p2pnet - rss feed: More help needed with Rodi
p2pnet.net News:- Rodi is a tiny (under 300K of binary code) p2p client/host implemented in pure Java to, "serve the filesharing community with fast data delivery and serve the Open Source community by facilitating faster software deployment”.
One day it may be used to stream television channels or make encrypted Net phone calls. But for the moment, its main use is to allow you to share files securely.
p2pnet asked Arkady (aka Larytet) where things are at.
He and Joseph Farthing over at Methlabs could use a little help and, “The following is the result of my and JFM (mostly of Joseph) efforts,” he told us.
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The basic elements of Rodi are already working, although security elements such as bouncing and spoofing are currently not implemented into the GUI. It would already be perfectly possible to use Rodi to share a huge (10GiB+) file with a friend, and we would like to actively encourage you to try this process so
that you can get an idea about where Rodi currently stands on speed and reliability.
To do this you can use a Rodi hash file, a simple XML document that works a lot like a torrent, to distribute the file over Rodi. This process is automated at http://larytet.sourceforge.net/betaTesting/oneClickDownload/downloadFormPersonal.php and should be quite simple to follow.
Once you’ve done this you can point people to a special Java applet to download the file easily. The applet was created to make file transfer for testing purposes easier, and through the sharing of a Linux distribution we were able to find some bugs in the system.
The exciting difference in this process is that the process described above required no tracker to be available. This makes distributing files cheap and easy, and removes the biggest point of failure from the traditional Bittorrent network.
But there is still a lot to be done with Rodi, including the GUI implementation of bouncing, spoofing and encryption technologies.
Currently data transfer is similar to RBUDP, a system designed for high powered networks, but it is probable that the system will be made more like GTP, a protocol designed for next-generation networks such as Internet2. It also addresses the problems found in multi-source downloads directly.
In many ways Rodi is designed to account for the future as much as the present. We shall make Rodi scalable to any situation and be utilised for almost any realistic purpose where security and freedom of information is positive.
Along these lines, the UDP-based transport in Rodi will allow it to be used in different purposes, such as the streaming of audio and video.
There is still a lot to be done, but progress is being made. If you want to help with the project, please contact us at the Rodi development forum at http://methlabs.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=164. If you want to give anonymous feedback, visit: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=339743.
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Rodi - Rodi on the front burner, p2pnet, June 1, 2005
