Seems like our share a great deal both technologically and ideologically. Roberto's work at YouServ certainly influenced our thinking in terms of using browser and straight HTTP servers, and we're also leveraging open source projects like Jetty.
I'll be sending out updates to this list shortly as well. Might be interesting to share some code in the future.
Best of Luck!
-Adam
On 5/9/06, Ash Maurya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi David -
This is Java app built over the WiredReach Platform (http://
www.wiredreach.org) which in turn is built over several open source
technologies: Eclipse, JXTA, Smack, Jena, Jetty, etc.
Our goal really is to bring p2p like functionality to people that
either cannot use p2p in their networks (IT depts), or are scared of
it (negative press). We figured that by taking a p2pweb approach we
eliminate half the battle. In addition to email and webserver
functionality, the central servers also provide user authentication,
discovery and p2pweb gateway functionality - serving effectively as a
central rendezvous service that can resolve a web url to one or
machine endpoints.
DHT is used to connect peers already in JXTA and we additionally plan
on using it to locate content in the network. There is currently a
limitation that requires a user's machine to be online to serve up a
file. We would like to treat all content as first level objects in
the network and allow them to be served from one or machines either
owned or leased by the user and/or his contacts.
Would love to hear any other feedback/questions you may have...
Cheers,
Ash
On May 9, 2006, at 12:28 AM, David Barrett wrote:
> Looks very cool! Can you give a quick overview of how it works?
>
> I see you have Mac, Win, and (soon) Linux ports. Are you using
> Java, or
> what language?
>
> You have some servers in place, clearly, to send out emails and
> manage the
> webserver. Do you use these servers as a central rendezvous
> service, or do
> you have some DHT to connect peers?
>
> What other neat things are going on under the hood?
>
> -david
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:p2p-hackers-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
>> Behalf Of Ash Maurya
>> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 7:10 AM
>> To: Peer-to-peer development.
>> Subject: [p2p-hackers] Introducing BoxCloud
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wanted to share a new service we just launched called BoxCloud: A
>> dead simple way to share files with people you know.
>>
>> The part we are really excited about is the ability to share files
>> with others right from your desktop but have them view them over a
>> browser - with no additional software required. We strongly believe
>> blurring the boundaries between the desktop and the web (User Centric
>> Web or P2PWeb) needs to happen and creates more interesting
>> opportunities for mash-ups. Head on over to http://www.boxcloud.com
>> if you are interested...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ash
>> ---
>> Founder, WiredReach
>> company: http://www.wiredreach.com
>> weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com
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