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   1 NNCP (Node to Node copy) is a collection of utilities simplifying
   2 secure store-and-forward files and mail exchanging.
   3
   4 See also this page @ref{Об утилитах, on russian}.
   5
   6 This utilities are intended to help build up small size (dozens of
   7 nodes) ad-hoc @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend-to-friend,
   8 friend-to-friend} (F2F) statically routed
   9 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet, darknet} networks for
  10 fire-and-forget secure reliable files, file requests and Internet mail
  11 transmission. All packets are integrity checked,
  12 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption, end-to-end}
  13 encrypted, explicitly authenticated by known participants public keys.
  14 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing, Onion encryption} is
  15 applied to relayed packets. Each node acts both as a client and server,
  16 can use push and poll behaviour model.
  17
  18 Out-of-box offline @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet,
  19 sneakernet/floppynet}, @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_drop,
  20 dead drops}, sequential and append-only
  21 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM,
  22 CD-ROM}/@url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive, tape} storages,
  23 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking), air-gapped}
  24 computers support. But online TCP daemon with full-duplex resumable data
  25 transmission exists.
  26
  27 Look for possible @ref{Use cases, use cases}!
  28
  29 NNCP is @url{https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.html, copylefted}
  30 @url{https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html, free software}
  31 licenced under @url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html, GNU GPLv3+}.
  32 It should work on all @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX,
  33 POSIX}-compatible systems. Easy @ref{Integration, integration} with existing
  34 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP, SMTP} servers. Single
  35 @url{http://yaml.org/, YAML} configuration file.
  36
  37 Why create yet another store-and-forward solution when UUCP, FTN and
  38 even SMTP exists? Look in @ref{Comparison, comparison} section!
  39 Simplicity, cryptographic security, sneakernet compatibility and easy
  40 integration with current SMTP servers are the reasons.