[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes: > Bodo Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Using an explicit state machine helps to get code suitable for multiplexing > >within a single thread various connections using non-blocking I/O. > > Is there some specific advantage here, or is it an academic exercise? Some > quirk of supporting certain types of hardware like nCipher boxes that do async > crypto/scatter-gather? I've had to do this on environments where threads weren't a viable option. See, for instance, my paper from USENIX Security 2002.
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