From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <853def626f22f2ef8854ab697c1ba5cc@rei2.9hal> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:24:37 +0100 From: cinap_lenrek@gmx.de To: 9fans@9fans.net In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Regarding 9p based "protocols" message framing Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6dc6f168-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 importing /net is possible. just recently replaced openwrt linux nat router with a plan9 machine importing its /net.alt to avoid problems with random tcp connection drops. wrote a simple socks server so windows can use it as a gateway too. even use bittorrent thru that thing with udp relay :) works nicely overall. some programs have problems with /net.alt tho. mainly ape programs wich require a "bind /net.alt /net". wrote hg extension that hooks mercurials http "object obfuscated interface" and uses plan9 webfs (/mnt/web) instead, also makes hg use factotum indirectly thru webfs. only disadvantage is that one doesnt get proper errstr thru all that python/ape wrappery :( -- cinap