The whole node concept in Erlang assumes that the nodes are secure.. always. There are roundabout methods floating on how to solve this problem but no real Erlang node solution.
I am in the process of building nodes between Java and Erlang but have the problem of security. Now I am faced with ssl over tcp/udp. I don't want to write my own protocol (disregarding the application level protocol) if I don't have to.
Can I use jInterface to parse terms to & from an Erlang tcp/udp server if I use binary_to_term & term_to_binary on the Erlang side?
Of course you can use the library to decode terms. By the way there exist BERT (Binary ERlang Term) that you may use for communication.