Re: [PATCH] xenctld - a control channel multiplexing daemon

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Jacob Gorm Hansen wrote:

> My current implementation is less than 100 lines of network-facing 
> code (using ICMP payloads, but the same could be achieved with UDP), 
> though that increases to about 300 if you count in the SHA-1 
> implementation that I am using for verifying customer credentials. So 
> 300 lines is for a complete solution including crypto and 
> accounting/payment.

That's certainly interesting.  Are you using ICMP simply for high-level 
management or are you passing event channel messages via ICMP? Are you 
just punting issues of reliability?

I agree with you, TCP is not the only network solution.  However, it 
seems logically that a large number of people will want a TCP solution :-)

Regards,

-- 

Anthony Liguori
anthony@codemonkey.ws



-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting
Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time
by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc.
Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl