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[Vicente Gonzalez <vicente.gonzalez.ruiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 6:05 PM Max Mertens <max.mail@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
>
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