On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 02:06:04PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote: > > You are rapidly converging on the real thing.
I don't see any reason why we might need to converge any more than some form of handshake to ensure that the client is authorized, certainly any form of encryption is totally unnescessary. > Secure access is not necessary for a client, It is if the client is to include commands such as "ShutDown" which is what started this converation. > and should never be made a required part of the > spec, Authentication of some form should definitely be required prior to the execution of commands like ShutDown or DumpDataStore. > using the the FNP sessions does not complicate things for normal > client developers. Not sure what you mean by this. Requiring that client authors speak FNP is definitely a complication (just ask Steven Hazel). Ian. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20010627/dda9842f/attachment.pgp>
