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hmmmm "Paul Barry" <paul.barry@itcarlow.ie> wrote in message news:3EDCCA55.5090602@itcarlow.ie... > > Hi all! > > Ok - swallows hard - here goes. > > I've spent the last little while working on a new mobile agent system > for Perl. Called "Scooby", it provides for reliable and secure > (authenticated and encrypted) transportation of "strongish" mobile > agents from computer to computer. For more details, please visit the > Scooby website at: > > http://glasnost.itcarlow.ie/~scooby/ > > and read the Installation/Configuration instructions, in addition to > "The Scooby Guide", which is a programmers guide for mobile agent > writers (available as a PDF). The software can also be downloaded from > here (it will be added to CPAN soon). > > Note that Scooby has some heavy module requirements (mainly brought > about by the use of the Crypt::RSA module, which has LOADS of prereqs). > You will also need to have MySQL running to support the Key Server. > At the moment, it ONLY works with 5.6.1 of Perl, as anything else has > given me problems. (My 5.8.0 installation of Perl has problems with > Crypt::RSA, unfortunately). > > At the moment, I'd classify the maturity of this code as "beta". > > Have fun! And, of course, let me know what you think. > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Barry, Institute of Technology, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Ireland. > E-mail: paul.barry@itcarlow.ie Telephone: +353+59+9170400. > Book: "Programming the Network with Perl", Wiley, 2002. > Book Website: http://glasnost.itcarlow.ie/~pnb/index.html > Personal Website: http://glasnost.itcarlow.ie/~barryp/index.html > >Thread Previous | Thread Next