z3950/ziffy
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-Q. Where can I get more information on ziffy?
-A. Visit the ziffy official home page.
- http://zeta.tlcpi.finsiel.it/z3950/ziffy
-
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-Q. Are there any mailinglist dedicated to ziffy?
-A. No! for the time being.
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-Q. If I need support can I contact you?
-A. Yes, but I am so busy. So send me a mail and please be patient!
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