-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm not saying we need to implement 1:1 now, but if this ping utility can give us a sense of how viable it is (ie. how long does it take for a message to reach a random location - and return to us), then it would be useful to know.
Ian. On 16 Jun 2006, at 10:12, Matthew Toseland wrote: > The problem is we don't want 1:1 messaging before we have pub/sub or > passive requests. But it may be useful as a network diagnostic tool... > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:08:53AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Well, before we remove it, I would be interested to know what we can >> learn from it. For example, what is the average ping time for a >> network location? This could help us to determine the viability of >> real-time messaging in Freenet. >> >> Ian. >> >> On 16 Jun 2006, at 09:19, Matthew Toseland wrote: >> >>> The node still includes routed ping support. This essentially is >>> a way >>> to ping a location. The ping is routed, within the limits of HTL. >>> It was >>> used for testing the code in quasi-simulation, and may still be >>> useful >>> for that purpose. The question is, should it be disabled on the main >>> network? It is not sufficiently reliable to be a useful >>> communication >>> mechanism, especially when you consider that it is directed to a >>> node location, not to a node identity... It might be possible to >>> ping >>> locations from the list captured for network size estimation, and >>> thereby estimate how many of them are still online. However, it is >>> unreliable, and spoofable. >>> >>> Is it a security risk? >>> -- >>> Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org >>> Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ >>> ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devl mailing list >>> Devl at freenetproject.org >>> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) >> >> iD8DBQFEkuWoQtgxRWSmsqwRAsNmAJ4u934Mg9mE5b2O4Vp9fPRpPt0beQCeOOVT >> flwcXf8Wms+yPIrgFhfoXtI= >> =vHQr >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Devl mailing list >> Devl at freenetproject.org >> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >> > > -- > Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEkujXQtgxRWSmsqwRAp5sAJ0ZD6nanU+JeBJO9G6iD5WQ1zMEAgCcC5NH ynAEiFosomj0VIhkHW5CCB4= =doju -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
