Re: Re: Using the DHT to find download sources

Am Dienstag 22 Juli 2008 21:22:01 schrieb pwang708:
> > > 2) publishing and searching push-proxies, alt-locs, and magnet links.
> > > 3) serving as distributed tracker for bittorrent enabled clients. A
> > > DHT can also be used to search torrent files.
> >
> > 4) Searching for files by hash. This might be implicitely part of 1) or 
> > 2) ,but I think it's important enough to deserve to be mentioned 
> > explicitely. 
> > 5) Searching for specific users (which could be used in decentral
> > contact-list functions, for example instant messaging). 

6) One more: Searching for file metadata by its hash. 

Is Kademlia efficient enough to allow for querying the network for "notes" on 
each result? 

That means: Could I just ask around to get notes like "is this spam" or "what 
do you want to say about this file"? 

That would allow for a stronger community effect. 

Maybe this could also be implemented in Gnutella (I'll post that idea in 
another mail).  

Best wishes, 
Arne

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