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diff --git a/docs/en/README b/docs/en/README index e9ded51..8901699 100644 --- a/docs/en/README +++ b/docs/en/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -AF - Active Port Forwarder v0.5.4 - README +AF - Active Port Forwarder v0.5.5 - README Copyright (C) 2003,2004 jeremian - <jeremian [at] poczta.fm> =================== @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Copyright (C) 2003,2004 jeremian - <jeremian [at] poczta.fm> GRAY-WORLD.NET / Active Port Forwarder ========================== - The Active Port Forwarder program is part of the Gray-World.net projects. + The Active Port Forwarder program is part of the Gray-World.net projects. Our Gray-World Team presents on the http://gray-world.net website the projects - and publications we are working on which are related to the NACS (Network + and publications we are working on which are related to the NACS (Network Access Control System) bypassing research field and to the computer and network security topics. @@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ THANKS INTRO ===== -Active port forwarder is a software tool for secure port forwarding. +Active port forwarder is a software tool for secure port forwarding. It uses ssl to increase security of communication between a server and a client. Originally, it was developed to forward data point to point. However, the need for bypassing firewalls in order to connect to internally located computers influenced the further development of the project. -AF is dedicated for people, who don't have an external ip number and want to +AF is dedicated for people, who don't have an external ip number and want to make some services available across the net. Moreover, zlib is used to compress the transferred data. @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Moreover, zlib is used to compress the transferred data. Using one, permanent data/control channel with flow control / packet buffering provides good performance and reasonably small latency. +Multiple clients allow to create more sophisticated tunneling scheme. + ================================================================================ =============== @@ -99,15 +101,23 @@ provides good performance and reasonably small latency. ------------ Options: - -h, --help - prints this help -n, --hostname - it's used when creating listening sockets (default: name returned by hostname function) -l, --listenport - listening port number - users connect to it (default: 50127) -m, --manageport - manage port number - second part of the active port forwarder connects to it (default: 50126) + -t, --timeout - the timeout value for the client's connection + (default: 5) -u, --users - the amount of users allowed to use this server (default: 5) + -C, --clients - the number of allowed clients to use this server + (default: 1) + -U, --usrpcli - the number of allowed users per client (default: $users) + -M, --climode - strategy used for connecting users with clients (default: 1) + Available strategies: + 1. fill first client before go to next + -c, --cerfile - the name of the file with certificate (default: cacert.pem) -k, --keyfile - the name of the file with RSA key (default: server.rsa) @@ -119,15 +129,19 @@ provides good performance and reasonably small latency. -o, --lightlog - logging some data to a logfile -v, --verbose - to be verbose - program won't enter the daemon mode (use several times for greater effect) - --nossl - ssl is not used for transferring data (but it's still + + --nossl - ssl is not used for transfering data (but it's still used to establish a connection) (default: ssl is used) --nozlib - zlib is not used for compressing data (default: zlib is used) --pass - set the password used for client identification (default: no password) + -4, --ipv4 - use ipv4 only -6, --ipv6 - use ipv6 only + -h, --help - prints this help + 2.2 afclient ------------ @@ -140,13 +154,13 @@ provides good performance and reasonably small latency. -d, --hostname - the name of this host/remote host - the final destination of the packets (default: the name returned by hostname function) - -p, --portnum - the port we are forwarding the connection to (required) - -k, --keyfile - the name of the file with RSA key (default: client.rsa) + -p, --portnum - the port we are forwarding connection to (required) + -k, --keyfile - the name of the file with RSA key (default: (none)) -u, --udpmode - udp mode - client will use udp protocol to communicate with the hostname -U, --reverseudp - reverse udp forwarding. Udp packets will be forwarded from hostname:portnum (-p) to the server name:portnum - (-m) + (-m) -O, --heavylog - logging everything to a logfile -o, --lightlog - logging some data to a logfile -v, --verbose - to be verbose - program won't enter the daemon mode @@ -155,7 +169,8 @@ provides good performance and reasonably small latency. (default: no password) -4, --ipv4 - use ipv4 only -6, --ipv6 - use ipv6 only - -l, --load - load a module for packets filtering + -l, --load - load a module for user's packets filtering + -L, --Load - load a module for service's packets filtering ================================================================================ @@ -181,7 +196,7 @@ provides good performance and reasonably small latency. The use of it is extremely simple. Let's suppose we want to create a http server on our computer and we are behind a masquerade or a firewall: -1) We have to find some machine on the net with an external ip and a shell +1) We have to find some machine on the net with an external ip and a shell account. 2) Use "make" to compile everything on that machine. (you can freely remove the @@ -191,7 +206,7 @@ on our computer and we are behind a masquerade or a firewall: type -f <cfgfile>) : $ ./afserver This will work, if you want to use default values: - - hostname will be taken from hostname function (it would be ideally, if + - hostname will be taken from hostname function (it would be ideally, if there is appropriate registration in /etc/hosts) - server will be listening for users on port 50127 - server will be listening for client on port 50126 @@ -230,10 +245,10 @@ on our computer and we are behind a masquerade or a firewall: Let's see how to use af to forward udp packets. Suppose we want to create a game server on our computer (udp port 27960 on our machine): -1) - 4) is the same like in example 1. (but we add option: -p udp) +1) - 4) is the same like in example 1. (but we add option: -p udp) 5) We are typing from the console: - $ ./afclient -u -n <name of the server> -p 27960 + $ ./afclient -u -n <name of the server> -p 27960 Where <name of the server> is a name (or ip) of a host where our server is running. @@ -287,7 +302,7 @@ README file. LICENSE ------- - Active Port Forwarder is distributed under the terms of the GNU General + Active Port Forwarder is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0 and is copyright (c) 2003,2004 jeremian <jeremian [at] poczta.fm>. See the file COPYING for details. |