RE: [gnet-dev] Activities

[David Helder <dhelder gizmolabs org>]

If there's a good, open protocol for this, I'd add it.  As far as I
know, there isn't.  IP Multicast is the closest thing we have.  I'm not
familiar with Spread, but there are dozens (hundreds?) of group
communication protocols like these.

David


On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 16:06, Preston Joseph E Contr AFRL/DES wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. I am interested in higher level abstractions like some
> of the following:
> 
> - reliable message-level delivery
> - automatic discovery on local subnets
> - group membership by group name and delivery to a group
> 
> Generally, these features would make it easier to use the library, without
> having to get into the details of managing sockets. Some of the same
> features are found in Spread (http://www.spread.org), but we want to avoid
> the iniquitous daemon.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> -Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Helder [mailto:dhelder gizmolabs org]
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 1:56 PM
> To: Preston Joseph E Contr AFRL/DES
> Cc: 'gnet-dev lists gnetlibrary org'
> Subject: Re: [gnet-dev] Activities
> 
> 
> There are no major projects currently underway.  Someone was working on SSL
> integration though, but I think that may have stalled.  What are you
> interested in doing?
> 
> David
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 12:31, Preston Joseph E Contr AFRL/DES wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Is there a list of development activities currently underway here? We 
> > may have a few ideas, but I don't want to go down any alleys that are 
> > already populated.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Joe Preston
> > Boeing LTS
> > P.O. Box 5670
> > Albuquerque, NM 87185
> > 505-846-2460
> > 
> > 
> > 
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