I think the requirements (distributed, p2p) are covered by the wave protocol http://www.waveprotocol.org/draft-protocol-spec as proposed by Google Wave.
I am excited by what Google Wave promises. Perhaps it's time to start work on a web2py implementation. HC On Jul 21, 7:13 pm, Francisco Gama <francisco....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
