st...@quintile.net:
> the issue is 9boot would need tls to be able download the kernel from a
> file server and it doesn’t have it. this is the labs boot procedure of
> course.
>
> 9front booting uses a full kernel to bootstrap (correct me if i am wrong)
> so tls is not a problem there.
There
yes that's right.
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 4:57 PM Steve Simon wrote:
>
> using tlssrv is an option, as is import, but what was saying it fossil’s
> native 9p server does not support tls, which it doesn't - i dont believe
> anyone has added it.
>
> the issue is 9boot would need tls to be able
using tlssrv is an option, as is import, but what was saying it fossil’s native
9p server does not support tls, which it doesn't - i dont believe anyone has
added it.
the issue is 9boot would need tls to be able download the kernel from a file
server and it doesn’t have it. this is the labs
i'm sorry, what? lack of TLS?
go read 9front's tlssrv(8). it's been there for a while already.
-rodri
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 11:32 AM Steve Simon wrote:
>
> fyi i have been running a fossil/venti pair since 2004 and it has been
> solid.
>
> what is too big - honest question.
>
> i thought the
fyi i have been running a fossil/venti pair since 2004 and it has been solid.
what is too big - honest question.
i thought the biggest issues are:
performance - the elegance and generality sacrifice some performance, though
this is not a problem for me.
lack of a tls fs interface - there
On 1/10/20, mycrof...@sphericalharmony.com
wrote:
[ ... ]
>
> - The Present Day, SHA1, community
>
[ ... ]
> [ ...] 2020 seems like a Year of Change and I'm hoping for
> positive change in the Plan 9 community. I'm particularly excited for
> the reincarnation of a real-life Plan 9
> The major fly in the ointment is the outdated sha1 hash function used by venti
major? fly? there's no problem with how sha1 is used by venti right now.
a more substantial complaint would be that the venti/fossil system is
way too big.
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