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by arnetheduck
2003-02-24 05:07
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Keeping idle conncetions
Replies: 4
Views: 2796

Dunno, try? It was definately more than half a year I wrote that code...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-24 04:40
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Keeping idle conncetions
Replies: 4
Views: 2796

It can't (currently). I didn't consider this to be very important considering that bz lists seldom become larger than a few 100 k's...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-24 04:37
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: some ideas (not mine!) to discuss ...
Replies: 10
Views: 5669

Well, I've considered switching to xml for some time, it's quite easy to do, and then I could add whatever I want to the file listing without breaking old clients, the only thing that might concern me is that loading an xml file probably takes 3-4 times as long as the ones used now...that's without ...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-24 04:24
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: $UserIP
Replies: 37
Views: 18291

Anyway, the ip handling code needs to be updated to work on a per-hub basis (at least when nothing is entered in the ip field)...after that, I'll seriously consider the patch gmt sent me...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-21 05:59
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: DC++ and registered user are becoming a problem
Replies: 14
Views: 6996

alright, I'm considering adding h: (small h) that shows the number of regged, non-op hubs, and H works as before...all happy?


(although, I'm considering not to, just to piss off some of the people who've been sending me rude comments about dc++...=)
by arnetheduck
2003-02-19 09:01
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Rambus Ram Question
Replies: 3
Views: 2607

ECC = error correcting code if I remember things correctly...my guess is that there's about 10% extra memory on that chip that guards against errors...and therefore more expensive...most machines can probably do without is my guess...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-17 10:20
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Help file...
Replies: 5
Views: 3387

Help file...

Anyone keen on writing a help file? There was a guy who started one, but he apparently changed emails, because it bounced when I tried...
So, if anyone can find him or write a new one, I think a lot of users would be happy, and my mailbox / the help forum would be more interesting...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-17 09:27
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: Ok...time to start adding people...
Replies: 16
Views: 7840

ender wrote:You can get most of M$'s programs for free here if you're a student (Win2k/xp pro, server, adv. server, VS 6 & .NET enterprise, office...) worth checking out.
here?
by arnetheduck
2003-02-14 08:29
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 0.232
Replies: 82
Views: 38157

0.232

Ok, it's out, hope it's ok (no tests made at all...), I was in a hurry when releasing it due to the current political situation =)
by arnetheduck
2003-02-14 08:18
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: Ok...time to start adding people...
Replies: 16
Views: 7840

Well, an interesting topic, for me at least, is the divergent code base of DC++... It seems there are some nice features in various clients that aren't particularly controversial that would be nice if put back into the main client. (limited client-side chat colorizing [CZDC++], username tab complet...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-14 08:14
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: ZPoc?
Replies: 14
Views: 6993

Yes, I've seen it and I don't like it very much, but somewhere in that jungle you can find the sources and so on, so technically, I think they're abiding to the license...you're most welcome to have a closer look at it...(he actually asked in the beginning, but back then it didn't seem like such a l...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-12 13:01
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: Ok...time to start adding people...
Replies: 16
Views: 7840

What is it that is to be discussed here? Improvements for DC++? Great changes of the source code? Nasty discussions about modified clients (hehe)? The colour of the forums? The bathing habits of volkris, nonexistant or not (j/k) ? Oh, I'm not sure...=)...great changes is one good thing, as well as ...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-12 12:49
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: some screenshots of DCH++ ?
Replies: 9
Views: 11098

...and that unknown command is gone in 0.16 =) (the '|', or the empty command)
by arnetheduck
2003-02-12 12:47
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: some screenshots of DCH++ ?
Replies: 9
Views: 11098

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C:\Documents\VCProjects\dchpp\App>dchpp -console
Starting.,,.
DCH++ v0.16 running, press any key to exit...

Shutting down.,,,,.

C:\Documents\VCProjects\dchpp\App>
by arnetheduck
2003-02-12 12:37
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: Why only DCH++ ? What about other hub softs ?
Replies: 10
Views: 12599

have you thought about implementing perl scripting instead of (or aswell as) LUA? it's so much more powerful, and works great in open dc hub.. ? nope, maintaining one script language is enough for me...someone else might though, when / if I make the hub public... (powerful, but not very resource ef...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-12 12:34
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: some screenshots of DCH++ ?
Replies: 9
Views: 11098

Heh, well...I can tell someone to run it in a command prompt and take a shot =)...
Try it at dev.direct-connect.nu:1411...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-10 07:33
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: Ok...time to start adding people...
Replies: 16
Views: 7840

Hm, well...people with technical knowledge that do something to make dc++ better? Basically, if somebody does writes good posts for a while (s)he's qualified...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-10 06:28
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Getting sick of new download whole directory
Replies: 7
Views: 4205

I'm not sure I get the point...please make it more clear... =)
by arnetheduck
2003-02-10 06:06
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Upcoming: ZLib block compression
Replies: 14
Views: 9994

