[PATCH] New external idmap module

[simo]

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 08:58 -0700, Dave Daugherty wrote:
> Simo;
> 
> Assuming you move forward with this effort...
> 
> Since you are changing the idmap datastructure I suggest adding some
> signature and versioning fields to the beginning.  That way idmap can
> check them during registration to guard against old idmappers lying
> about.
> 
> Second, you may want to consider a version negotiation packet exchange
> right after opening the socket.  Making it more complicated, I know, but
> might come in handy in the future.

Thanks Dave,
this was already in my todo list, I think that sending out a version
command is enough. The idmapper daemon will just reply with an ok or an
Error if it doe not know the protocol version.

Simo.

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