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Re: [PATCH v2] doc: Define a standard URI syntax for NBD URIs.



On 5/28/19 5:35 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Differences since v1:
> 
> - Make clear that we defer all questions about the NBD protocol
>   or how it works to the NBD protocol document.
> 
> - Make clear that the userinfo field is only needed for TLS
>   (not for NBD itself).
> 
> - `socket` parameter is still required, because I'm unhappy about
>   a client opening a local file if no socket is specified (it's
>   far more likely to be an error and opening a local file could
>   raise security concerns).
> 
> - Add various tls parameters.  The most controversial(?) aspect of
>   this is that I've gone with qemu-style certificates directory.

And that's the part that is not yet implemented in libnbd 0.1.2.

> 
> - Document how clients which do not support TLS should behave.
> 
> - Document that Unix domain sockets may begin with an ASCII NUL
>   character on some platforms.
> 


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