Re: Re: Netowrk connectivity (was: segfault on font ...)

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 11:03:51AM +0000, xhook wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:18:21AM +0000, xhook wrote:
> > > Soon I'm going to do some work on y's tcp module, which seems to be
> > > implemented in a very simple way now.
> > 
> > It's not particularly important given that module (and probably
> > interface) is going to die, but I have to wonder what you have in
> > mind; there's very little else it *could* do.
> 
> I don't see at least two basic things in current implementation:
> 1. handling of partial sends

These are handled naturally as a consequence of the design.

> 2. SIGPIPE handler

Unnecessary; Y uses the non-blocking model to handle fds.

> So, I don't see the reason why tcp must be removed from Y.

Security and performance primarily. Cryptographic integrity checking
is non-optional for network channels, and this does not belong in the
server.

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