Difference between revisions of "User:Demolishun"
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Let me be clear on the scope of the plugin. | Let me be clear on the scope of the plugin. | ||
* It will provide access to the local machine by providing a UDP port on the 127.0.0.1 | * It will provide access to the local machine by providing a UDP port on the 127.0.0.1 address. | ||
* It will NOT have any kind of security features. | * It will NOT have any kind of security features. | ||
* I do not recommend allowing external | * I do not recommend allowing external machines to access the UDP port. Firewall it off and only allow programs on the local machine to access the port. | ||
* Use a program to access the port on the same machine that provides any services for getting data external to the machine. This means use a program that is designed with security in mind and can handle possible external attacks to the machine. | * Use a program to access the port on the same machine that provides any services for getting data external to the machine. This means use a program that is designed with security in mind and can handle possible external attacks to the machine. | ||
* Using this approach keeps the code in the plugin very simple and robust. It will do whatever it does very well and nothing else. Otherwise you end up never finishing and have a buggy implementation nobody can use. | * Using this approach keeps the code in the plugin very simple and robust. It will do whatever it does very well and nothing else. Otherwise you end up never finishing and have a buggy implementation nobody can use. | ||