FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: ppp_server backround app or registrar add-on?

[Eli Green <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 12:36:08AM +0800, Lars Hansson wrote:
> Axel D?rfler wrote:
> >I think the deskbar replicant should be optional anyway (also for dial-
> >on-demand). And your local intranet replicant doesn't sound like a DUN 
> >connection.
> I think he means something like the "LAN" systray icon in XP. AFAIK
> XP has one icon for every interface and it "lights up" when an interface 
> is active.
> >IMO something like inetd would be a good place for functionality like 
> >this (or whatever we'll call it). It could also (optionally) display 
> >the link status in the Deskbar, the connection speed, etc.
> Unless openbeos inetd is going to be very different from every other 
> inetd this doesnt sound like a job for it. inetd accepts network 
> connections and run programs that handler those connections and to me 
> that's very different from ppp-dial-on-demand and/or showing deskbar icons.

inetd is definitely meant to handle incoming connections, typically tcp
or udp.

FreeBSD's ppp daemon has a dial-on-demand mode where when it is
launched, it creates a fake default route to a reserved address.
Whenever a packet is destined for that address, it initiates the
connection and sends the packet (or queue of packets).

The route doesn't have to be the default route, of course. If it was for
a VPN type setup, the route could be statically set and re-writing the
destination wouldn't be necessary.

So since the daemon is running all the time, regardless of the connection's
current status, could a daemon similar to this one not provide a deskbar
replicant as well?