Title:       NetPipes
Version:     4.2
Submitted:   Oct 28 1998
Author:      Robert Forsman
Submittor:   "
Description: The netpipes package makes TCP/IP streams usable in shell scripts.
It can also simplify client/server code by allowing the programmer
to skip all the tedious programming bits related to sockets and
concentrate on writing a filter/service. 

Applications of these utilities can include file transfer, network
backups, HTTP queries, remote procedure calls, and TCP daemon
testing. 

The SSL encryption filter available in the US/Canada version can
be applied by shell scripts communicating with secure HTTPDs
and can be used to make an SSL IMAPD out of a non-SSL one.
(requires the SSLeay library).

Primary FTP site: ftp://ftp.purplefrog.com/pub/netpipes/

crypto site: http://www.cryptography.org/