Re: Re: Using the DHT to find download sources

Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> 5) Searching for specific users (which could be used in decentral contact-list 
> functions, for example instant messaging). 

Yes - I'd like to be able to find out my friends' current addresses if
they're ultrapeers, or the addresses of their ultrapeers if they're
leaves. Connecting to the same ultrapeers as my friends (and their
friends) might allow me to find interesting files in fewer hops, which
is good for two reasons: less bandwidth used, and fewer non-friends
(potential spammers) reached by the query.

Cheers,
Michael