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1 | Server maintains a queue of outbound packets for each user |
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ca732796 | 3 | Packets which are older than the applicable max_queue_time are discarded |
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ca732796 | 5 | Each incoming request to the server takes up to max_batch_down bytes |
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6 | from the queue and returns them as the POST response body payload |
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ca732796 | 8 | Each incoming request contains up to max_batch_up bytes of payload. |
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9 | It's a multipart/form-data. |
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11 | Authentication: for now, plaintext password | |
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13 | Routing assistance: none in hippotat; can be requested on client |
14 | from userv-ipif via `vroutes' parameter. Use with secnet polypath | |
15 | ideally uses the special support in secnet 0.4.x. | |
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17 | Client form parameters (multipart/form-data): |
18 | m metadata, newline-separated list (text file) of | |
19 | client ip address (textual) | |
20 | password | |
21 | target_requests_outstanding | |
eb6eb974 | 22 | http_timeout |
7b07f0b5 | 23 | d data (SLIP format, with SLIP_ESC and `-' swapped) |
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28 | Possible future nonce-based authentication: | |
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30 | server keeps big nonce counter for each client | |
31 | meaning is: | |
32 | nonce counter is most recent nonce client has sent | |
33 | also server keeps bitmap of the previous ?64 nonces, | |
34 | whether client has sent them | |
35 | ||
36 | client picks.... xxx |