[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
 
> 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. :)
 
> 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. 
 
> Anyway, have a good easter!

Same to you.

-Bruno


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