Re: [NTLK] Useless(?) update function

From: Paul Guyot (pguyot_at_kallisys.net)
Date: Fri Dec 27 2002 - 18:01:29 EST


À (At) 17:38 -0500 26/12/02, Victor Rehorst écrivait (wrote) :
> > One might hypothesize that it was merely a derivative of NPI,
>where you set it
>> up with a modem, specified a package to install, and any Newt that called in
>> was automatically sent the package (in this case a system update).
>
>It would be strange that it wasn't integrated into the Dock/Connection app
>instead then. IMHO this is where all DIL-related connections occur.

I thought like you until I had a look. Apparently, it uses a
different protocol, although I'm not entirely sure.

As far as bootstrapping is concerned, I think it would be easier to
write a Dock-modem compatible server.

Paul

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