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- WWWOFFLE - World Wide Web Offline Explorer - Version 2.5e
- =========================================================
- The WWWOFFLE programs simplify World Wide Web browsing from computers that use
- intermittent (dial-up) connections to the internet.
- Description
- -----------
- The WWWOFFLE server is a proxy web server with special features for use with
- dial-up internet links. This means that it is possible to browse web pages and
- read them without having to remain connected.
- Basic Features
- - Caching of HTTP, FTP and finger protocols.
- - Allows the 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST' and 'PUT' HTTP methods.
- - Interactive or command line control of online/offline/autodial status.
- - Highly configurable.
- - Low maintenance, start/stop and online/offline status can be automated.
- While Online
- - Caching of pages that are viewed for later review.
- - Conditional fetching to only get pages that have changed.
- - Based on expiration date, time since last fetched or once per session.
- - Non cached support for SSL (Secure Socket Layer e.g. https).
- - Can be used with one or more external proxies based on web page.
- - Control which pages cannot be accessed.
- - Allow replacement of blocked pages.
- - Control which pages are not to be stored in the cache.
- While Offline
- - Can be configured to use dial-on-demand for pages that are not cached.
- - Selection of pages to download next time online
- - Using normal browser to follow links.
- - Command line interface to select pages for downloading.
- - Control which pages can be requested when offline.
- - Provides non-cached access to intranet servers.
- Automated Download
- - Downloading of specified pages non-interactively.
- - Options to automatically fetch objects in requested pages
- - Understands various types of pages
- - HTML 4.0, Java classes, VRML (partial), XML (partial).
- - Options to fetch different classes of objects
- - Images, Stylesheets, Frames, Scripts, Java or other objects.
- - Automatically follows links for pages that have been moved.
- - Can monitor pages at regular intervals to fetch those that have changed.
- - Recursive fetching
- - To specified depth.
- - On any host or limited to same server or same directory.
- - Chosen from command line or from browser.
- - Control over which links can be fetched recursively.
- Convenience
- - Optional information footer on HTML pages showing date cached and options.
- - Options to modify HTML pages
- - Remove Javascript.
- - Stop animated GIFs.
- - Indicate cached and uncached links.
- - Remove the blink tag.
- - Automatic proxy configuration for Netscape.
- - Searchable cache with the addition of the ht://Dig program.
- - Built in simple web-server for local pages.
- - Timeouts for server connection and data transfer to stop server lockups.
- - Continue or stop downloads interrupted by client or server.
- - Purging of pages from cache
- - Based on URL matching.
- - To keep the cache size below a specified limit.
- - To keep the free disk space above a specified limit.
- - Interactive or command line control.
- Indexes
- - Multiple indexes of pages stored in cache
- - Servers for each protocol (http, ftp ...).
- - Pages on each server.
- - Pages waiting to be fetched.
- - Pages fetched last time online.
- - Pages monitored on a regular basis.
- - Configurable indexes
- - Sorted by name, date, server domain name, type of file.
- - Options to delete, refresh or monitor pages.
- - Selection of complete list of pages or hide un-interesting pages.
- Security
- - Works with pages that require basic username/password authentication.
- - Automates proxy authentication for external proxies that require it.
- - Control over access to the proxy
- - Defaults to local host access only.
- - Host access configured by hostname or IP address.
- - Optional proxy authentication for user level access control.
- - Optional password control for proxy management functions.
- - Can censor incoming and outgoing HTTP headers to maintain user privacy.
- Configuration
- - All options controlled using a configuration file.
- - Interactive web page to allow editing of the configuration file.
- - User customisable error and information pages.
- Changes
- -------
- Since version 2.5d:
- Bug Fixes:
- Changed the htsearch.conf file. Fixed a bug with ModifyHTML option on large
- blocks of text. Improved the lex parsers by using better flex options and
- re-coding parts. Alternative fix for the FTP listings with ':' in them.
- Change the values of the del-dontget and del-dontcache config file options in
- supplied wwwoffle.conf.
- Translations:
- Added Italian translations of WWWOFFLE messages.
- Contrib:
- Added some new files.
- Availability
- ------------
- FTP server: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/www/servers/wwwoffle-2.5e.tgz
- FTP server: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/httpd/wwwoffle-2.5e.tgz
- Web page: http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/
- Author & Copyright
- ------------------
- This program is copyright Andrew M. Bishop 1996,97,98,99,2000
- (amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk) and distributed under GPL.
- email: amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk
- [Please put wwwoffle in the subject line]