[dcc2] Multi file sends

[Phoenix Fyrestar]

I suggested binary merely because I thought it might be easier to parse.
The main point was that it might be effective to include the relevant
information with the file itself instead of generating and sending a
separate file.

On 4/26/04 8:05 PM, "Tom McAlee" <tom at klient.com> wrote:

> I'm not a fan of XMLifying everything, although this does seem to be an
> appropriate use of it.  Like others have said, even without XML libraries it
> wouldn't be much more effort than parsing a tokenized string.  For those who
> have and/or already use XML libraries, it will fit right in.
> 
> Somebody else brought up the possibility of writing binary data at the
> beginning of the file.  I'm not so sure about that idea.  Given the
> skepticism thats already out there concerning DCC2's security, an open XML
> format that is easily readable by anyone is probably preferable.  People are
> more comfortable with something when it is not obscured.
>