[bind10-dev] control channels

[Shane Kerr]

Francis,

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:10 +0000, Francis Dupont wrote:
> Control channels aka libcc relies on a local (aka PF_UNIX) socket.
> IMHO this is mainly because this implies local communications only
> so no "remote" security issue.

> I suggest the same design for lib/cc, i.e., use more than asio::local.
> As it is critical for Windows support, IMHO this should get a high
> priority. BTW it is pretty easy to do, the main issue is to choose
> a port number (I use 1015, i.e., 0x0a0f, for AFTR. The fact it is
> privileged is not a feature, the AFTR daemon must be run as root
> for other reasons).

We're probably going to replace the msgq and replace it with something
that we didn't write:

http://bind10.isc.org/ticket/765

Hopefully we'll have time for this investigation in the current sprint,
if not we definitely will in the next one.

--
Shane