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+/* This file is created by running make-ndn-js.js.sh in this directory.
+ * It concatenates ndn-js-header.txt plus all the ndn-js source files plus
+ *   ndn-js-footer.txt to make ndn-js.js .
+ * author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+// LOG is used by some of the NDN code.
+var LOG = 0;
+
+// jsbn.js needs the navigator object which isn't defined in Node, so make a local hack.
+var navigator = {
+    appName: "Netscape"
+};
+