Rich, yes by definition Peer to Peer connections and distributed networks don't require a central server.
However, if NAT is involved between 2 peers a TURN / STUN server is required to handle NAT traversal. As most endpoints are behind an ISP or company router/firewall with a private IP address a TURN / STUN server would almost always be required. But individuals.can run their own TURN / STUN servers at home and/or work. I'm not sure if OpenWRT has this functionality. I suspect it does. Jami also has an account management server which would be good and useful for large organizations. The Jami website has some pretty easy reading blog posts on all of the above topics.if you're so inclined. On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 5:24 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Nat Taylor wrote: > > > P2P FTW! (hopefully) > > Nat, > > If I correctly understand the web site both parties (or all parties) need > to > have the application installed; it's not hosted on a server somewhere. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
