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From: ssw@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Steve Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: idea for packet driver/desqview/telnet combo (idea number 2)
Message-ID: <1378@cica.cica.indiana.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 90 16:29:39 GMT
Organization: Center for Innov. Comp. Appl., Bloomington, IN
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My goal is to get the packet driver/NetWare/telnet combo to work with
Desqview/windows/WP office

What if (no, this is not an HP ad) the packet drivers were modified to do
following:

When the function access_type is called, the packet driver makes a
copy of the first 16 bytes of memory pointed to my receiver.  This
would be used as a signature for that receiver function.


When the receiver function was called by the packet driver and
when the packet driver copies the packet to the buffer, the packet
driver checked the receiver's signature.  If the signature is incorrect
the packet driver pauses, then checks again.

This idea begs the $64,000 questions; is it possible for the receiver code
to be swapped out between the time the packet driver checks the
signature and executes the receiver function (would disabling interrupts
help?).

Please let me know what you think,

Steven Wallace
Indiana University
wallaces@ucs.indiana.edu