X-Git-Url: https://code.citadel.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=webcit-ng%2FREADME.txt;h=82c0a93cc9ccee97cbf6a43dc09c8ee98142f78c;hb=HEAD;hp=435df81a1bd315b1d6ebdbfa8bce48c07b084aa9;hpb=3233523d9abe658ca1d9e63ce41a732aff1de214;p=citadel.git diff --git a/webcit-ng/README.txt b/webcit-ng/README.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 435df81a1..000000000 --- a/webcit-ng/README.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ - - -This is WebCit-NG, a complete refactoring of the WebCit server that will -focus on "REST first" and build around that. The code will be well -layered with as little spaghetti as possible. - -Please don't mess with this yet. I'm only pushing it upstream so it gets -backed up. - - -DESIGN GOALS: -------------- - -* Hold as little state as possible - -* Require NO cleanup. Killing the process lets the OS reclaim all resources. - -* As much as possible, resources should be freed by just coming back down the stack. - -* Readability of the code is more important than shaving off a few CPU cycles. - -* Throw sensitive data such as passwords back and forth in clear text. - If you want privacy, encrypt the whole session. Anything else is false security. - - - - -REST format URIs will generally take the form of: - - /ctdl/objectClass/[container/]object[/operation] - -We are using: - -* libcitadel for information about the Citadel server, some string handling, and the JSON encoder -* Expat for DAV handling -* OpenSSL for TLS