Summer of code 2010 ideas

[Mark Doliner]

Hi Ashish.  If any other information is needed one of the mentors
reviewing applications will leave a comment on your proposal (and I
believe you'll get an email about it).

Thanks!
--Mark

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:46 PM, ashish shubham <ashubham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> I submitted the Gsoc proposal regarding this same project, titled as "
> Implementation of File Listing & transfer by “Pull/Get” mechanism in Pidgin,
> using XEP – 0214(Jabber)". There were some notifications earlier but there
> has been no activity since the submission deadline closed.
>
> Please tell me if any further proposal details or clarifications are
> required.
>
> Thanks
> Ashish Shubham
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Mark Doliner <mark at kingant.net> wrote:
>>
>> It looks like XEP-0214 was deferred because of lack of activity.  So
>> implementing it wouldn't be terrible.
>>
>> Mentioning security topics that you're familiar with probably isn't a bad
>> idea.
>>
>> --Mark
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:08 PM, ashish shubham <ashubham at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Mark,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply.
>> >
>> > In reference to your concerns:
>> >
>> > XMPP XEP-0214 standard deals with file repository and sharing. But this
>> > protocol has been deferred by the standards foundation. And has not been
>> > superseeded by any. Can we still implement this protocol ?
>> >
>> > Also, I have done courses on Cryptography, Network security and
>> > Information
>> > & System security at my university, will mentioning these reflect upon
>> > my
>> > knowledge of cautious network programming ?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > Ashish Shubham.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mark Doliner <mark at kingant.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:16 AM, ashish shubham <ashubham at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > I am a student in India and I intend to apply for a google summer of
>> >> > code
>> >> > 2010 project with Pidgin. I wanted to share an idea of windows like
>> >> > file
>> >> > share integrated with the pidgin IM client for the Gtalk protocol.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have made a webpage detailing my proposal (as the limit here was
>> >> > 40KB
>> >> > :(
>> >> > ), please give ideas and suggestions to help me formalize as a good
>> >> > summer
>> >> > project.
>> >> >
>> >> > the link is :
>> >> > http://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/~ashishs/test.html
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > Ashish Shubham
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ashish.  I think that's a cool idea.  Older AIM clients used to
>> >> have something similar, right?  Called "get file" or something?  Newer
>> >> clients might have it, too.
>> >>
>> >> A few concerns:
>> >>
>> >> * "The file share information can be shared via the use of special
>> >> format text recognized by the pidgin client."
>> >>
>> >> I haven't spoken to other developers, but I suspect we would want this
>> >> functionality to use a more formal XMPP XEP (they may be one already)
>> >> rather than a specially formatted IM.  The XML nature of Jabber allows
>> >> for a lot of flexibility and custom add-ons--it probably doesn't make
>> >> sense to overload the meaning of IMs.
>> >>
>> >> * "Security may be built by putting a password for viewing the file
>> >> share."
>> >>
>> >> Maybe also restrict based on JID?
>> >>
>> >> * This code for this type of functionality has the potential to
>> >> contain REALLY horrible bugs.  For example, a buffer overflow that
>> >> allows an attacker skip authentication or access any file on your
>> >> system.  If you do submit a proposal for this, you may want to include
>> >> information about your knowledge of cautious network programming.
>> >>
>> >> --Mark
>> >
>> >
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