Subj : Questions about sockets
To   : All
From : Rich Lawrence
Date : Wed Dec 07 2016 10:42:00

Howde all!

So I am working on a CNet BBS clone written in Python, and I have a question
about sockets..

*I know from some of the online tutorials that I have watched, that you can
allow a number of connections. But in the instance of a BBS with say 5 nodes,
so 5 telnet connections, which connection is for which node? Os there a way
to specify that connection 1 is for node 1, and so on? 

*Zmodem file transfers. With some of the test code I wrote, I was using a
telnet server that someone else wrote, and it is in C++ i believe, so I can't
follow it to well. But it allowed me to transfer files with ZModem just like
any other BBS. How would I accommodate a file transfer like that? Would a
basic socket connection be able to just work? Or would I have to do something
else to make it usable? 

I am aware I may not have expressed myself clearly, as I'm still new to the
whole thing with Python. But to me it seems very easy to pick up and learn.
Just understanding is the main problem I have.. LOL

Thanks!

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