1) compression is not in the protocol (yet =) 2) I just had a look at zlib and saw that you can adjust compression ratio dynamically...so, what I'll probably do is compress a few blocks, if it compresses well, go on compressing, if not just pass through with 0 compression for a few megs, then perhap...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-10 05:52
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Problem with DC++ client <-> Client active protocol
Replies: 2
Views: 2179

Hm, this is (most probably) a problem with the dual cpu setup...try setting the dc++ affinity to one cpu and it should work...I don't have any clue as to why this happens, anyone with a multicpu machine is most welcome to look into the matter...it only happens to incoming connections though, so the ...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-07 11:24
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Strange search parameter
Replies: 10
Views: 5107

yes, this is a small flaw in the ip handling code in dc++, it uses the local ip of the last hub it connected to...I'll fix it "one fine day"....
by arnetheduck
2003-02-07 10:07
Forum: Programmer's Help
Topic: wtl resources
Replies: 3
Views: 2306

Try www.codeproject.com , they have a whole bunch of high quality windows tutorials, and a few on WTL as well...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-06 09:18
Forum: Developer's resort
Topic: Ok...time to start adding people...
Replies: 16
Views: 7840

Ok...time to start adding people...

Hm, this group has been here since the board started, i just haven't gotten around to actually add people...suggestions? I want people with brains...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-06 06:33
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: ZoneAlarm...
Replies: 8
Views: 4691

ZoneAlarm...

Anyone knows of a good way of detecting this one (code please, I really don't feel like polluting my computer with it...)? I'm thinking about putting up a big fat warning to get rid of (i suspect) 90% of the "corrupted file" problems...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-06 06:31
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: Beta testers...
Replies: 16
Views: 16493

Ok, enough testers for now (those of you that pm:ed me before now and haven't still received a pm will be added as soon as I have time...=)
by arnetheduck
2003-02-06 06:05
Forum: Programmer's Help
Topic: Programming failure
Replies: 4
Views: 2987

don't ask me...mine is 650...?
by arnetheduck
2003-02-06 06:02
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: A note on Optimized Search Algorithm, a different approach
Replies: 5
Views: 2983

Yes, I've been considering exact file size searches for a while as well (would be nice for the autosearch in particular...)...the problem is of course that all nmdc clients out there won't play along, resulting in less search results...btw, the search size sent now is always one off the real size (i...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-03 05:07
Forum: Programmer's Help
Topic: Trying to insert GetZ functionality in 0.181-codebase (VC6)
Replies: 5
Views: 3185

another good idea might be not to use the getzblock code at all...it's only a prototype...(ever thought about why I actually never add it to the $supports list?)

from ConnectionManager:

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		// This is disabled for now, as it's not finished yet...
		//		features.push_back("GetZBlock");
by arnetheduck
2003-02-01 08:58
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: Beta testers...
Replies: 16
Views: 16493

Beta testers...

Alright, the time has come for a few more beta testers, dch++ should be fairly stable by now... If you're interested, pm me with the mac (hardware) address of the network card in the computer running the hub (which has to be w2k or xp)...you can get it by opening a dos prompt and type "ipconfig /all...
by arnetheduck
2003-02-01 08:53
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: Active mode IP address verification
Replies: 8
Views: 7289

some people have a fixed hostname, while having a dynamic IP. DCH kicks ppl who send correct hostnames as well. the $UserIP function would fix it for the users with a dynamic IP, but not for cologic (and the UserIP would have to be implemented first) Uhm, you're not allowed to send the host name in...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-30 07:38
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Optimized search
Replies: 5
Views: 4029

Alright, added the search thing in a slightly different form...without the mask for each file, this takes quite a bit of memory if there are a lot of files....(since the map<string,int64> would have to be replaced by map<string,fileinfo>, fileinfo being a struct with more info...)...I hope this is e...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-30 06:43
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: Active mode IP address verification
Replies: 8
Views: 7289

Hm. Interesting. What it does is a nice little compare between the ip you're connected with and the ip seen in $search or $connect...unless you have two ip's assigned to the same machine, this should work pretty well, or have I missed something crucial? (or your client is sending strange ip:s...or y...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-30 06:37
Forum: Programmer's Help
Topic: Process priority of the VCSPAWN / CL / compile exe (VS 6.0)
Replies: 2
Views: 1783

Nice one =)
by arnetheduck
2003-01-30 06:35
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Encryption?
Replies: 78
Views: 91917

Well, it's security I'm after, and some fun implementing... As to SSL, I would use it if there was some small and nimble easy to use implementation, but all I find is openssl which is big, cumbersome and so on (hm...I actually used it once a few years ago =)... By public key system I meant the kind ...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-27 10:18
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Comments on QuickList please
Replies: 11
Views: 5784

