:: 06-May-1999 04:24 (Thursday) ::
As users of the newer (440+) win32cli client may have noticed, many of
the features that have been requested by users of this list have already
been implemented. Work has begun on a remote administration feature and we
would like some feedback on this, please send your suggestions by May 14th
to rc5@lists.distributed.net. You can also check
http://www.distributed.net/~pice/console for current status.
This program will actually be three programs,
1-client
It will be change so that it can receive request for changing *some*
of its config info, among then we can have:
block size
network setting
log options
blocks processed
overall keyrate
One item will *not* be allowed to be changed:email, please do not
ask.
2-node program
It will act like a really to handle config info generated by the
console and sent to a client
It will act like relays to handle config info to be sent to the
client and no contest info like blocks.
3-management console
So that the user can check/change client configuration working like
a config info server
How will it work ?
The client will connect from time to time to one of the nodes and check
if there is a console requesting communication with it. If such a console is
found the config process is started. Clients connected all the time and
without any firewall problem can inform the node this status and just wait
until something arrives for it.
Of course all this communication will be encrypted so that you cannot
request a client that is not yours to change any info!