* NextGen$ <nextgens at freenetproject.org> [2006-04-26 11:19:23]: > * Thomas King <king at t-king.de> [2006-04-26 13:04:33]: > > > > A few month ago, I was looking for a STUN library. During my search I > > > > found one STUN library. The library was a quick hack and unmaintained, > > > > so > > > > I decided to develop my own STUN library. > > > > There are a few UPnP-libraries out there. I think one of my SoC tasks > > > > should be to evaluate the different libraries. If a particular library > > > > is > > > > appropriate (regarding features, sourcecode quality, and license) I > > > > should add this library. If I cannot find an appropriate library > > > > (probably very unlikely) I should develop my own UPnP-library. > > > > > > Completely agree. As long as we get our (Google's) money's worth, I > > > don't mind if your main project happens more quickly than expected; you > > > can then work on other stuff. > > > > I see your concerns and hence I checked the SoC2005 website to see how much > > work have been done by other projects in 2005. For instance, there were two > > projects for gaim. One student implemented STUN/SIP/Simple and another > > studenten implemented UPnP for gaim. So, I guess it should be enough work > > for > > a Soc2006 project to add STUN/UPnP to freenet. > > However, could you please provide me a hint where I can find more > > information > > about ARKs. Probably I should consider implementing ARKs as well? I like > > the > > basic idea of ARKs, however, I think my understanding of ARKs is not deep > > enough to make a decision. > > imho Up&p and stun are useless without multi-homming support. > > Concerning STUN, in .5 we were using a dns root server to detect our external > IP > . That's what STUN will provide, right?. See > https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/branches/legacy/unstable/src/freenet/node/IPAddressDetector.java > and oldDetect().
It seems it was to detect the interface's ip address only though :/ /me is wondering why such a hack was mandatory > > And concerning UP&P ... you know my thought. > > NextGen$ > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >
