Free rights software for linux

Socket::PassAccessRights is a Perl extension for BSD style file descriptor passing via Unix domain sockets.

SYNOPSIS

use Socket::PassAccessRights;
Socket::PassAccessRights::sendfd(fileno(SOCKET), fileno(SEND_ME)) or die;
$fd = Socket::PassAccessRights::recvfd(fileno(SOCKET)) or die;
open FD, ">&=$fd" or die "$!"; # convert int fd to file handle

Implements passing access rights (i.e. file descritors) over Unix domain sockets. Only one fd can be passed at one time and no other data can be sent in the same operation (operation itself involves sending exactly one byte of data to solve EOF detection anomaly).

See test.pl and examples directory for usage examples.

PLATFORMS

This code has only been tested on

* Linux-2.0.38 with glibc-2.0.7 (libc.so.6) and libc.so.5 (BSD4.4 style)
* Linux-2.2.14 with glibc-2.0.7 (libc.so.6) (BSD4.4 style)
* Solaris-2.6 using gcc (BSD4.3 style)

Specifically, the code from [Stevens] did not work out of the box. I had to rename msg.msg_accrights* to msg.control* and send at least one byte. General impression from net is that file descripto passing code seems to be buggy - not just in Linux, but on FreeBSD, too.

kTritoc is a one or two player boardgame for Linux/KDE3.
kTritoc is a small desktop game for the KDE. One or two player try to occupy a game board of 9 fields containing 9 holes.
Each of the fields as well as the game itself is won by placing 3 pieces of the same color into one row, coloumn or diagonal (ala Tic-Tac-Toe).
However, the places where to place your pieces is determined by dice adding an random luck factor to the game.
Main features:
- Tic-tac-toe like boardgame
- Random and strategic elements
- Various configuration options and levels
The game is written and compiled under SUSE Linux 8.0 using qt.3.x and KDE 3.x. If you use the source file it shouldnt matter though and it will run with any Linux distribution.
Installation:
tar xzf ktritoc-1.0.tar.gz
cd ktritoc-1.0
./configure
make
as root:
make install
otherwise (recommended):
su -c make install
or if you do not have installation rights:
cd ktritoc/ktritoc/ktritoc

Right Encoding allows you to select the Character Encoding from the context menu.
Adds the Character Encoding menu to the context menu.
Main features:
- Allows you to set the character encoding of a whole page.
- Allows you to set the character encoding of a certain frame.
Supports:
- Firefox 0.9 - 2.0.0.*
- Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*
Enhancements:
- Supports Firefox 2.0.0.*

WIMS is a WWW Interactive Mathematics Server.
WIMS is a CGI Web application designed to host interactive mathematical educational activities such as exercises, computational math, and graphing tools.
It features automatic score processing with strong anti-cheating mechanisms, virtual classes allowing teachers to guide/control student works, online exercise creation, animated graphics, a message board allowing inline mathematical formulas, and more. It can also be easily used for education within other disciplines.
Enhancements:
- This release fixes a security hole related to variable rights, which allowed some kinds of users to alter unauthorized data.
- There are also many other bugfixes and new features.

ngacl project is an effort to give Linux and its filesystems a full blown ACL system, similar to that used by NFSv4 and Windows.
With this software, you have 13 different access rights, dynamic inheritance, and audit ACLs. The implementation is filesystem-independent because the kernel parts are an LSM module.
In addition, there is a Samba-VFS module that enables you to alter ACLs with the Windows ACL editor.
Enhancements:
- This release adds working audit ACLs, stability, and semantic enhancements.

Gish It! is a Firefox extension to create a GishPuppy Disposable Email Address via right-click or Tools menu.

whois supports all protocol extensions (RIPE, 6bone, CRSNIC) with the familiar RIPE command line interface and IPv6 support.

It also automagically queries the right registry for all domains and most netblocks.

ivata masks is a library of routines developed in Java/JSP/Struts. They automatically create masks and lists, based on java reflection and settings specified in XML. This saves a huge amount of time.
Rather than developing input screens and lists for each value object class, you need to define just 2 screens - one for lists, the other for input masks. An XML file defines which fields should be displayed or filtered out in each, and the library automatically interrogates the value object classes to discover which fields are available for display. We use the Struts messages to automate the field labels, based on the field name as a key.
We used this approach to replace a system in development by a large UK retail bank. Before we applied this approach, the client had coded each input screen and list by hand. The unified approach dramatically reduced workload by a factor of several weeks.
Enhancements:
- This release adds new features and makes the libraries generally easier to extend.
- Debug logging was improvied throughout the libraries by using log4j.
- Maven compatibility was upgraded to version 1.1 (older versions no longer work).
- New field handing for password and long timestamp fields was implemented.
- Support for a client session scope was added.
- Filter and listener interfaces on the query persistence interface make it easier to implement flexible user rights systems.