BIND 10 #765: Investigate alternatives to MSGQ

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#765: Investigate alternatives to MSGQ
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           Reporter:  stephen        |                      Owner:
               Type:  task           |                     Status:  new
           Priority:  major          |                  Milestone:  Year 3
          Component:  msgq           |  Task Backlog
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 Any package meeting the requirements (below) is a possibilities. Ones that
 may be worth considering are rabbitmq, boost::msgq, and dbus.

 '''Requirements'''
 - We have to be able to secure if it uses other computers.
 - Nice: Cross-machine
 - Compatible license (not GPL)
 - Nice: send file descriptors
 - Nice: minimize dependencies
 - Nice: Client-side in Python and C++
 - Nice: Not have to declare types before sending
 - Nice: high-performance
 - Point-to-point and group communication (including no listeners)
 - Separate instances (to run multiple BIND 10 in parallel)
 - Multiple OS support
 - Nice: unit-tests for the code itself
 - Nice: mock test support

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