What does it take to run a directory server?

[Nokia]

Is there one for linux, or does priitk's one run reliably in WINE?

 

I remember that if the directory server went down for a short period the zones stop updating themselves to it. is that true? or just my imagination

I could definitely run one, I got a static IP and all that good stuff. my server doesnt go down much. but sometimes the line kind of ASSS up. it comes and goes though, I could be on for a month without any glitch and then one day it will run like !@#$%^&*, constantly reconnecting and that. I havnt been following the development of directory servers the past few years hehe

Edited March 9, 2007 by Nokia

[Hakaku]

There are currently two functional directory servers, playsubspace.com and sscentral.sscuservers.net . The second being run by Priitk / SSCouncil, and the first is independantly run by Doc Flabby (using a modified version of Catid's biller, running off a Linux server).

 

The problem with running a biller such as priitk's, is that it requires all zones to add the directory to their server.ini and Priitk's is closed-source. Or by running other ones such as Catid's (if I'm correct), they can also get information from a second directory. But if that second directory goes down, all the zones listed on yours will go down too unless they have you on their server.ini .

 

Anyway, hope this was helpful. But you should talk to Doc Flabby for more info.