[openbeos] Re: ppp_server backround app or registrar add-on?
- From: Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:01:26 +0100
On 2004-03-13 at 14:45:09 [+0100], Waldemar Kornewald wrote:
> to add full support for dial-on-demand and a dialing prompt for PPP I need
> some background process that watches for connecting PPP interfaces, opens a
> dialog when connecting (prompting for the password and username, etc.), and
> then adds a deskbar replicant that shows connection infos. Later this
> should be used for creating a server that watches for incoming connections
> and routes the authentication and IP-assigning process to add-ons.
> May I add a new background app (ppp_server) or shall I somehow integrate
> this app into the registrar (maybe by adding registrar add-ons support)?
The registrar is mission critical, i.e. if it crashes, dead-locks, or
misbehaves in any other way, the current session (i.e. all applications) goes
down the drain. Hence I would keep non mission critical things like PPP
related support out.
CU, Ingo
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