> Perhaps it should listen on a port which is written out on startup to a
> freenet.port file in the Freenet directory?  It could then accept
> instructions on this port such as "shutdown", "show datastore", "clear
> datastore", "show message memories" etc.

Why not a message type "Control"?  Obviously, it would only accept
things like Control.Shutdown if the message had a correct password or
some other authentication, but it might be handy for other things as
well (client aborts, configuration, etc.)

--
Lee Daniel Crocker <lee at piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>
"All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past,
are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified
for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC


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