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+*.a
+*.bundle
+*.lo
+*.o
+*.so
+*.xmlh
+autom4te.cache
+configure
+.configure.*
+config.log
+config.status
+Makefile
+sql/reconnoiter_ddl_dump.sql
+src/noitd
+src/noit.conf
+src/test-noit.conf
+src/stratcond
+src/stratcon.conf
+src/test-stratcon.conf
+src/java/jezebel
+src/java/run-iep.sh
+src/java/jezebel.jar
+src/java/reconnoiter.jar
+src/java/com/omniti/jezebel/*.class
+src/java/com/omniti/jezebel/*/*.class
+src/java/com/omniti/reconnoiter/*.class
+src/java/com/omniti/reconnoiter/*/*.class
+src/jlog/jlog_config.h
+src/jlog/perl/Makefile.PL
+src/man/*.8
+src/man/*.h
+src/module-online.h
+src/noit_config.h
+src/scripts/noit-config
+src/udns/udns_codes.c
+src/utils/dtrace_probes.h
+test/00.pem
+test/01.pem
+test/02.pem
+test/03.pem
+test/badclient.crt
+test/badclient.csr
+test/badclient.key
+test/client.crt
+test/client.csr
+test/client.key
+test/demoCA/
+test/test-ca.crl
+test/test-ca.crt
+test/test-ca.csr
+test/test-ca.key
+test/test-noit.crt
+test/test-noit.csr
+test/test-noit.key
+test/test-stratcon.crt
+test/test-stratcon.csr
+test/test-stratcon.key
+test/t/logs