Free input output software for linux

Audio Input-Output Library (libaio) is meant to solve the problem of differing digital audio platforms once and for all.

JACK is unnecessarily complex for most applications, and while libaos support for file output is cool, it limits what the API can do and is therefore inadequate for any kind of real time application.

libaio provides a clean application interface and a simple compile-time driver switching decision, yielding a lightweight way to use the local sound hardware without having to care what it is.

Libaios first sparkle was when I, Hod McWuff (alias, of course), found myself trying to debug ALSA implementations for libao and madplay, and another audio-related project Id been working on. That project needed multiplatform audio support of its own, with latency management, which libao lacked.

It also seemed that libao shouldnt have been trying to be both a hardware abstraction *AND* an output abstraction, and also that it seemed more intuitive as an output (live vs file) abstraction.

Enter libaio. All it does is abstract the local sound hardware platform, to present a clean, uniform interface to playing and capturing digital audio, with facilities for basic latency management. It was written from scratch around its developing ALSA driver, from many many reference sources including libao and Robert Leslies excellent madplay MP3 decoder, and of course the ALSA documentation and examples.

Libaios distinction comes from its build-time decisionmaking. It only compiles and links the best driver available for the given platform. Therefore, selecting and loading a driver no longer applies; and well it shouldnt, theres never more than one correct choice anyway.

Libaio is not intended to replace libao; rather it is intended to supplement it. The key argument is, why would anyone EVER have more than one running sound platform type on any single machine? Sure, they might have ESD or ARTS, but they more resemble file output than a live device. Theres also the OSS emulation in ALSA, but given a good ALSA driver, whod use OSS?

Then theres the fact that applications have to tell libao what "plugin" to use, and all the drivers in libao have different parameters. That means the application has to know more than it should about what it shouldnt have to see. The app shouldnt have to say more than "give me the local device for playback with *** format" or something to that effect, and start writing.

Finally, plugins for stuff like proprietary file formats, ESD et al, but there shouldnt be any need for more than one of (ALSA|OSS|SUN|WIN32|MACOSX ) on any given distribution. Therefore, binary distribution of a compiled-in driver is possible, even preferred.

It is proposed that all of the hardware drivers in libao, and madplay, and several other places, be reviewed and ported to libaio. Then, they can be removed from those packages in favor of an AIO interface.

Installation:

## building
./configure
make


## installing (as root)
make install

XML::Output is a Perl module for writing simple XML documents.

SYNOPSIS

use XML::Output;

open(FH,>file.xml);
my $xo = new XML::Output({fh => *FH});
$xo->open(tagname, {attrname => attrval});
$xo->pcdata(element content);
$xo->close();
close(FH);

ABSTRACT

XML::Output is a Perl module for writing simple XML documents

XML::Output is a Perl module for writing simple XML document. The following methods are provided.

new
$xo = new XML::Output;
Constructs a new XML::Output object.

open
$xo->open(tagname, {attrname => attrval});
Open an element with specified name (and optional attributes)

close
$xo->close;
Close an element

empty
$xo->empty(tagname, {attrname => attrval});
Insert an empty element with specified name (and optional attributes)

pcdata
$xo->pcdata(element content);
Insert text

comment
$xo->comment(comment text);
Insert a comment

xmlstr
print $xo->xmlstr;
Get a string representation of the constructed document

inetlib is a small and optimized library for writing IRC bots and clients for Linux in C.
A small IRC bot that uses all the features of the library is included with the source.
Enhancements:
- New end-user funcions: irc_connect(), irc_disconnect(), irc_receive() and irc_check_ping.
- For raw input/output, the funcions _irc_raw_send() and _irc_raw_receive() have been updated.
- There arent global vars now.

Input Filter extension for PHP project is an extension for safely dealing with input parameters.

It is meant to address this issue by implementing a set of filters and mechanisms that users can use to safely access their input data.

UTIN Firewall script project is a script for Linux 2.4.x and iptables.

###########
# Configuration options, these will speed you up getting this script to
# work with your own setup.

#
# your LANs IP range and localhost IP. /24 means to only use the first 24
# bits of the 32 bit IP adress. the same as netmask 255.255.255.0
#
# INET_IP is used by me to allow myself to do anything to myself, might
# be a security risc but sometimes I want this. If you dont have a static
# IP, I suggest not using this option at all for now but its still
# enabled per default and will add some really nifty security bugs for all
# those who skips reading the documentation=)

LAN_IP="192.168.0.2"
LAN_BCAST_ADRESS="192.168.0.255"
LAN_IFACE="eth1"

LO_IFACE="lo"
LO_IP="127.0.0.1"

INET_IP="194.236.50.155"
INET_IFACE="eth0"

IPTABLES="/usr/local/sbin/iptables"

#########
# Load all required IPTables modules
#

#
# Needed to initially load modules
#
/sbin/depmod -a

#
# Adds some iptables targets like LOG, REJECT and MASQUARADE.
#
/sbin/modprobe ipt_LOG
#/sbin/modprobe ipt_REJECT
/sbin/modprobe ipt_MASQUERADE

#
# Support for owner matching
#
#/sbin/modprobe ipt_owner

#
# Support for connection tracking of FTP and IRC.
#
#/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
#/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_irc

