[DGD] Re: FTP

[Wim van der Vegt]

Hi,

Don't forget the biggest disadvantage of a build-in ftp server, if the mud
won't restart (for example because you made a type in a new driver object),
the ftp server isn't of much use as it won;t start either.

For the ftp protocol, it's not that hard, i wrote one once in lpc that even
adjusted the filesystem show to the user to the parts of the mud he/she was
supposed to see (ie it left out the directories posing a security risk if
anyone would have edit access to). I know a couple of other lpc programmers
have their versions too.

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Wim van der Vegt / Open University of the Netherlands, dep. OTEC


-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory D Lewis <glewis at maths.adelaide.edu.au>
To: dgd at list.imaginary.com <dgd at list.imaginary.com>
Date: donderdag 10 september 1998 12:34
Subject: [DGD] Re: FTP


>Scott Maasen wrote:
>
>[snippage]
>
>> While the binary
>> port could be used for FTP.. I'd think the availibility of outside ftp
>> servers would make the design of one inside the mud not practical unless
>> someone has a real wierd platform.
>
>I'm not sure about being impractical.  It just takes a reasonable knowledge
>of the ftp protocol :).  The networking package is more suited to such an
>application than the binary port I would have thought.
>
>There are a few advantages to having your ftpd internal to the mud.  Off
the
>top of my head:
>
>1) Mudlib file security can be easily applied to ftp sessions.
>2) Your ftpd works on any platform dgd works on.
>
>The main disadvantages are probably:
>
>1) Having to roll your own ftpd.
>2) Large file transfers affecting mud performance.
>
>It might be nice to see a set of network tools that sat on top of the
>networking package to address people having to roll their own versions of
>everything.  Something like the ORONetComponents for Java (although I
haven't
>looked at them too hard I'll admit, but they sound nice :).
>
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>Email : glewis at maths.adelaide.edu.au    University of Adelaide
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