conserver/TODO

				TODO
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Warning to those who aren't me: this is an unorganized list of things
that might be classified as bugs, improvements, random thoughts or
suggestions.  Hopefully it will get cleaned up over time (yeah,
right!).

Bryan Stansell

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- Telnet protocol should be improved
    - Not even RFC 854 compliant
    - Option negotiation ignored - should we negotiate anything?
    - Others?

- better shadow file support
    - what does this mean?  i've forgotten.

- syslog?
    Daniel E. Singer <des@cs.duke.edu> would like to see it - especially
    in regards to --use-libwrap code

- alternate (md5) password encryption support in conserver.passwd
    - actually happens if the crypt() call supports it, like under linux
    - hpux has bigcrypt() also, which we support, so maybe we're covered

- config file examples for various configurations

- per-line timestamps
    - only when not connected?

- pipe input/output (console <-> program) via 'console'
    - some apps (net-ups thing, gdb) might need to talk to user

- autologout?  setting per console?  gack, would have to interpret data.

- "listen" capability (watch all/multiple consoles)

- send data to multiple consoles (carbon copy) -
    Steve Lammert <slammert@panasas.com>

- authentication to terminal servers (ssh, passphrase, whatever)
    - ssh should probably just be handled by invoking the ssh command.
      so, that's really already covered, no?
    - passphrase...hmmm..could really use some sort of send/expect
      thing here.  you could write a wrapper script of sorts, but it
      really would be nice to have a raw socket and do the right thing.

- cyclades ts1000/2000 port : "Moses, Joel" <jmoses@deloitte.com>

- config file for client (list of masters, for example)

- strftime() idea for logfile names : Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>

- 9600baud log replay?

- server -M flag should accept multiple addresses (comma separated)
    - should client as well?

- logfile rotation based on size

- automatic log rotation in general : Egan Ford <egan@us.ibm.com>

- website docs on serial port configs
    - PCs (solaris x86, linux, *bsd, etc)
    - lilo
    - bios support

- suggestions by Trevor Fiatal <trevor@seven.com>
    - include server hostname on 'console -x' output

- ability to configure strings to be sent to a console periodically :
  Greg A. Woods <woods@planix.com>

- show attach/detach events to/of spy console clients : Greg A. Woods
  <woods@planix.com>

- redefine client escape sequence in conserver.cf : Toby Gerhart
  <toby.gerhart@eds.com>

- send a string when connected to a console, so you can set the
  xterm title, for example : Richard Threadgill <richardt@tellme.com>

- allows for very long replays (hundres of lines) : John Stoffel
  <stoffel@lucent.com>

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