README for /pub/ct_net

modified: 29 Mar 2005

The files in the ct_net directory are contributions by Claudio Tantignone <ctantignone@hotmail.com>. Primarily they support networking over media other than ethernet. Some additional items can also be found here.

The newest version of each package can be found in the /pub/contrib directory, as well as here. This directory was created in order to have a place where all versions could be preserved, and to make navigation of the /pub/contrib directory a little simpler for those who want only the latest versions.

Quick links:

• Click here to go to the raw /pub/ct_net directory.
• Click here to go to the raw /pub/contrib directory.

Included here are:

• SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) -- for point to point networking over serial lines.
• PPP (Point to Point Protocol) -- also for point to, point networking over serial lines, newer and somewhat more complex than SLIP.
• PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) -- for short-distance local networking between peer computers, using the parallel (printer) ports.
• NAT (Network Address Translation) -- a gateway protocol that allows a single computer to serve as an address-translating router presenting a single IP address to the outside world while serving any number of computers on a private inside network. If properly configured it can be one part of a firewall strategy, making it impossible for an outside system to connect to, or even learn the IP addresses of, nodes on the inside network.
• Ports of various network and security support items:
  • OpenSSL
  • BSD socket emulation library
  • stunnel
  • secure telnet
  • Zlib compression library .

Claudio has provided compressed images of 16- and 32-bit Minix systems with a PPP interface ready-to-run using the Minix under MS-DOS method which does not require creating a Minix partition -- Minix is loaded by MS-DOS or Windows and uses a large DOS/Windows file as a simulated disk. For more information. There is a page in the FAQ directory on the Demos of DOS-Minix with PPP.

Claudio has also made a number other contributions which can be found in the /pub/contrib directory and which are not duplicated here because there are not multiple versions.

Claudio's own website is http://www.geocities.com/ctantignone. The newest versions of his software will always be found there.

The Net Software link below will take you to Michael Temari's Minix Networking Software page.