Re: [Openvpn-devel] request for input re: OpenVPN API

2006-09-18 Thread Mike Martin
sleeping connection when it is required. Mike Charles Duffy wrote: Mike Martin wrote: It would need to last indefinitely, and be managed by a remote client, using Web Services, with minimal human intervention A tool such as runit, with some wrappers, can provide the most immediate

Re: [Openvpn-devel] request for input re: OpenVPN API

2006-09-18 Thread Mike Martin
Thanks for the response, Charles, I have added comments in-line: Charles Duffy wrote: I'm not an OpenVPN developer per se -- other than a few trivial patches -- but I should be able to comment. First -- the requirements for what you want a VPN to do in a grid environment are something which

Re: [Openvpn-devel] request for input re: OpenVPN API

2006-09-18 Thread Mike Martin
Hi Albert, Thanks, I have responded with in-line comments below: Albert Siersema wrote: I think you'll find you're better off stating in a short and concise manner what it is you're looking for. As lots of open source people work on FOSS projects in their spare time or at least have an allott

Re: [Openvpn-devel] request for input re: OpenVPN API

2006-09-16 Thread Mike Martin
o: http://svn.openvpn.net/projects/openvpn/trunk/openvpn/management/management-notes.txt Maybe it will answer some of your questions. On 9/16/06, Mike Martin wrote: Hello, My name is Mike Martin, and I am currently working on my M. Sc. I am writing a research paper investigating the feasibility o

[Openvpn-devel] request for input re: OpenVPN API

2006-09-16 Thread Mike Martin
Hello, My name is Mike Martin, and I am currently working on my M. Sc. I am writing a research paper investigating the feasibility of developing an API for a VPN, as discussed in the following quote: “It would be nice if the Grid application could access the VPN console, re-affirm