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 tellme: get all the lowdown details on that address ---------- 
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 Contents:
  1. Purpose
  2. Installation
  3. Running
  4. Removal
  5. Versions
  6. Author
  7. Reason
  8. Legal
  9. Other

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 1. Purpose --------------------------------------------------- 

   Occasionally I run across a piece of spam that I want to
   find the origin of, or I am just curious about what a server
   is all about.

   This is a web interface that brings my many stops together
   in one.


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 2. Installation ---------------------------------------------- 

   The prerequisite to running delog-dnetc is PHP/3 .

     http://www.php.net/
     http://au.php.net:81/

 2a. Installation --------------------------------------------- 

   Place the file 'tellme.php3' in a directory somewhere.
   Run PHP on it.

     php -f /wherever/tellme.php3 q_Host=hostname

 2b. Installation --------------------------------------------- 

   Place the file 'tellme.php3' in your filesystem
   somewhere that PHP can parse it and send it straight to your
   browser.  For me, this is in my Apache httpd directory.

   Point your browser to it.


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 3. Running --------------------------------------------------- 

   Due to the way it requires forward and reverse DNS lookups,
   it might be handy to have a DNS server nearby.

   If you have chosen to perform WHOIS or TRACERT on an address
   you will also need to have them available and runnable.

 3a. Running -------------------------------------------------- 

   As most of us cannot render HTML just by looking at the
   source, pipe that output to a file somewhere then
   view it in your browser.

 3b. Running -------------------------------------------------- 

   Assuming PHP can find it, and Apache can serve it, it
   will show up in your web browser.


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 4. Removal --------------------------------------------------- 

   Delete the tellme.php3 file and friends.

   At the same time delete some other unimportant system files
   such as lilo.conf or win.ini, depending on your OS.


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 5. Versions -------------------------------------------------- 

   There are several different editions. The current one is
   version 1.2 .

   Version 1.1 did not support HTTP/1.1 and virtual hosts.

   Version 1.0 is lost in obscurity.

   To tell the truth, it is small, almost quick, and does its
   job nicely. Why ruin it?


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 6. Author ---------------------------------------------------- 

   Name: Stephen Cope.

     http://sdc.org.nz/

   Handle: Kimihia.

     http://kimihia.org.nz/
     project-tellme@kimihia.org.nz

   A quick profile would include references to my programming
   in PHP since late 1999.

   Also included should be mention of the fact I am a Christian,
   live in New Zealand, and did the 100% Unofficial Bootleg and
   for the fun of it.

     http://lifefm.org.nz/

   Probably also mentioned should be work I've done with my old
   school Carey College and on their web site.

     http://www.carey.school.nz/


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 7. Reason ---------------------------------------------------- 

   A need.

   A tool.

   A minute.

   A result.


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 8. Legal ----------------------------------------------------- 

   Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Stephen Cope 

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it
   and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
   useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied
   warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
   purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more
   details. 

   You should not have received a copy of the license referred
   to here as you probably already have one. If you have not
   got a copy, or have questions about tellme licensing,
   please contact project-tellme@kimihia.org.nz .

   p.s. keep the files 'tellme.txt' and 'tellme.php3'
   together or they'll get lonely.

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 9. Other ----------------------------------------------------- 

   To find out about who owns a block of IP addresses

     http://ipindex.dragonstar.net/

   To perform a web WHOIS

     http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois/

   To find out about what a site is running

     http://www.netcraft.com/whats/

   Apache HTTP Server is available from The Apache Group.

     http://www.apache.org/

   PHP development on Win32 is possible: that is how this was
   created.

     http://www.php.net/

   All that glitters is not gold.

     http://cryo.gen.nz/wcsotw/

   Have a nice day.

     2000-Mar-06 14:37

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