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+Contrib Plugins README
+----------------------
+
+This directory contains plugins which have been contributed by various people, but that
+have not yet been incorporated into the core plugins distribution.
+
+Most Perl plugins should work without modification.  Some of the C plugins may require
+a few tweaks to compile.
+
+If you have questions regarding the use of these plugins, try contacting the author(s)
+or post a message to the nagiosplug-help mailing list (nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net)
+requesting assistance.
+
+
+
+Contrib Tarballs
+----------------
+
+In addition to the plugins located in this directory, there are some additional tarballs
+containing plugins in the tarballs/ subdirectory.  They have not yet been organized.
+A brief description of their contents follows.
+
+
+berger-ping.tar.gz      - Perl script version of the check_ping plugin and a corresponding
+                          CGI (mtr.cgi) that uses mtr to traceroute a path to a host.
+                          (Gary Berger)
+
+bowen-langley_plugins.tar.gz
+                        - Several C plugins including check_inode, check_boot, etc.
+                          (Adam Bown & Thomas Langley)
+
+
+check_bgp-1.0.tar.gz   - Perl script intended for monitoring BGP sessions on Cisco routers.
+                         Uses Net::Telnet to telnet into a cisco router and
+                                                 run "sh ip bgp"
+
+check_memory.tgz        - C plugin to check available system memory
+
+check_radius.tar.gz     - C program to check RADIUS authentication. This is a hacked version of 
+                          the Cistron Radiusd program radtest that acts as a plugin for Nagios.
+                          The vast majority of the code was written by someone at Livingston
+                          Enterprises and Cistron.  NOTE: Due to the copyright restrictions in 
+                          this code, it cannot be distributed under the GPL license, and thus 
+                          will not appear in the core plugin distribution!
+                          (Adam Jacob)
+
+hopcroft-plugins.tar.gz - Various example plugin scripts contributed by Stanley Hopcroft.
+                          Includes a plugin to check Internet connectivity by checking various
+                          popular search engines, a plugin to check the availability of login
+                          to a TN/3270 mainframe database using Expect to search for "usual"
+                          screens, and another plugin to test the availability of a database
+                          search via the web.
+                          (Stanley Hopcroft)
+
+radius.tar.gz           - Code modifications necessary to make the radexample app 
+                          supplied with the radiusclient code work as a RADIUS plugin
+                          for Nagios (Nick Shore)
+
+fetchlog-0.94.tar.gz   - C program: The fetchlog utility displays the last new messages of a
+                         logfile. It is similar like tail(1) but offers some extra functionality  
+                         for output formatting. fetchlog can be used standalone or as a Nagios
+                         plugin to monitor local logfiles or together with Net-SNMP to monitor
+                         remote logfiles. The README shows how to setup fetchlog for Nagios.
+                         (Alexander Haderer)
+
+check_cit.tgz   -Perl plugins to monitor Citrix server
+