should rpctlssd be called rpc.tlssd?

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 13:00:33 +0200 (CEST)
Ronald Klop <ronald-lists at klop.ws> wrote:

>  Van: Rick Macklem <rmacklem at uoguelph.ca>
> Datum: dinsdag, 1 september 2020 04:37
> Aan: "freebsd-current at FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-current at FreeBSD.org>
> Onderwerp: should rpctlssd be called rpc.tlssd?
> > 
> > This sounds trivial, but I thought I'd ask, in case anyone
> > has a preference?
> > 
> > The NFS over TLS code includes two daemons, one for
> > the client and one for the server.
> > I have called them rpctlscd and rpctlssd.
> > 
> > There was/is a tradition in Sun RPC of putting a "." in
> > the names.
> > So, should I be calling these daemons:
> > rpc.tlscd and rpc.tlssd?  
> 
> I don't have an opinion about the rpc* vs rpc.* tradition.
> But what I do not understand is why the difference between 2 daemons
> is only reflected in 1 character of their names.  The rest of the
> name is actually not really significant in keeping them apart.
> 

I had the same reaction.  Maybe something like rpc.tlsclntd and rpc.tlsservd?

-- 
Gary Jennejohn