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> Perhaps I am misunderstanding something (and I could believe that).
> Isn't a network HotSync an operation which will take everything in the
> Palm and attempt to synchronize it, rather than just a small subset (e.g
> Plucker files).
No, you would do the equivalent of pilot-xfer -i SomeFile.pdb. I do
this now, with some Plucker content, though I'm only one person, and I trust
the security of my own machines, but others may not.
> It would seem conduits are more of a way to synchronize a subset of the
> Palm information. Or does the above method allow for a conduit-based
> approach?
That's another method, but requires a specific tool to be installed
on either the user's machine, their Palm, or the server. None of these are
good approaches overall, and if you're doing it client-side, now you have
the complexity of having to support either the OS on the desktop, or the OS
feature-set on their Palm.
> Is there much to be done about security in this respect? Is there support
> for client/server certificates and the like?
SSL would go a long way, but when you're talking about simply
pulling a .pdb file across, there is no need for security, especially if
that pdb file is just one containing public news content.
> Who is trusting whom? Am I trusting the client or is the client trusting
> me or are both trusting each other?
The "trust" part comes from you, the user. How do you know that I
(the server operator in this case) am _only_ pushing you a Plucker database?
I could make a very small change to the code, which you wouldn't even see
flicker by as you sync the data, that grabs your Palm UserName and UserID
from your Palm itself. I could even grab your AddressBook, and fake a
message on your (local) Palm screen that says "Syncronizing Plucker" if I
wanted to.
That's the trust bit.
d.
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