Jim,

> When a connect string is passed to the remote provider, the remote
> interface calls each protocol handler in turn to analyze the connect
> string and determine whether it should/can make a connection to a
> corresponding server...

Why would a special identifier be required for XNet?

XNet is intended to replace the existing local connection logic, which
doesn't require any special string.


How would a traditional local connection string be defined in the conf
file?

> ... does this seem like a good idea?

Not at first glance. It seems unnecessary.


Sean