This is a more concise list of the software on my site.
| Name | Platform | Description |
|---|---|---|
| affinity | Win32 | Run a program giving as arguments the CPUs on which it should run; useful only on multiple-CPU machines. |
| bfilter | POSIX | Bayesian spam filter. |
| consolidate | POSIX | Console server. |
| cwp | POSIX | Copy data, displaying an indication of progress. |
| dissociate | POSIX | `Dissociated press' text mangling. |
| driftnet | POSIX | Invade the privacy of others by capturing images and MPEG audio from network traffic. |
| dyn.dhs.org | POSIX (maybe other perl platforms) | Update a record in the DHS.org dynamic DNS database. |
| dyndns | POSIX, BIND | Simple implementation of a dynamic-DNS service. |
| edit as text | Win32 | Add an `Edit as Text' option to the context menu for a file in Microsoft Windows. |
| eq | POSIX, LaTeX | Use LaTeX to render an equation into a PNG file. |
| evencolumns | any (perl) | Reformat a data file so that all the columns line up. |
| f90format | POSIX | Simple and broken `pretty-printer' for FORTRAN-90. |
| findpromisc | Linux | Exploit an old kernel bug to discover Linux hosts listening on promiscuous mode on a network. Now only of historical interest. |
| fwdmail | POSIX | Send mail with a blank (<>) return path. |
| getr4listing | POSIX | Retrieve today's schedule of programmes on BBC Radio 4 and turn them into a text listing. |
| gh | POSIX | GREP with highlighting. |
| headlines | Perl | A simple RSS aggregator. |
| htmlise | POSIX (standard ISO C) | Format plain text as HTML, including tables, lists, headings and so forth. |
| ifl | POSIX (patch for links) | Implements an `I'm Feeling Lucky' pseudo-protocol for the web browser links. |
| iftop | POSIX | Paul Warren's program to show bandwidth usage on a network. |
| ipcountry | POSIX | A utility to map IP addresses to country names. |
| landscapes | POSIX, mainly | Some landscape-generation experiments. |
| make files | POSIX | The make files used to build pages in this site. |
| matilda | POSIX | Stifle the whining of cron jobs until they have failed consistently for a long time. |
| mkcdcover | any (perl) | Produce a CD-case insert from a text track listing. |
| new | POSIX | Generate new files of various types from built-in templates. |
| ngmlstat | POSIX | Produce statistics on traffic on newsgroups and mailing lists. |
| nkill | POSIX | Kill processes by name not PID. |
| patches for OpenSSH | POSIX | Old patches for OpenSSH to implement client keepalives, bandwidth accounting and other stuff. |
| photo album scripts | POSIX | Scripts for managing photograph albums and extracting pictures from a Samsung Digimax camera. |
| Pod Game | Win16 | Ancient and difficult Microsoft Windows arcade game. |
| popexpire | POSIX | Remove old messages from a POP3 server. |
| proxy | POSIX | Simple TCP proxy. |
| pstojpeg | POSIX | Render Postscript into JPEG files. |
| rcstocvs | POSIX | Import RCS projects into CVS repositories. |
| rdate for Win32 | Win32 | Implementation of rdate (remote date) for Microsoft Windows computers. |
| rpld | Linux | James McKenzie's server to netboot RPL (`Remote Initial Program Load') clients. |
| sigflip | POSIX (maybe Win32) | Generate random email signatures from a list of quotes. |
| smscemulator | POSIX (maybe other perl platforms) | Absolute minimum emulation of an SMSC which speaks the UCP protocol; easily extensible. |
| sp | POSIX | Split a file into sections by regular expression. |
| status-page | Linux (CGI) | Status graphs for your computer. |
| timeshift | Linux | Dynamic shared object which may be used via LD_PRELOAD to alter an existing program's view of the time of day. |
| tlsproxyd | POSIX | Proxies TLS/SSL connections through to unsecured servers. |
| tpop3d | POSIX | Fast, extensible, secure POP3 server. |
| trackback | Perl | Send Movable-Type-style `trackback pings' from the command line. |
| umtp | POSIX | Send short mail messages over simple a UDP protocol. |
| unface | POSIX | Display X-Face images on a text terminal. |
| vmail-sql | POSIX, exim | Virtual-domains email setup using MySQL. |
| vpn-udp | Linux | Implement virtual private networks by encapsulating IP data encrypted in UDP packets. |
| vscvs | POSIX | `Virtual server' layer for CVS pserver. |
| Wave To Disk | Win32 | Capture audio data from Microsoft Windows programs. |
| xdata | POSIX | Manipulate key/value data from shell scripts and perl programs, and synchronise it between hosts. |
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