#
# Enable ip_forward, this is critical since it is turned off as defaul in
# Linux.
#

echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

#
# Dynamic IP users:
#
#echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr

#
# Enable simple IP Forwarding and Network Address Translation
#

$IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $INET_IFACE -j SNAT --to-source $INET_IP

#
# Set default policies for the INPUT, FORWARD and OUTPUT chains
#

$IPTABLES -P INPUT DROP
$IPTABLES -P OUTPUT DROP
$IPTABLES -P FORWARD DROP

#
# bad_tcp_packets chain
#
# Take care of bad TCP packets that we dont want.
#

$IPTABLES -N bad_tcp_packets
$IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j LOG
--log-prefix "New not syn:"
$IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP

#
# Do some checks for obviously spoofed IPs
#

$IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -i $INET_IFACE -s 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP
$IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -i $INET_IFACE -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP
$IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -i $INET_IFACE -s 172.16.0.0/12 -j DROP
$IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -i $LAN_IFACE ! -s 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP

#
# Bad TCP packets we dont want
#

$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp -j bad_tcp_packets

#
# Accept the packets we actually want to forward between interfaces.
#

$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 21 -i $LAN_IFACE -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 80 -i $LAN_IFACE -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 110 -i $LAN_IFACE -j ACCEPT

$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 3 -j LOG
--log-level DEBUG --log-prefix "IPT FORWARD packet died: "


#
# Create separate chains for ICMP, TCP and UDP to traverse
#

$IPTABLES -N icmp_packets
$IPTABLES -N tcp_packets
$IPTABLES -N udpincoming_packets

#
# The allowed chain for TCP connections
#

$IPTABLES -N allowed
$IPTABLES -A allowed -p TCP --syn -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A allowed -p TCP -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED
-j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A allowed -p TCP -j DROP

#
# ICMP rules
#

# Changed rules totally
$IPTABLES -A icmp_packets -p ICMP -s 0/0 --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A icmp_packets -p ICMP -s 0/0 --icmp-type 11 -j ACCEPT

#
# TCP rules
#

$IPTABLES -A tcp_packets -p TCP -s 0/0 --dport 21 -j allowed
$IPTABLES -A tcp_packets -p TCP -s 0/0 --dport 22 -j allowed
$IPTABLES -A tcp_packets -p TCP -s 0/0 --dport 80 -j allowed
$IPTABLES -A tcp_packets -p TCP -s 0/0 --dport 113 -j allowed

#
# UDP ports
#

$IPTABLES -A udpincoming_packets -p UDP -s 0/0 --source-port 53 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A udpincoming_packets -p UDP -s 0/0 --source-port 123 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A udpincoming_packets -p UDP -s 0/0 --source-port 2074 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A udpincoming_packets -p UDP -s 0/0 --source-port 4000 -j ACCEPT

#
# INPUT chain
#
# Bad TCP packets we dont want
#

$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -j bad_tcp_packets

#
# Rules for incoming packets from anywhere
#

$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p ICMP -j icmp_packets
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p TCP -j tcp_packets
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p UDP -j udpincoming_packets

#
# Rules for special networks not part of the Internet
#

$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p ALL -i $LO_IFACE -s $LO_IP -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p ALL -i $LO_IFACE -s $LAN_IP -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p ALL -i $LO_IFACE -s $INET_IP -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p ALL -d $INET_IP -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED
-j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 3
-j LOG --log-level DEBUG --log-prefix "IPT INPUT packet died: "

#
# OUTPUT chain
#
#
# Bad TCP packets we dont want
#

$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp -j bad_tcp_packets


$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p ALL -s $LO_IP -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p ALL -s $LAN_IP -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p ALL -s $INET_IP -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 3
-j LOG --log-level DEBUG --log-prefix "IPT OUTPUT packet died: "

Pydvdauthor provides an easy-to-use interface for creating video DVDs, including support for chapters. Pydvdauthor project does not yet generate menus.

Its output is the XML files needed for input to the dvdauthor program.

Strings edit is a library that provides I/O facilities for integer, floating-point, Roman numbers, and strings. Both input and output subroutines support string pointers for consequent stream processing. The output can be aligned in a fixed size field with padding.
Numeric input can be checked against expected values range to be either saturated or to raise an exception. For floating-point output either relative or absolute output precision can be specified. UTF-8 encoded strings are supported.
Enhancements:
- GPS project files were added for GNAT users.
- A bug was fixed in Strings_Edit.Generic_Scale in which the caclculated precision was of the minor scale tick rather than of the major tick.

KABC Client is a command line tool that provides access to the KDE address book, which is also used by applications like KAddressBook.
It can take its input from either the command line or through standard input, allowing its use in Unix shell pipe and filter constructs. Input and output text is interpreted and formatted by filters.
kabcclient can perform the following operations:
- List: --list or -L
Write all contacts of the addressbook to stdout
- Search: --search or -S
Search for contacts matching the programs input
- Add: --add or -A
Add new contacts to the addressbook
- Remove: --remove or -R
Remove contacts matching the programs input from the addressbook
- Merge: --merge or -M
Add data from the programs input to matching contacts in the addressbook
Enhancements:
- Adding installation instructions and build files for creating Debian packages.
- No changes to the program itself!