Summer of code 2010 ideas

Jorge Villaseñor salinasv at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 13:21:32 EDT 2010


To get notifications about your proposal you must be subscribed to it.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Mark Doliner <mark at kingant.net> wrote:
> 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Devel mailing list
> Devel at pidgin.im
> http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
>



-- 
Y echas a andar por la ciudad, atraviesas un nuevo canal,
huyes del rojo y azul del neón, vas en busca de algo que huela distinto al amor.




More information about the Devel mailing list