On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 6:05 PM Max Mertens <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Vicente, > > just a quick status update: This week I implemented generating, sending > and receiving peer IDs to the NTS classes (diff: [1]). > The next step will be sending the keepalive packets in a timer and > keeping a list of currently connecting peers. > > This weekend I will pause development, as I have exams tomorrow and on > Monday. > From monday on I will continue work, with more time per week as classes > have finished today. > > On 13.07.2015 15:46, Max Mertens wrote: > > On 13.07.2015 13:22, Vicente Gonzalez wrote: > >> The minimization of the protocol overhead is essential, so, if we can > >> live without extra fields in the headers, perfect. However, it is > >> quite likely that at the end, when the complexity of the protocol > >> grows, we will use this technique. So, if you see the thing more > >> clear using message type prefixes, go ahead. > > Ok, thanks for the explanation. Currently the different message types > > are overseeable, so I'll stick to the current solution. > It appears more and more that some message typing (just a 1 byte prefix, > maybe later 2 bytes) would help in differentiating the packets. IIRC, > currently the biggest packet size is 1026 bytes, so adding 1-2 bytes > would not exceed the MTU of ~1500 bytes. Maybe this is something to > implement towards the end of the project this summer. What do you think? > Hi, apologies by the delayed reply ... Of course, this is a small overhead. Implement this idea when you need it. Regards, Vi. > Thanks and have a nice weekend, > Max > > [1] https://github.com/P2PSP/p2psp/compare/f7ab7d0...a4f1592 > > > -- -- Vicente González Ruiz Depto de Informática Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Universidad de Almería Carretera Sacramento S/N 04120, La Cañada de San Urbano Almería, España e-mail: [email protected] http://www.ual.es/~vruiz tel: +34 950 015711 fax: +34 950 015486
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