| Meta Q1: | What is so special about F*EX? |
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See feature list [http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/features.html] and use cases [http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/usecases/] |
| Meta Q2: | Why not use one of the commercial services like DropLoad, ALLPeers, YouSendIt, etc? |
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| Meta Q3: | Why name "F*EX" and not shortly "FEX"? |
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At publication time there was already a program named "FEX" listed on freshmeat.net. |
| Meta Q4: | Who is the author? |
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The main author is Ulli Horlacher <[email protected]> But there are also a lot of contributors all around the world. |
| Meta Q5: | Why a camel as the logo? |
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The logo was inspired by the Perl camel, but it is based on a Steiff plush camel, which rides with us on our racing tandem. The logo was drawn by my stoker Beate. [http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/Vortrag/tosa.html] |
| Meta Q6: | What do I need to install a F*EX server? |
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A UNIX or Windows server with a DNS entry, smtp for outgoing email and one open and free incoming tcp port. You must have administrative rights (UNIX: root) on this server and a basic understanding of UNIX and networking. |
| Meta Q7: | What means DNS and smtp? What is a tcp port? |
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| Meta A7: |
Do not install F*EX. It is beyond your horizon. |
| Meta Q8: | Does F*EX support IPv6 and SSL/TLS? |
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Yes. |
| Meta Q9: | Can I run F*EX on Windows? |
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On client side all operating systems are supported, even Windows. If you want to run a F*EX server on Windows, then see [http://fex.belwue.de/fexwix.html] |
| Meta Q10: | Where can I get the F*EX sources? |
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F*EX server for UNIX: [http://fex.belwue.de/fex.html] |
| Meta Q11: | I do not want to install a F*EX server of my own, but where can I use it? |
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Contact <[email protected]> [http://www.nepustil.net/] for F*EX hosting. |
| Meta Q12: | The F*EX server is all in Perl?! Isn't Perl too slow for this job? |
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F*EX is able to handle uploads with more than 300 MB/s on an office PC. Try this with an ordinary webserver like Apache! |
| Meta Q13: | Which licence does F*EX have? And why? |
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Perl Artistic free software with a special anti-military clause: [http://fex.belwue.de/doc/Licence] "I want peace on earth and goodwill towards men" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHU0HinVhYc] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers_%281992_film%29] |
| Meta Q14: | Is there a F*EX mailing list? |
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[https://listserv.uni-stuttgart.de/mailman/listinfo/fex] |
| Meta Q15: | Where can I get commercial support for F*EX? |
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Contact <[email protected]> [http://www.nepustil.net/] |
| Meta Q16: | How big is F*EX? |
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Server: 400 kB, 11000 lines of code Clients: 180 kB, 5500 lines of code Documentation: 130 kB Localizations: 250 kB |
| Meta Q17: | Who else is using F*EX? |
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For example:
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| Meta Q18: | Is F*EX secure? |
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F*EX is written in Perl which does not have common security problems with buffer overruns, segmentation faults, heap and stack corruption. F*EX does not use an extra web server or a (SQL) database, so no typical web attacks are possible. F*EX was analysed by security company revshell.com and labeled as "secure". F*EX comes with source code, so everybody can verify it. |
| Meta Q19: | Feature/design XY is missing. |
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| Meta A19: | Contact the author <[email protected]> |
| Meta Q20: | I have more/other questions than in this document! |
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| Meta A20: | Ask the author <[email protected]> |