Re: [MGSN-discussion] TNC?

[James C. <jw...@st...>]

Great questions...

> What kind of functionality will these central servers provide?

Initially, the will act as resource locators for the MGSN.  Ground
stations will register their services and users will be able to request GS
services from them.  We'll also use these servers to help manage user
profiles.  Users will login in to the MGSN servers, which in turn will
login to GS's as needed.  This will shield the ground stations from having
to worry about every user.  We've got a small description of this that I
will post online.

> Are these supposed to implement the registration and the VGS service?

Exactly!  Do you envision anything else?

> What is the status of these services? Are you finished, or is there
> somthing we could help with?

We have not implemented any of this yet.  So, yes, if you're willing, help
would be great.  I'm working on the GSML and service descriptions that the
MGSN servers will implement.  We also need to develop a web GUI, an access
server for software agents to use the services, and the database backend.
Does anything sound interesting to you?

I hope to get a description out in the next couple weeks.

--Jamie