From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smtp.WPI.EDU (smtp.WPI.EDU [130.215.24.62]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5557D20F1224 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:29:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from coruscant.res.WPI.NET (nobody@coruscant.res.WPI.NET [130.215.231.34]) by smtp.WPI.EDU (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g3AGSoX1026170 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:28:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gnunet and Gentoo From: Chuck Haines To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <3CB35A73.247AA6C0@olliver.family.gen.nz> References: <3CB35A73.247AA6C0@olliver.family.gen.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 Date: 10 Apr 2002 12:28:20 -0500 Message-Id: <1018459700.5546.1.camel@coruscant> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 00145ade-39a3-4bfb-b4fb-21b159e59875 X-Archives-Hash: 5e4063ef2e3fb48acaa8093051b9ede2 I see only one problem with this. My college blocks all P2P file sharing clients are therefore this would prevent me from using Gentoo. This would not make me happy as Gentoo is the best distro I have found and I would like to continue using it. On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 16:17, Vik Olliver wrote: > Now that Gnunet has settled down: > > http://gecko.cs.purdue.edu/gnet/ > > Might it be possible to use Gnunet to distribute the source tarballs > among Gentoo installations? > > As most users will tend to have their tarballs stored locally and are > very likely to have a network connection, Gentoo is an ideal > distribution for P2P updating - provided that some trusted GPG signature > (or MD5 at a pinch) can be used to verify the integrity of the source. > > Implementing this system frees Gentoo and all its applications from the > burden and expense of having to maintain a central source repository > with high bandwidth, allowing the distribution to grow freely at its own > pace. Fixes will percolate through automatically, software that is > banned in backward parts of the world will come through via untraceable > routes, and the caching will ensure that the file requests are > distributed evenly. > > I regret that I am already fully comitted (possibly over-comitted) to > charitable projects already, but I believe this idea should be aired to > those willing and able to implement it. > > Regards, > > Vik Olliver > -- > /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /"\ > \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign One of The Olliver Family \ / > X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail http://olliver.family.gen.nz X > / \ - NO MSWord docs in e-mail Public PGP key available there / \ > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev -- --------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPI Class of 2005 | MSN: CyberGrex | | chaines@wpi.edu | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | --------------------------------------------- Geek by nature, Linux by choice.