[tahoe-dev] P2P file-sharing protocol ideas

[Thomas Dixon]

news.gmane.org wrote:
>>> This asks for a (more or less) talented GUI developer, not for yet
>>> another P2P protocol.
>>>   
>>>       
>> In a way, yes. It calls for a web interface in my opinion
>>     
>
> "web *user* interface" or "web *API* interface"?
>
>
>   
Think ThePirateBay.org.
>> Can the web be utilized for GNUnet
>> content discovery and distribution? (i.e. finding files, not just
>> webpages, etc)
>>     
>
> I'm not sure I understand this question.
> There are normal download URIs (gnunet://ecrs/chk/...) and also search
> URIs (e.g. "gnunet://ecrs/ksk/gpl+txt"; currently not exposed by any UI
> AFAIK).
>
> If you want to search for content through the web, that'd also be
> possible (GNU libmicrohttpd is a sister project of GNUnet and the GNUnet
> filesharing library should be flexible enough to service a web UI).
>
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>   
You understood the question fine. :)  I just think it's rather important
for current and future projects to have a web gateway (like
ThePirateBay/Mininova, not like OneSwarm) if they wish to flourish, but
that's only one (key, imo) part of the puzzle.
>> How large is the library providing core functionality? (e.g. content
>> discovery, obtaining content, publishing content)
>>     
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> Don't know, sorry.
> The source is available at
> 	https://gnunet.org/svn/GNUnet
> the client side filesharing stuff resides in
> 	applications/fs/fsui and ecrs
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>
>   
Thanks.
> Best,
>
> Nils Durner
>
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