[jdev] Re: bytestreams and Psi

[Justin Karneges]

On Tuesday 08 November 2005 23:52, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> What I meant is that we already have some kind of bytestream negotiation
> with the <streamhost/> and <streamhost-used/> and mixing this with
> sending special bytes seems pretty ugly.
> It is a direct way to minimize the racing conditions, true.
> But you still have it, although the risk is much smaller than if routed
> directly as xml.

As far as I know, there is no risk at all.  You will have to explain what you 
mean.

> The problem comes when you (we) allow symmetric streamhosts but it is
> not an option to let the target timeout before it offers its streamhost.
> I don't have any good ideas for a protocol to solve this sync problem.
> Any ideas?

What is a "symmetric streamhost" ?  What do you mean to let the target timeout 
before offering a streamhost?

-Justin