On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 09:17:45AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 06:47:34AM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote: > > > Not sure what you mean by this. Requiring that client authors speak FNP > > > is definitely a complication (just ask Steven Hazel). > > > > Why in the world would client authors need to write clients to perform > > these administrative tasks anyway? > > Many reasons. Don't you suppose Freeweb would like to support a > "restart node" command, or a "view node logs" command?
Maybe. Someone writing a sophisticated client should be able to deal with using a libfnp or something though.. > > We just bundle a tool with Fred for > > shutting down the node, etc., that does the secured FNP connection to > > the local FCP port. > > But why is a secured FNP connection better than simply adding an > authentication handshake to FCP? I'm not saying one's better or worse than the other. Adding more stuff to FCP is more work for us though .. the secured FNP mechanisms are already written. Well, whatever. -- # tavin cole # # "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that # man doesn't have to experience it." # # - Max Frisch _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
