From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:51:59 +0530 Message-ID: From: Vinu Rajashekhar To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: [9fans] Interested in improving networking in Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5c01c7ac-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hi, I was looking for some open-source implementation work to be done as my master's project when I chanced upon the Plan 9 GSOC projects page. My interest is in networking, so I was particularly interested in projects about adding zeroconf networking and firewall support to Plan 9. I think I have sufficient knowledge of C/C++, but I haven't ever worked or used Plan 9, but have heard of it, so I would like to take this opportunity to get to know the system better and contribute to the community. I have a year with me to do the project, though the coursework is interlaced with classes, so I won't be able to dedicate 30-40 hrs per week like the GSOC students do ! So a year is a sufficient enough time I guess. Can someone please discuss with me how to proceed, and what are the things I should learn before starting on this ? I have already started reading the papers on Plan 9 and is starting to install the plan 9 on virtual box on my machine. -- Vinu Rajashekhar, 5th Year Dual Degree Student, Deptt of Computer Science & Engg, IIT Kharagpur, India.