posted 18 years ago
That's high on my list right now because I haven't gotten into the books to look at how the client can call itself through the firewall. The normal use of this thing is async - one client broadcasts a message through the server to a subset of other clients matching some grouping criteria. Using the server to contact the client and report the results would be synchronous. That's not a problem even though it takes 30 or 60 seconds to fail, but it would be a new service. We also get some concern about bandwidth needs at logon from an offshore site. If it's the only way to do it, then so it goes.
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi