[246c904] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[7f76b96] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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[246c904] | 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[e72dc56] | 6 |
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[246c904] | 7 | <!ENTITY ppp-download-http "http://ccache.samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY ppp-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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[e72dc56] | 9 | <!ENTITY ppp-md5sum "848f6c3cafeb6074ffeb293c3af79b7c">
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[637955b] | 10 | <!ENTITY ppp-size "672 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY ppp-buildsize "6.2 MB">
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[246c904] | 12 | <!ENTITY ppp-time "0.13 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[f07203c5] | 15 | <sect1 id="ppp" xreflabel="PPP-&ppp-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="ppp.html"?>
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[f07203c5] | 21 | <title>PPP-&ppp-version;</title>
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[e72dc56] | 22 | <indexterm zone="ppp">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-PPP">PPP</primary></indexterm>
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[f45b1953] | 24 |
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[246c904] | 25 | <sect2>
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> package contains
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| 29 | the <command>pppd</command> daemon and the <command>chat</command> program.
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| 30 | This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to
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| 31 | the Internet via a dial-up or <acronym>PPPoE</acronym> connection to an
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| 32 | <acronym>ISP</acronym>.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 35 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 37 | url="&ppp-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 38 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 39 | url="&ppp-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[e72dc56] | 40 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &ppp-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[246c904] | 41 | <listitem><para>Download size: &ppp-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[246c904] | 43 | &ppp-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 45 | &ppp-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect3><title><application>ppp</application> dependencies</title>
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| 49 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[e72dc56] | 50 | <para><xref linkend="libpcap"/></para>
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| 51 | </sect4>
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[246c904] | 52 | </sect3>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | </sect2>
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| 55 |
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[e72dc56] | 56 | <sect2 id="ppp-kernel">
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[246c904] | 57 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <note><para><application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> support must be
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| 60 | compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.</para></note>
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[e72dc56] | 61 | <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-kernel">
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| 62 | <primary sortas="d-PPP-support">PPP support</primary></indexterm>
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[246c904] | 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Install <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> by running the
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| 65 | following commands:</para>
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| 66 |
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[637955b] | 67 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[e72dc56] | 68 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 69 |
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[3dfab297] | 70 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 71 |
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[e72dc56] | 72 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &&
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[637955b] | 75 | make install-etcppp</command></userinput></screen>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | </sect2>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <sect2>
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| 80 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 81 |
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[e72dc56] | 82 | <para><command>make install-etcppp</command>: This command puts example
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| 83 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/ppp</filename>.</para>
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[246c904] | 84 |
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2>
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| 88 | <title>Configuring <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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| 89 |
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[e72dc56] | 90 | <sect3 id="ppp-config"><title>Config files</title>
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[246c904] | 91 | <para><filename>/etc/ppp/*</filename></para>
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[e72dc56] | 92 | <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-config">
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| 93 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ppp-star">/etc/ppp/*</primary></indexterm>
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[246c904] | 94 | </sect3>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 97 |
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[e72dc56] | 98 | <para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> daemon requires
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| 99 | very little configuration. The main trick is scripting the connection. This
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| 100 | can be done either using the <command>chat</command> program which comes with
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[246c904] | 101 | this package or by using <xref linkend="wvdial"/>.</para>
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| 102 | </sect3>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | </sect2>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <sect2>
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| 107 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 108 |
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[e72dc56] | 109 | <segmentedlist>
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| 110 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 111 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 112 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <seglistitem>
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| 115 | <seg>chat, pppd, pppdump, pppoe-discovery and pppstats</seg>
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| 116 | <seg>Several plugin modules installed in
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| 117 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.3</filename></seg>
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| 118 | <seg>/etc/ppp, /usr/include/pppd and /usr/lib/pppd</seg>
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| 119 | </seglistitem>
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| 120 | </segmentedlist>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <variablelist>
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| 123 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 124 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <varlistentry id="chat">
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| 127 | <term><command>chat</command></term>
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| 128 | <listitem><para>defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the
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| 129 | modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the connection between the
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| 130 | Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (<acronym>PPPD</acronym>) and the remote's
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| 131 | <command>pppd</command> process.</para>
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| 132 | <indexterm zone="ppp chat">
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| 133 | <primary sortas="b-chat">chat</primary>
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| 134 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 135 | </varlistentry>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <varlistentry id="pppd">
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| 138 | <term><command>pppd</command></term>
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| 139 | <listitem><para>is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para>
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| 140 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppd">
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| 141 | <primary sortas="b-pppd">pppd</primary>
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| 142 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 143 | </varlistentry>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="pppdump">
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| 146 | <term><command>pppdump</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem><para>is used to convert
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| 148 | <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> record files to a readable
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| 149 | format.</para>
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| 150 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppdump">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="b-pppdump">pppdump</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="pppstats">
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| 156 | <term><command>pppstats</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem><para>is used to print
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| 158 | <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> statistics.</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppstats">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-pppstats">pppstats</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 162 | </varlistentry>
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| 163 | </variablelist>
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[246c904] | 164 |
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| 165 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 166 |
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| 167 | </sect1>
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