...Those connected peers need to have the same password in order to read the message.
The server is a multiplex and stand alone detached (no controlling terminal) process on the background that does nothing but to relay messages.
Bobcat Open Source Software is an umbrella project of a number of open-source software projects developed at Ohio University, including, among others, a distributed process management system, a meeting scheduling tool, and a performance evaluation tool.
REX: Remote EXecution Distributed Computing Services for Linux and Solaris,
providing C and C++ APIs, librex library and "rexd" daemon software to implement
Load Balancing Process Migration : Dump + Restore, Remote File and Resource Management.