On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Michael Holstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ISP's have been very clear that they regard their network maps as being > proprietary for many good reasons. The approach that P4P takes is to have an > intermediate server (which we call an iTracker) that processes the network > maps and provides abstracted guidance (lists of IP prefixes and percentages) > to the p2p networks that allows them to figure out which peers are near each > other. The iTracker can be run by the ISP or by a trusted third party, as the > ISP prefers. > > > > > > Won't this approach (using a ISP-managed intermediate) ultimately end up > being co-opted by the lawyers for the various industry "interest groups" > and thus be ignored by the p2p users? > > Cheers, > > Michael Holstein > Cleveland State University
This idea is what I am concerned about. Until the whole copyright mess gets sorted out, wouldn't these iTracker supernodes be a goldmine of logs for copyright lawyers? They would have a great deal of information about what exactly is being transferred, by whom and for how long. -Mike Gonnason _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog
