Just because it's almost newyear, and I have seen The Light...
(or was that just an illusion?)

Some thoughts about the new proposed features, concerning:

- multiplexing the data streams, error stream, index stream, over
  one TCP connection (this would make passing firewalls and NAT
  so much easier and safer)

- encrypting the data stream between client and server (just being
  discussed in a separate thread on -users, hence CC there too)

- stronger/alternative authentication (is that server really The One?
  Currently needing kerberos I believe, which most people do not
  even have!)

What would people find of implementing BXXP as alternative
for the new generation Amanda server/client protocols?

See:  http://beepcore.org/

Disclaimer:

- I have just played around a little with the Net::BEEP::Lite

and no activity noted in the last 2 years).

- AFAIK there are not yet many REAL applications using the protocol.
Many other interesting projects seem dead too.
The C-library that is alive is:  http://vortex.aspl.es/
but even that one is far from finished.

Even if it isn't good enough, we can find idea's there too :-)


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