Re: Netscape and Pilotmgr

["H. Todd Chapman" <htchapma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest that you avoid any legal issues that arise from reading the
specs in the manual. At our workplace we use a product called Russell
Calendar Manager, which only has a Windows client. I have been using the
Windows client in conjunction with tcpdump to write my own client side API
in Perl. Eventually this work will lead to a Pilot conduit.

Using tcpdump wasn't that hard. I wrote a Perl program that showed me the
hex dumps with ASCII conversions, side by side. I learned alot about how
the product works and found some interesting security holes.

-Todd

On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Martin von Weissenberg wrote:

> Frank,
> 
> I just called our computer department and asked for the OpenTime
> administrator.  Having got him on the line, he told me that the full
> specs of this client-server communication can be found in the OpenTime
> manual and what more, he promised to find and deliver the manual
> tomorrow.  It may be available in electronic form too.  Despite what
> people say of computer administrators, I'm actually inclined to believe
> that this manual will be on my desk on Monday morning. :-)
> 
> Let's just hope the stuff isn't too hairy.  It may be illegal to copy
> and publish the information it contains, but I could perhaps compile a
> summary or something.  Opening a socket to the server will probably be
> much easier than syncing with OpenTime's local copy of the agenda.  I'm
> going to see what I can do with the information and will probably base
> the work on SyncCM.  The new conduit could be called SyncCST or
> something.
> 
> I think I'll skip the metaconduit idea for a while (not to say that
> other people aren't welcome to work on it).  The idea is neat, but I'm
> too shaky on object-oriented Perl.  Could someone please provide
> pointers to online tutorials or a good book?
> 
> --Martin
> 
> Martin von Weissenberg     <http://www.hut.fi/~mweissen>
> ABILENE, adj.: Descriptive of the pleasing coolness on the reverse side of
> the pillow. (DA)
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