Subj : Re: C Origins
To   : fusion
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu May 28 2026 16:35:41

  Re: Re: C Origins
  By: fusion to Nightfox on Thu May 28 2026 06:32 pm

 fu> a lot of that stuff is done for convenience and isn't 'real'

 fu> for example, node 1, com 1, fossil port 1 looks nice but there's no
 fu> technical reason (i.e. can-be-implemented, not has-been, yet) not to have
 fu> a setup like:

 fu> set all doors to only allow one user, all doors are configured to use com1
 fu> or fossil1, all doors work just fine even at the same time. com1/fossil1
 fu> exists *in the dos window the door is running in* NOT system-wide

True.  I thought about that, though still, I think dynamically creating more nodes at runtime could introduce a risk of denial-of-service attack.

Also, why set all doors to only allow one user?  That would mean that users couldn't play multi-player with each other..

Nightfox

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