Q: What is so special about F*EX?
A: See feature list http://fex.belwue.de/features.html
   and use cases http://fex.belwue.de/usecases/

Q: Why not use one of the commercial services like DropLoad, ALLPeers, YouSendIt, etc?
A: * They have a file size limit of 2 GB or even less.
   * Their security and privacy status is unknown (ever heard of "Snowden & NSA"?).
   * They are not open source based.
   * There are no UNIX (CLI) clients for them.
   * They need java, active-X, flash or other evil plugins.
   * It is unknown how long they will exist - DropLoad and ALLPeers already have terminated their business.

Q: Why name "F*EX" and not shortly "FEX"?
A: At publication time there was already a program named "FEX" listed on freshmeat.net.

Q: Who is the author?
A: The main author is Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de><br>
   But there are also a lot of contributors all around the world.

Q: Why a camel as the logo?
A: The logo was inspired by the Perl camel, but it is based on a Steiff plush camel, which rides with us on our racing tandem.
   The logo was drawn by my stoker Beate.
   http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/Vortrag/tosa.html

Q: What do I need to install a F*EX server?
A: A UNIX or Windows server with a DNS entry, smtp for outgoing email and one open and free incoming tcp port.
   You must have administrative rights (UNIX: root) on this server and a basic understanding of UNIX and networking.

Q: What means DNS and smtp? What is a tcp port?
A: Do not install F*EX. It is beyond your horizon.

Q: Does F*EX support IPv6 and SSL/TLS?
A: Yes.

Q: Can I run F*EX on Windows?
A: On client side all operating systems are supported, even Windows.
   If you want to run a F*EX server on Windows, then see http://fex.belwue.de/fexwix.html

Q: Where can I get the F*EX sources?
A: F*EX server for UNIX: http://fex.belwue.de/fex.html
   F*EX clients for UNIX: http://fex.belwue.de/download/fex.pl
   F*EX client for Windows: framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de

Q: I do not want to install a F*EX server of my own, but where can I use it?
A: Contact <fex@nepustil.net> http://www.nepustil.net/ for F*EX hosting.

Q: The F*EX server is all in Perl?! Isn't Perl too slow for this job?
A: F*EX is able to handle uploads with more than 300 MB/s on an office PC.
   Try this with an ordinary webserver like Apache!

Q: Which licence does F*EX have? And why?
A: Perl Artistic free software with a special anti-military clause:
   http://fex.belwue.de/doc/Licence
   "I want peace on earth and goodwill towards men"
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHU0HinVhYc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers_%281992_film%29

Q: Is there a F*EX mailing list?
A: https://listserv.uni-stuttgart.de/mailman/listinfo/fex

Q: Where can I get commercial support for F*EX?
A: Contact <fex@nepustil.net> http://www.nepustil.net/

Q: How big is F*EX?
A: Server: 500 kB, 18000 lines of code
   Clients: 320 kB, 14000 lines of code
   Documentation: 220 kB
   Localizations: 200 kB

Q: Who else is using F*EX?
A: Several hundred institutions worldwide, for example:
   * German Aerospace Center http://fex.dlr.de
   * High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart http://fex.hlrs.de
   * Swiss National Supercomputing Centre http://fex.cscs.ch
   * Institut Pasteur http://dl.pasteur.fr
   * Justus Liebig University http://fex.hrz.uni-giessen.de
   * Fiat Chrysler https://fex.fiatitem.com/
   * Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox PARC) http://parcftp.parc.com
   * Baden-Württembergs extended LAN http://fex.belwue.de

Q: Is F*EX secure?
A: F*EX is written in Perl which does not have common security problems with buffer overruns, segmentation faults, heap and stack corruption.
   F*EX does not use an extra web server or a (SQL) database, so no typical web attacks are possible.
   F*EX was analyzed by security company revshell.com and labeled as "secure" https://fex.belwue.de/doc/fex_revshell.pdf
   F*EX comes with source code, so everybody can verify it.

Q: Feature/design XY is missing.
A: Contact the author <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>

Q: I have more/other questions than in this document!
A: Ask the author <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
