Fwd: Re: Hello?

Fred's a lawyer :) not a latency expert.

Lance

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Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:40 AM
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Subject: [iip-dev] Fwd: Re: Hello?


heh I know it was a rhetorical question, and that you know these answers
as well, but just for clarity:

> *distributed network of generic TCP proxying nodes

check.  [note that handling TCP proxying requires lossless delivery and
strict ordering, so applications running plain TCP proxies on top of
I2P will need to configure their routers for this mode of operation.
 UDP is handled directly with no specific I2P settings]

> *nodes implemented to provide a generic service to any TCP-aware 
> application (not optimized for email, http, ftp, IM, etc).

check.

> *nodes implemented to run on typical desktops (win, mac, nix) with

> minimum user involvement

check.

> *node default settings that respect user needs (bandwidth throttling,
 
> middleman mode, etc)

check.

> *nodes capable of running in "middleman mode" (relay only, no exit
to 
> TCP)

check.  [I2P itself is only "middleman mode" - exit proxies are
applications
and must be explicitly run]

> *distributed discovery mechanism (auto-updating node table?
distributed

> bootstrapping?)

check.  [DHT operating as I2P's network information system handles
announcements
and network integration.  more details forthcoming in the spec shortly]

> *encryption and camouflage for all traffic between relays (equal
packet

> sizes? chaffing? etc)

check.  [I2NP (network proto) does not require a specific set of
transports
for inter-router traffic, but they must secure the data from alteration
or viewing.  they may use chaffe, constant bit rates, message padding,
 proxies, as well as stego.]

> *nodes capable of basic NAT evasion (assuming most users will not know

> how to config firewalls)

check.  [again, I2NP leaves the transport layer open, so polling HTTP,
 tricky udp, email, and the like can be used to bridge across any
network
topology transparently]

Its interesting to notice that Fred's outline doesn't include latency
requirements.

-jrandom



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