From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <13426df10908300721id959c56pb3538ab3a5905bda@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:17:38 -0400 Message-ID: <13426df10908301117x2d0ff1ofd30fcc630cbd5@mail.gmail.com> From: ron minnich To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] Interested in improving networking in Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5c38c7d4-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I see your point. It does sound like zeroconf would be useful to some people. I wonder if it could be done with a 9p orientation as eric suggested. I don't recall what the security issues are with zeroconf, but, if it's the microsoft-inspired version I'm thinking of, I would guess there are many. I wonder if Plan 9 could provide some angle to make it more secure? Anyway, I did not mean to discourage your enthusiasm; go for it and let us know what we can do to help. ron