remove example demonstrating daft variable scoping/lifetime
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1Server maintains a queue of outbound packets for each user
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ca732796 3Packets which are older than the applicable max_queue_time are discarded
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ca732796 5Each incoming request to the server takes up to max_batch_down bytes
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6from the queue and returns them as the POST response body payload
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ca732796 8Each incoming request contains up to max_batch_up bytes of payload.
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9It's a multipart/form-data.
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11Authentication: for now, plaintext password
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13Routing assistance: none needed; secnet polypath will DTRT
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15Client form parameters (multipart/form-data):
16 m metadata, newline-separated list (text file) of
17 client ip address (textual)
18 password
19 target_requests_outstanding
7b07f0b5 20 d data (SLIP format, with SLIP_ESC and `-' swapped)
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24Future nonce-based authentication:
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26server keeps big nonce counter for each client
27meaning is:
28 nonce counter is most recent nonce client has sent
29also server keeps bitmap of the previous ?64 nonces,
30 whether client has sent them
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32client picks.... xxx