Query player names

I can't think if an easier way apart from using reddis maybe. But what would be cool is if the connect server was able to authenticate a client that can only handle requests. Then you would be able to making something like an Apache Tomcat server that returns JSON objects from a query inside lilypad's network.

A separate client for only handling requests is something that would really increase the power of the messaging system. We can then implement some form of a "cloud" type solution which will allow offloading of non-craftbukkit processing to another server, or even passing non-server events to the server from other systems, e.g someone registering on a website. This could somewhat already be achieved with craftbukkit on a server no one connects to, however it is far too much of an overkill on cpu and memory. I started working on an implementation in NodeJS awhile ago, but haven't worked on it in quite some time. If others are interested, perhaps I'll pick up on it again.

Couldn't the client only be rolled as a proxy or as a minecraft server? Or doesn't it have to be rolled at all?