[Freeciv-Dev] Re: connect dialog update

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 02:09:12PM -0600, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> here the update on what's happening:
> 
> Nutshell: the connect dialog is being postponed indefinitely.
> 
> Longer explanation: I have become convinced for several reasons that the
> current implementation is not the ideal one. A better implementation is one
> that I originally started with: that being one in which the server is
> controlled via network packets rather than sockets and server commandline.
> This has many advantages:
> 1. you can resurrect a spawned server if you disconnect the client from it. 
> 2. It is a much cleaner interface.
> 3. the current implementation depends on some functions that may not be fully
>    portable across platforms.
> 4. It is semi-difficult to tell if commands have succeeded or not.
> 
> it also has some disadvantages:
> 1. It is insecure. You must make sure that whoever has access to hack level
>    is trusted.

> 2. Solving 1. requires either encryption or access to the same filesystem or
>    probably both.

Simple solution mention before: pass a cookie to the server via the
command line of the server. A connection which also now has this
cookie get hack level access.

> 3. It probably requires writing a couple new packets which handle 
>    command-responses from the server. (we usually need to know that a command 
>    has succeeded or failed before sending another command)

A good idea anyway.

        Raimar

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