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Sending data to other stations (all 4)

4:20am Wed 8th May, Christopher M.

ANONYMOUS wrote:

> What data are we actually allowed to send from station to station? > > If we start at StationA, can StationA send its UDP hostname and port to the neighboring stations so that overtime a list of visited stations can be built up? Or are we only allowed to send station names with no networking info along what so ever.

Stations can only communicate with their neighbours, using UDP and their port number provided on the command-line. A station is not permitted to know the hostname/port of any non-neighbouring station, so that information should not be sent over the network. You can send station names in your 'outgoing' queries, and station names will be returned in replies to those queries. I hope that's clear?