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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<center><H3> News in General </H3></center>
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SECURITY: (linux-alert) LSF Update#14: Vulnerability of the lpr program.
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1996 <BR>
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Linux Security FAQ Update -- lpr Vulnerability <BR>
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A vulnerability exists in the lpr program version 0.06. If installed
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suid to root, the lpr program allows local users to gain access to a
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super-user account.
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Local users can gain root privileges. The exploits that exercise
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this vulnerability were made available.
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lpr utility from the lpr 0.06 suffers from the buffer overrun
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problem. Installing lpr as a suid-to-root is needed to allow
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print spooling.
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This LSF Update is based on the information originally posted to
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linux-security mailing list.
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For additional information and distribution corrections: <BR>
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Linux Security WWW: <A HREF="http://bach.cis.temple.edu/linux/linux-security">
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http://bach.cis.temple.edu/linux/linux-security</A>
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linux-security & linux-alert mailing list archives:
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<A HREF="ftp://linux.nrao.edu/pub/linux/security/list-archive">
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ftp://linux.nrao.edu/pub/linux/security/list-archive </A>
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LINUXEXPO '97 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
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Durham, N.C. December 31,1996-- It was announced today that the third annual
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LinuxExpo Technical Conference will be held at the N.C. Biotechnology Center
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in Research Triangle Park, NC on April 4-5, 1997. The conference will consist
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of fourteen elite developers who will give technical talks on various topics
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all related to the development of Linux. This year the event is expected to
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draw 1,000 attendees who will be coming not only for the conference, but to
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visit the estimated 30 Linux companies and organizations that will be selling
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their own Linux products and giving demonstrations. The event will also
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include a Linux User's Group meeting, an install fair, and a job fair for all
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of the computer programming hopefuls. LinuxExpo '97 will be complete with
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refreshments and entertainment from the Class Action Jugglers.
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For addtional information:
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Anna Selvia, <A HREF="mailto:anna@linuxexpo.org">anna@linuxexpo.org </A><BR>
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LinuxExpo '97 Technical Conference, <A
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HREF="mailto:www.linuxexpo.org">www.linuxexpo.org</A><BR>
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3201 Yorktown Ave. Suite 113 <BR>
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Durham, NC 27713
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WWW: Linux Archive Search Site
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 <BR>
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Tired of searching sunsite or tsx-11 for some program you
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heard about on irc? Well, the Linux Archive
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Search (LAS) is here. It is a search engine that searches an updated database
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of the files contained on sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu,
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ftp.funet.fi, and ftp.redhat.com. You can now quickly find out where
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the files are hiding! The LAS is living at http://torgo.ml.org/las
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(It may take a second to respond, its on a slow link). So give it a
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whirl, who knows, you may use it a lot!
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For additional information: <BR>
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Jeff Trout, <A HREF="mailto: threshar@serve.com">threshar@serve.com </A>
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<BR> The Internet Access Company, Inc.<BR>
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Netherlands - Linux Book On-line
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Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 <BR>
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The very first book to appear in Holland on the Linux operating system
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has gone on-line and can be found at:
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<A HREF="http://www.cv.ruu.nl/~eric/linux/boek/">
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http://www.cv.ruu.nl/~eric/linux/boek/</A>
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And of course from every (paper) copy sold, one dollar is sent to the
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Free Software Foundation.
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For additional information: <BR>
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Hans Paijmans, KUB-University, Tilburg, the Netherlands <BR>
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<A HREF="mailto:paai@kub.nl">paai@kub.nl </A>,
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<A HREF="http://purl.oclc.org/NET/PAAI/">http://purl.oclc.org/NET/PAAI/ </A>
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New O'Reilly Linux WWW Site
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Date: 26 Nov 1996 <BR>
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Check out the new O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Linux web
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site at <A HREF="http://www.ora.com/info/linux/">http://www.ora.com/info/linux/ </A>
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It has:
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<ul>
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<li>Free excerpt from Linux Multimedia Guide
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<li>Interview with Olaf Kirch
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<li>Recommended links to the best Linux web sites.
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<li>Links to our Unix & Linux book pages
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</ul>
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For additional information: <BR>
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O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., <A HREF="mailto:john@ora.com">john@ora.com </A>
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PCTV Reminder
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The "Unix III - Linux" show will air on the
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Jones Computer Network (JCN) and the Mind Extension University Channel
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(MEU) the week of January 20, 1997.
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The scheduled times are:
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<li>Mon. 11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
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<li>Wed. 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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<li>Thu. 11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
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<li>Fri. 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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<li>Sun. 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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</ul>
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This show will also air on the NBC Superchannel (CNBC) January 25, 1997.
