<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I wanted to make you the surprise but I think I have to announce it today.<br>
<br>
I'm thinking of an open source big brother hobbit client for months and started
to code it 2 month ago.<br>
<br>
The client is coded in C++ using the platform SDK, the visual C++ toolkit (free
edition of the compiler). I have written the program with the idea: "I want to
make it work without installing nothing more than a default Windows 2000 installation".<br>
<br>
It will work as a native service and it will not be a monolithic program as the
actual quest bbnt.<span style=""> </span>We are in 2006, I
think each program should have been written to take part of the plug in
architecture. So, the service is actually an engine loading native agent (dll).
So, the service loads the agents and it schedules their execution.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br>Of course,
one of my agent is called externals.dll and will be able to execute all existing
scripts that every one are using with the original bbnt. But, for the future, every
one will be able to develop native agents (using a small C++ api that I wrote).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">So, at
first, I'm working on externals agent and with important agents as cpu, disk
and memory (respectively: cpu.dll, disk.dll, memory.dll). For events, I'm
waiting to be able to implement the same thing that Henrik is making for the
unix agent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> About the
configuration, it is done thanks to the registry only for paths information,
and the configuration of the service and each agent is done with a nice XML
configuration file.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> About the
installer, it will be a native MSI written using the wix toolkit to be able to
deploy the package very easily. I'm working on it but for the moment, but my
concentration for the moment is really on the service and the agents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> Now, let's
talk about the project name:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> The
software is called bbwin (project already created on bbwin) I will try to post
the source soon after the preview release. (For the moment, I'm trying to find
a nice way to publish posts from my subversion repository to the cvs
sourceforge repository :) <span style=""> </span>) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br>There will
be 2 executables:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> Bbwin.Exe :
build as a native service</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> Bbwincmd.exe
: it is a simple command line client as bb.exe on unix, it is compiled with my
hobbit protocol C++ class implementing 95 % of the protocol. I posted a preview
on sourceforge : <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136450&package_id=149927&release_id=397674">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136450&package_id=149927&release_id=397674
</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br>About
compatibility, it should work well on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003
and also on Windows NT 4.0 SP 6. For 64 bits, I have no hardware to test for
the moment. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br>Also,
Henrik, you told us that you knew someone working on it. Would it be possible
for you to make me in contact with him ? May be we could work together. Even,
if for the moment, I don't have much of native agents, I think working together
could be cool and try to get the best of the 2 windows clients. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br>So please,
wait some days, I'm preparing a first preview so, you will be able to judge on
it. I will post a new message on the list on March 15<sup>th</sup> .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br>Last thing,
if you are going to renew your bbnt licence pack, I think you should wait some
time … <span style=""> </span>: )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <br> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Etienne (aka
sharpyy)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">From </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Paris</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><br></p><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/3/1, Rich Smrcina <<a href="mailto:rsmrcina@wi.rr.com">rsmrcina@wi.rr.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Yes, the BB windows client does work just fine. Word is that there is a<br>Hobbit windows client in development, which we are very eagerly waiting for.<br><br>Ralph Mitchell wrote:<br>> I would expect the Windows BB client to be able to report to Hobbit -
<br>> after all, the other various BB tests I've tried seem to work just<br>> fine. I've never used the Windows client, so I don't know if there'd<br>> be much advantage in re-inventing it.<br>><br>> Ralph Mitchell
<br>><br>><br>> On 3/1/06, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR <<a href="mailto:neil.camp@deca.mil">neil.camp@deca.mil</a>> wrote:<br>>> Question to all,<br>>><br>>> What would be the feasibility of building a windows client?
<br>>> Would you have to write it from scratch?<br>>> Could you potentially use cygwin dlls to assist?<br>>> Could you use the BB windows client?<br>>><br>>> I am curious, and would like to pursue this. I am not a coder especially
<br>>> for windows, but I would be willing to give it a try. I just need some<br>>> suggestions and input on what direction to go, and if there would be any<br>>> interest in a windows client. Thanks!<br>
>><br>>> --neil<br>>><br>>> ManTech<br>>> DeCA Operations Systems Administrator<br>>> (804) 734-8353<br>>> <a href="mailto:neil.camp@deca.mil">neil.camp@deca.mil</a><br>>><br>
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