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Split arguments based on windows/unix

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Today, we split arguments using [shell-words](https://github.com/tmiasko/shell-words) crate, but this only handles POSIX shell arguments. To support Windows, we need to implement an alternative split that we can use when we...

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Support manager plugins loaded at runtime

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The manager is our main entrypoint into connecting and translating protocols into the distant protocol that the client understands. Today, we expose talking to a distant server via `distant-core` and...

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Add support for server lifetime

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Terminates client/server after some period of time, regardless of active connections. Designed for security at work. Default should be 8 hours.

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Set unix socket permission prior to bind

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Tokio tracking issue: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/4422 Example of how to do this with `libc` and `socket2`: https://github.com/stackabletech/secret-operator/pull/26/files Neither `tokio` nor the std library supports this, which leaves a temporary moment where the...

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Right now, the way authentication works is that running `distant server listen` will generate a key that is used for XChaChaPoly1305 that is the same for all connections. This means...

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We haven't tested large messages such as writing a 1 GB file, so it isn't clear if the OS handles splitting up serialized data, or if we need to make...

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Implement pluggable retry logic at raw transport level

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Some types of retry to consider: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/retry EternalTerminal implemented a `BackedReader` and `BackedWriter`: https://eternalterminal.dev/howitworks/

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Support Github codespaces port forwarding (automatic)

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It seems like printing out "localhost:port" will trigger automatic port forwarding. When launching, if we have the server print that out or just have launch echo something out during ssh,...

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No such file or directory

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I downloaded the distant binary on the remote and put it on $PATH. Then ``` distant launch -i path/to/identity_file.pem -u user ec2-i-p-ad-dr.ap-south-1.compute.amazonaws.com ``` This commands exits 0. I can see...

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