Got only one problem though - but that is more a product of my own lazyness than anything :) Obviously if the hub supports QuickList I'm ok but then again, if it doesn't, I have to put in some sort of timer/etc to make sure I send $ValidateNick. Some hubs have EXTENDEDPROTOCOL in their Lock but don...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-26 08:56
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: DC++ and remote refresh command
Replies: 21
Views: 8123

Re: DC++ and remote refresh command

sarf wrote:(DC++ tries to automatically refresh the share every hour, but if the share hasn't been touched it won't do anything, and since DC++ does not trace the changes on the harddrive...).
I've always wondered why it didn't work...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-22 10:45
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: DCH++ in test
Replies: 36
Views: 23190

Ok, update; I did a fast and easy LUA script plugin, it was actually quite easy, so now there's lua script support as well...(also wrote a lua script that emulates parts of the ptokax lua scripting interface, easy as well...) friend1.myftp.org decided to abandon the test for now, as I don't have tim...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-22 08:41
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Optimized search
Replies: 5
Views: 4029

Heh, I got this as a mail as well a week ago, but I didn't have time to look into it, anyway, now it's here in the forums and that's good...(I even answered the mail now =)...anyway, this is the best researched patch / addition I've received so far (well, there's one more of this caliber that will s...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-16 04:41
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Hub-client protocol extension: $xKick
Replies: 17
Views: 9129

why bother? make a hub script that does it instead...and then add it as a user command...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-14 09:12
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: DCH++ in test
Replies: 36
Views: 23190

Well...it does compile in my virtualpc mandrake 9.0 (g++ 3.2) linux playground, and it even seems to be working (plugins and everything)...but I'm a programmer, not an linux script junkie, so anyone of those looking at my makefile would probably laugh and call me stupid (not that I care what that ki...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-13 11:22
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Limiting the range of Settings in SettingsManager
Replies: 1
Views: 1506

Sounds reasonable...as long as get is fast I'm happy...I'm definately not going to spend time on it though =)...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-09 09:52
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: DC Protocol HELP
Replies: 12
Views: 6421

[quote="aDe"] ... D>U: $Send| U>D: Data, in many chunks. D>U: $Send| <- when 40906 bytes are sent, ask for more what's this? never heard of any chunks, and dc++ certainly doesn't "$send" every 40906 bytes...that's the largest waste of time and resources I've ever seen? and it annoyed me to no end th...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-08 01:39
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: custom menu's available in search
Replies: 6
Views: 3578

Suggestion; Why can't a small band of moderators move interesting features to the tracker? Surely this would be much easier for us debating in forum, and at the same time, the tracker won't be as poluted with clueless input from many many users..... Sometimes I wonder if I wouldn't prefer a small b...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-06 12:23
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: sigs..
Replies: 6
Views: 3970

then you can start by removing the first one or making it 8 times smaller, there's nothing more annoying than a post that's 90% signature...put a http link to it instead, and a counter and you'll see how many are interested in your signature picture...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-05 20:01
Forum: Support
Topic: A few things to think about when (before) posting...
Replies: 0
Views: 24713

A few things to think about when (before) posting...

Well, to make these forums as nice as possible for everyone, make sure that: 1) You're not posting duplicates. Check the old posts, somebody might already have thought of what you're about to write... 2) You're not advertising hubs. There's a public hub list for those that want to know about new hub...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-05 19:56
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Some things to think about when (before) posting...
Replies: 10
Views: 16696

Some things to think about when (before) posting...

Well, to make these forums as nice as possible for everyone, make sure that: 1) You're not posting duplicates. Check the old posts, somebody might already have thought of what you're about to write... 2) You're not advertising hubs. There's a public hub list for those that want to know about new hub...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-05 17:57
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Upcoming: ZLib block compression
Replies: 14
Views: 9994

The main value comes from the adler32 that's included in the zlib compression (like crc32, but faster)...and I'll probably make some sort of dynamic control whether to compress or not...record which files compress well and which don't, or maybe even change compression level on the fly if it's not co...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-05 06:38
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: dchub:// url register
Replies: 14
Views: 7878

or open the settings and look through the advanced tab...and next time use the help forum for help...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-04 15:57
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: Encryption?
Replies: 78
Views: 91917

Encryption?

Here's another goodie I'm planning - client to client encryption...The way I see it it will be done the standard way, i e first a secret temporary key exchange using pk type encruption, and then using the secret key with a fast encryption algorithm to encrypt all data... My question is, does anyone ...
by arnetheduck
2003-01-04 10:58
Forum: DCH++ General
Topic: Why only DCH++ ? What about other hub softs ?
Replies: 10
Views: 12599

Obviously because this is my forum and I'm developing dch++...there's a general Hubs and scripts forum for those that want to talk about other hubs and scripts so... What I don't like about ptotax for example is that it's closed source...(i haven't found any sources anyway), but they're still using ...