Notes on the implementation of RFC 2617

[mdlbear]

It's been a busy couple of days at work: talks with, and demos for, some high-level visitors from Europe and Canada, plus a patent review meeting this afternoon. So I find it kind of amusing that I've probably gotten more actual programming done than usual.

In this case, it was an implementation of HTTP digest authorization from RFC 2617, in my little Java mini-server that's being used for $secret_project. Took me less time to actually write the code than it did to read and understand the RFC.

On the other hand, it took me about an hour to figure out why the chaoswolf's new computer couldn't connect to the internal network. Typed in the wrong IP address, of course; I had it in the DMZ. Dumb bear.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

There's a reason I tend to use DHCP on internal networks, even when I want them to have static IP's. Set up the new compooper from the server, and then just plug'n'play. (I haven't resorted to LDAP yet; not big enough.)

[aerowolf.livejournal.com]

Have you resorted to having them netboot for installation? :)

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Not yet, but only because Ubuntu makes it so easy to (a) stick a CD in a drive and come up with something usable without too many questions and (b) it's so easy to add on what you want to add on once it's up and on the network. That and nowadays (c) the network here is wireless and encrypted, and support for same is dicey at best on initial install.

[mdlbear]

I initially had problems with the printer, which I thought were due to being on the wrong subnet from DHCP. Turned out it was actually the fact that Windows disables ICMP redirect by default. Idiots!