On Jul 20, 3:58 am, Bottiger <bottig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This sounds very similar to RSS feeds and aggregators. It uses http/
> rpc to fetch news items and you can optionally mirror them on your
> server. You can then filter them with keywords.
>
> There are problems with this with regards to censorship.
>
> 1. XML is unencrypted. And easy to use deep packet inspection on
> (which I have learned participating in the Iran proxies).
XML/RPC support cryption.
> 2. HTTP is easily blocked on a port.
you can communicate with XML/RPC in any port.
> 3. It is easy for an organization to block access to the servers you
> are accessing. There is no distributed connection feature.
>
true
> Basically you would be reimplementing Freenet with RSS feeds.
>
> On Jul 18, 4:49 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Another killer app I would like to see it this:
>
> > A p2p news app.
>
> > Imagine installing web2py and an app that allows you to select
> > keywords of interest. the app connect to other apps of the same tipe
> > via xmlrpc fetches recent news items that match your interests and
> > serves them locally. You can block individual news and/or post more
> > news. Visitors can comment and vote. Comments stay local but upvotes/
> > downvotes affect propagation of the news. The layout could be
> > customizable.
>
> > I am very concerned about governments censoring information. This
> > system would create a worldwide news network without a central point
> > of failure. A particular item propagates as long as the readers find
> > it interesting.
>
> > Technically it is not so difficult to implement.
>
> > Any taker?
>
> > Massimo
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