On 6/18/06, Colin Davis <Colin at sq7.org> wrote: > I want to create this for several projects that I'm thinking about > internally, and I figured it might be useful to other people as well. > > > I understand that you're busy, that's why I figured writing a bridge > from Java to the TMCI would be helpful. I'm not asking you to do it- > I'm trying to figure out the best way for ME to - I want to be clear > on that point ;) > > I just figured some other people might find it useful. > > > > > > > > One- If could export the peer list to Java easily, I could keep > track of how often a particular peer is connected, versus backed off, > or the like. This would allow me to create a Peer rating, similar to > the Seti ratings. Then I could see which peers were often around, > which weren't/
I think the devs might like a patch to do this if you want to write it. > > Two- I run a DYNDNS client on my home PC, but it doesn't work very > well. When I want to use terminal services to connect to it, I find > that the IP associated with the hostname is often wrong. That said, > It does run a freenet node, and so does my server. The IP address > that my server has for my home node (determined via ARK) is /better/ > than the DYNDNS address. > Using TMCI, I can get this address, so I can connect to my home > machine... I realized that I could expand this concept- I could allow > anyone who wanted to to register with me, and I'd track their IP > address, as long as their node was connected. > > Three- When you say Node Autoloader, I'm not sure you understand what > I'm doing... I'm not dealing with SinnerG style autoloaders. > I want to add a noderef to my own node, via a PHP script. Right > now, the best way to do this is via a curl request to fproxy... > That's insane! As you've pointed out, fproxy isn't a stable > interface. I've had to modify the script every few days to continue > to have it work.. > All I'm trying to do is to add a noderef to my OWN node.. I would > hope that that wouldn't be so tough ;) > > Four- I'd like to use the noderef data to script my node to > automatically remove nodes that haven't connected in a week.. I don't > want to have people that have given up on Freenet wasting resources. > I'm doing that manually now, but I'm happy to script it using Java/ > TMCI... > > > Again, I'm just working on some personal projects, but I thought it > might be useful to other people.. Before I got started, I thought it > best to make sure no one else was doing it. I think you can be sure noone else is doing it, at least not any of the devs. > > I know my reasons probably aren't the best ones for exciting > developers, but I'm trying to build things on freenet... And these > are the tools I need to build them.. I can't do it via my primary > choice, which is a Library... So I'm falling back to doing it via > TMCI, and writing a wrapper lib around that... > If that fails, I'll probably write a lib around HTTP scraping, the > way I'm doing it now... > > I know it's messy, but unless you tell me that what I'm doing is > hurting freenet, I'd rather keep going. > If you think I'm hurting the network, I'm willing to discuss it, and > ensure I'm not doing further damage. > > -Colin > > > > On Jun 18, 2006, at 4:07 AM, Lars Juel Nielsen wrote: > > > On 6/18/06, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) > > <nextgens at freenetproject.org> wrote: > >> * Colin Davis <colin at sq7.org> [2006-06-18 02:27:29]: > >> > >> > I'm considering starting a project to create a new library, but > >> > wanted to make sure no one else was doing it first. > >> > > >> > Currently, there exist a number of options that exist via TMCI, but > >> > not via FCP. Examples include getting a list of connected nodes, > >> > adding peers, etc.. > >> > > >> > I'm interesting in creating a new library which emulated these > >> > functions in Java, by connecting to the TMCI server, and then > >> > formatting them, and returning them. > >> > > >> > For example, I could (pseudo code follows) > >> > > >> > Node = new connection(127.0.0.1,2323); > >> > Array NodeNames[] = Node.getListOfPeers(NodeName); > >> > Array IPAddresses[] = Node.getListOfPeers(IP); > >> > > >> > Node.AddConnection(URL, "http://ubernode.org/ref/ref.txt";); > >> > Node.DeleteConnection(NodeName, "sanity-darknet"); > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > etc... > >> > > >> > > >> > Is anyone working on this presently? Is there any reason I > >> shouldn't? > >> > > >> > >> It should be done in FCP, we all agree on that, including toad. The > >> thing is we don't want to ease the development of references auto- > >> adder > >> so the priority of the task 'implementing the FCP feature of exposing > >> the peer list through FCP' is low. > >> > >> Exposing the configuration framework through FCP is also > >> planned ... If > >> you want us^toad to raise the priority of that task, find good > >> arguments, keeping in mind that anything with 'auto-adder' in the > >> name > >> won't please developpers. > >> > >> Developping YetAnotherLayer/Library isn't a good idea imho > >> > >> NextGen$ > >> > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > >> > >> iD8DBQFElQhvU/Z/dHFfxtcRAlqKAKD9ilmqsL9Qo+iTuee9w8/59160ZACgyNgh > >> 4XQ1sqlQriHDzyyDZ38gf6g= > >> =fL56 > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Devl mailing list > >> Devl at freenetproject.org > >> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > >> > >> > > > > Not to mention that the TMCI interface won't be there forever. > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl at freenetproject.org > > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
