[openbeosnetteam] Re: Progress update...

> > It also looks like we'll need (or it'd be cool to have anyways) a
> > /dev/random driver. This is really needed for all sorts of things and
> > if we
> > can come up with a suitable device we'll be doing a really big
> > service for
> > the beos community. I'd like to think we could make it a real device
> > as well
> > as this shouldn't be as hard as it first appears... Bruno has some
> > code from
> > openssl that may make this possible.
>
> I told you I already have a /dev/random driver. :P

Cool. It installs itself as /dev/rabdom and allows read/write and so to take
place? If so then any chance you could add it to the openbeos tree somewhere
and write a nice script to build and install it??

In fact it'd be so useful in a lot of places maybe a binary is s better idea
as a seperate download? I mean there's no reason why it can't be installed
an used by current users is there??

> > Next items on my agenda...
> >
> > sync up tree and add route module
> > netstat app
> > raw sockets module
> > tcp module
> >
> > Anyone else want to jump in with anything?
>
> Sure. I will try to understand the code. :)

Good luck!

> > We should also get back to the topic of what the preferences app
> > should look
> > like and how it should work...
> >
> > How about this for a crazy idea? We allow each module (ipv4, ipv6 etc
> > etc)
> > to have a "configuration" module in addition to the "services"
> > modules we
> > have already. This basically just provides hooks for things like
> > displaying
> > a tab in the preferences app that allows control of it's details and
> > functions for ifconfig that allow it to configure them as well. this
> > way
> > when we add a protocol we should be able to remove a lot of the
> > dependencies
> > we have within core and certain other apps. I'm guessing ipv4 will be
> > a
> > given so it'll be other protocols that really need this facility.
> > Thoughts?
>
> As long as it is not compiled in the kernel module iteself, I am all
> for it.

Excellent... Anyone else?

david

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