rpc server

[Eric Schwartz]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:01:02PM -0500, gnucash-user-request@lists.gnumatic.com wrote:
> I think the point is that a layer of abstraction is good. When
> a new feature arrives, one gets it 'for free' -- e.g. XML-RPC,
> or SecureRPC (??) (an effort to add ssl-like support (?)).  
> I'd rather deal with generic solutions maintained at karge, than 
> to try to reinvent the wheel inside gnucash.

There are already free SSL libraries-- check out FreeS/WAN for a free
IPSec implementation.  However, there may be issues with people inside
the US working on it; if there are any people working on gnucash from
Europe or Asia, that would probably be best.
 
> > The concept of a multi-user gnucash is definitely an interesting one.
> > However, if you want real security, you really ought to consider including some
> > public-key-encryption mechanism for both authentication and for
> > conducting transactions.  
> 
> I vaguely heard of SSL-based postgres wrappers....

>From what I've seen, this is done using ssh, which might be a better
approach for gnucash (simpler, anyhow).  Use ssh, as someone said, as
a command-line wrapper for SSL, and have the remote host fire off commands
on the gnucash host that communicate with the main process via unix domain
sockets.

-=Eric