TCPIP-Tap v0.01_01 TCPIP::Tap is designed to be inserted between a client and a server. It proxies all traffic through verbatum, and also copies that same data to a log file and/or a callback function, allowing a data session to be monitored, recorded and/or altered on the fly. Tap acts as a 'man in the middle', sitting between the client and server. To the client, Tap looks like the server. To the server, Tap looks like the client. When started, Tap opens a socket and listens for connections. When that socket is connected to, Tap opens another connection to the server. Messages from either client or server are passed to the other, and a copy of each message is, potentially, logged. Alternately, callback methods may be used to add business logic, including potentially altering the messages being passed. Tap cannot be used to covertly tap unsuspecting client/server sessions - it requires that you control either the client or the server. Tap can also be used to allow two processes on machines that cannot 'see' each other to communicate via an intermediary machine that is visible to both. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install or sudo make install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc TCPIP::Tap You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=TCPIP-Tap AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/TCPIP-Tap CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/TCPIP-Tap Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/TCPIP-Tap/ LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2013 Ben AVELING This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at: L Any use, modification, and distribution of the Standard or Modified Versions is governed by this Artistic License. By using, modifying or distributing the Package, you accept this license. Do not use, modify, or distribute the Package, if you do not accept this license. If your Modified Version has been derived from a Modified Version made by someone other than you, you are nevertheless required to ensure that your Modified Version complies with the requirements of this license. This license does not grant you the right to use any trademark, service mark, tradename, or logo of the Copyright Holder. This license includes the non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import and otherwise transfer the Package with respect to any patent claims licensable by the Copyright Holder that are necessarily infringed by the Package. If you institute patent litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim) against any party alleging that the Package constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then this Artistic License to you shall terminate on the date that such litigation is filed. Disclaimer of Warranty: THE PACKAGE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY YOUR LOCAL LAW. UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW, NO COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTOR WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE PACKAGE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.