Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:07:05 +0200 | From | Joseph <> | Subject | Re: A few questions... |
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This is an idea I have had before; I ran with it farther, though. I lack yet the knowledge to implement it (or even know if it is really feasible.
Actually, it is a thought provoking idea. Why stop at URLs, though? I would see it being kind of useful in the Microsoft-ish direction of internet-integration. Create a "filesystem" which performs anonymous (or not; don't know much about filesystems yet) FTP, HTTP fetches, etc. Imagine getting news by simply cat'ing /net/http/www.cnn.com. Or grabbing a file of yours on another system (say serv1.moo.edu) by cp /net/ftp/serv1.moo.edu/the/file/is/here/file.txt file.txt The user/admin can choose to use the "filesystem" or not by mounting it or not or deselecting it in his/her kernel config, to add some choice in the matter and for a modicum of security. Organize the filesystem by protocol at the top layer, and use different controls to change parameters (like ioctl, but I don't know if such controls exist for such things. Such a tool would make the filesystem able to do non-anonymous ftp and control some bits. It would be a huge challenge, though. I think it would be worth it, though.
-Joseph
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