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It is best to call your local cable operator to find the appropriate
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channel.
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Tom Schauer, Production Assoc. PCTV
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<center><H3> Software Announcements </H3></center>
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daVinci V2.0.2 - Graph Visualization System
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November 20, 1996 (Bremen, Germany) - The University of Bremen announces
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daVinci V2.0.2, the new edition of the noted visualization tool for
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generating high-quality drawings of directed graphs with more than 2000
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installations worldwide. Users in the commercial and educational domain
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have already integrated daVinci as user interface for their application
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programs to visualize hierarchies, dependency structures, networks,
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configuration diagrams, dataflows, etc. daVinci combines hierarchical graph
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layout with powerful interactive capabilities and an API for remote
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access from a connected application. In daVinci V2.0.2, a few extensions
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related to improving performance and usage of the previous V2.0.1 release
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have been made based on user feedback.
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daVinci V2.0.2 is licensed free of charge for non-profit use and is
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immediately available Linux.
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The daVinci system can be downloaded with this form:
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<A HREF="http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci/daVinci_get_daVinci.html">
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http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci/daVinci_get_daVinci.html </A>
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For additional information: <BR>
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Michael Froehlich, daVinci Graph Visualization Project <BR>
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Computer Science Department, University of Bremen, Germany <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci">
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http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci </A>,
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<A HREF="mailto:daVinci@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE">
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daVinci@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE </A>
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WWW: getwww 1.3 - download an entire HTML source tree
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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 <BR>
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Getwww is designed to download an entire HTML source tree from a
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remote URL, recursively changing image and hypertext links.
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From the LSM: <BR>
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Primary-site: ftp.kaist.ac.kr /incoming/www 25kB getwww++-1.3.tar.gz <BR>
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Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Network/info-systems/www
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25kB getwww++-1.3.tar.gz <BR>
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Platform: Linux-2.0.24 <BR>
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Copying-policy: GPL <BR>
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For additional information: <BR>
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In-sung Kim, Network Tool Group, <A HREF="mailto:kisskiss@soback.kornet.nm.kr">
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kisskiss@soback.kornet.nm.kr</A>
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Motif Interface Builder on Unifix 2.0
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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 <BR>
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Unifix Software GmbH is proud to announce View Designer/X, a new Motif
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interface builder available for Linux. A demo version of VDX is included
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on Unifix Linux 2.0.
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With object oriented and interactive application development tools, the
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software developer is able to design applications with better quality
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and in shorter times.
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For more information and to download the latest demo version, see:
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<A HREF="http://www.unifix.de/products/vdx">
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http://www.unifix.de/products/vdx </A>
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For additional information:
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Unifix Software GmbH, <A HREF="mailto:info@unifix.de">info@unifix.de </A>
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View Designer/X
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 <BR>
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View Designer/X, a new Motif Interface Builder for Linux has been released.
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It enables application developers to design user interfaces
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with Motif 2.0 widgets and to generate C and C++ code. The VDX provides
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an interactive Wysiwyg View and a Widget Tree Browser which can be used
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to modify the structure of the user interface. All resources are
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adjustable by Widget Resource Editor and by using template files the
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code generation of VDX is more flexible than those of other interface
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builders.
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Bredex GmbH, Germany is distributing the View Designer/X via Web service.
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Please see following web page for more information and downloading the
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free demo version:
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<A HREF="http://www.bredex.de/EN/vdx/">http://www.bredex.de/EN/vdx/</A>
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Dirk Laessig, <A HREF="mailto:dirk@unifix.de">dirk@unifix.de</A>
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X-Files 1.21 - graphical file manager in tcl/tk
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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 <BR>
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X-Files is a graphical file management program for Unix/X-Window
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environment developed on Linux.
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For more information and packages see:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://pinhead.tky.hut.fi/~xf_adm/">http://pinhead.tky.hut.fi/~xf_adm/</A>
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<A HREF="http://www.hut.fi/~mkivinie/xfindex.html">http://www.hut.fi/~mkivinie/xfindex.html</A>
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HREF="ftp://java.inf.tu-dresden.de/pub/unix/x-files/">ftp://java.inf.tu-dresden.de:/pub/unix/x-files/:wq
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For questions: <BR>
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<A HREF="mailto:xf_adm@pinhead.tky.hut.fi">xf_adm@pinhead.tky.hut.fi</A><BR>
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For additional information: <BR>
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Mikko Kiviniemi, <A HREF="mailto:mkivinie@cc.hut.fi">mkivinie@cc.hut.fi </A>,
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<A HREF="mailto:jforsten@cc.hut.fi">jforsten@cc.hut.fi </A> <BR>
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Helsinki University of Technology
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