On Monday 17 September 2007 17:30, Ralf Gerlich wrote: > Hi, > > Jon Stockill wrote: > > This needs to take into account the platforms that flightgear is used > > on. If it's closed source then ideally whoever produces the app is going > > to need the capability to build (at the very minimum) linux, mac, and > > windows binaries, since handing the source over to someone else to let > > them build for their own platform isn't an option. > > Not necessarily. I think, Holger was talking about some kind of proxy > server. In terms of server OS, we don't need to be that picky, although > I would term it a benefit if the server could be run on all OS' > flightgear runs on. > > Curt, as far as I understood it, VATSIM asked Holger wether he wanted to > write such a proxy, which I interpreted as an expression of interest > from their side, so I don't think that the interest is single sided. > > Of course we could benefit from an integration with an already > established network with a huge number of participants. My work with the > technical staff of the VATSIM network was some time in the past, so > maybe something has changed. However, from what I had seen in those days > and the fact that the protocol is still closed, I'm a bit suspicious. > > BTW: I didn't know that VATSIM is commercially dependent on closing down > the protocol... > > I will drop out of the thread here, because this is getting more > destructive criticism than I wanted it to become... > > Cheers, > Ralf
I was assuming a proxy at their end too. The workload isn't high for proxy services. Re their closed protocol - I don't think they want to keep it closed for security reasons. If the proxy runs on the client it will be sending _their_ protocol out of _your_ box, so it would be simple to analyse. Presumably, their protocol comes out of windows boxes already, and will have already been analysed. Alternatively, and as it would be a low workload service, it could probably be done in java if you want to run it on the client. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
