GSoC 2025 Application: Netcat-Like Tool for Rx

Dear OpenAFS team,

I'm Peter Chang, a student at Georgia Tech pursuing a MSCS with a focus on
distributed systems and cloud-native architectures. I have experience in
network programming, distributed file systems, and custom protocol
development, including work on caching and gRPC-based projects.

Google Summer of Code brought me here, and I find the idea of enhancing Rx
debugging and tooling in OpenAFS very interesting. I have a few questions
regarding potential areas where I could contribute:

   - Could you provide more details on the current challenges with Rx
   debugging in OpenAFS, and how tools like rxdebug are used in practice?
   - Are there specific pain points or missing features in the existing Rx
   tooling that the team is prioritizing?
   - For projects like a netcat-like tool for Rx, are there any particular
   design guidelines or integration requirements I should be aware of?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
Peter