[DGD] Network extensions, LPC interface

[bart at wotf.org]

It certainly also applies in other situations, but the more 'realtime' the
usage the more important it becomes to detect it quicklt.

Bart

On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:02:23 -0700, Raymond Jennings wrote
> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:45 AM,  <bart at wotf.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:45:46 -0700, Raymond Jennings wrote
> >> Personally I've shied away from UDP in general.  It seems a bit
> >> hamstrung with red tape of a sort, especially considering
> >> datagram_challenge.
> >
> > datagram_challenge is part of the datagram channel for binary ports interface,
> > but not of the generic udp port interface.
> >
> >>
> >> I'd also like to raise the issue for discussion of us presently
> >> living in an "internet of things" where mobile devices across the
> >> globe can be sending and receiving packets, and where internet
> >> connectivity is not always a sure thing.
> >>
> >> Just for the sake of discussion...I'd like to ask:  What do you do if
> >> you have a client that wants to interact with DGD, but doesn't have
> >> the luxury of maintaining a persistent TCP connection?  What do you
> >> do if that client loses connectivity and reappears with a new IP address?
> >
> > For my current 'web interface' code, I use a sessionid which does not depend
> > on the client IP, and hence can be used to simply reconnect with the new IP
> > and continue where it left off. The server side can queue a limited backlog of
> > output/events to cover the loss/re-establishment for situations where this is
> > appropriate, or cause 'link-death' in cases where that would be more
appropriate.
> >
> > The biggest issue there is detecting the situation quickly so you don't end up
> > with an in-game char which has no link for long enough to have an impact on
> > the game-play.
> 
> I should probably also point out that the RPG/MUD/RP case is only one
> of many possible applications, and when I raised this issue I wasn't
> even thinking of RPGs specifically.
> 
> An uber-like ridesharing application might also find importance here,
> for example.
> 
> >
> > Bart.
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