BBFTP
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    * What BBFTP is

        o BBFTP is a software designed to quickly transfer files accross a
          wide area network. It has been written for the Babar experiment in
          order to transfer big files (more than 2 GigaBytes) between SLAC
          (Californie) and the In2p3 Computing Center(Lyon,France).

        o BBFTP is divided in two parts : a daemon and several clients. The
          clients are talking with the daemon on a control connection, and
          are transfering data throught several parallel tcp streams. All
          those streams use big windows as defined in rfc1323.

        o BBFTP also give the ability to compress (and uncompress) data on
          the fly. Usage has shown that with a speed link of 34 Mbps,
          compression, even with a powerfull computer is not efficient.

        o In order to secure the transmission of the username and the
          password BBFTP uses the cryptolib of the OpenSSL project.

   * What BBFTP is not

        o A client implementing the FTP protocol.

        o A very efficient tool to transfer small files accross a local area
          network.

   * You can get more information on the BBFTP Home Page 
        (http://doc.in2p3.fr/bbftp/)
   
Directories and files
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CHANGES
		History of changes
README
		This file
TODO
		Things to implement
bbftpc
		The client bbftp.
		Tested for OSF1 4.0, OSF1 5.1, SunOS 5.7, SunOS 5.8, Linux 2.2, Linux 2.4, 
		AIX 4.3, AIX 5.1.
		The Linux version is available under intel processor (it has only
		been tested on i686) and Linux power pc.
bbftpd
		The daemon. 
		Tested for OSF1 4.0, OSF1 5.1, SunOS 5.7, SunOS 5.8, Linux 2.2, Linux 2.4, 
		AIX 4.3, AIX 5.1.
		The Linux version is available under intel processor (it has only
		been tested on i686) and Linux power pc.
includes
		Headers
doc
		Documentation