Re: GSoC nping possibility

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 03:57:36PM -0700, Paul M. Nguyen wrote:
> I am interested in continuing the work done on nping last year. Is anyone
> else looking into this?
>
> > From what I can gather initially, this is a fairly ambitious undertaking
> that relies on previous work and seeks to maintain cross-platform
> functionality. I am graduating with my undergraduate degree, and have taken
> senior networking and grid computing courses, as well as a survey of
> computer security, and had some practice coding in C# and Java for network
> applications - is this sufficient background to approach contributing to
> nping?

Yes, there has been some discussion about Nping for the Summer of Code
so far. It sounds like you have a good background in networking. Nping
is written in C++, and it creates packets at a lower level than the
usual networking APIs. But an understanding of frames, packets,
encapsulation, and things like that are helpful.

Something I (as a mentor) like to see in proposals is a link to source
code--a class or personal project. For me, anyway, it helps distinguish
applicants who otherwise have similar credentials.

David Fifield
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