[Discussion] What are we making? -- CLIENT Side

[Jason Lewis]

I think you have to do both.  XML for data description and
communications....and the binary for passing the actual data.

Jeremy wrote:
> I would have to agree with this and would venture to say a custom
> indexed binary format would be best for this, and not a plain text xml
> file.  Much like Maxminds GeoIP and ASN database files.
>
> --jeremy
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Frank Knobbe <frank at knobbe.us> wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 14:30 -0500, Martin Holste wrote:
>>     
>>> Right, but I envision the XML to be the source that scripts would
>>> parse into whatever is needed, like router config, dns blocklists,
>>> host files, search engine blacklists, etc.  The key would be to create
>>> a standard capable of being specific enough to feed the lowest common
>>> demoninator.
>>>       
>> Just be aware that there are lots and lots of hostile IP's. I'm not sure
>> XML is the proper format to deliver those since that data file would
>> balloon quite drastically :)
>>
>> -Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> It is said that the Internet is a public utility. As such, it is best
>> compared to a sewer. A big, fat pipe with a bunch of crap sloshing
>> against your ports.
>>
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