On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:33 AM, Matthew Toseland <matt...@toselandcs.co.uk > wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:55:23PM +0200, Nitesh Bharadwaj wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Today is the pencils-down day for the GSOC 2013. I am really happy to > have > > been a part of this project. This is my first time at open-source and at > > development at a bigger scale. Sometimes, the thought that a lot of > people > > might actually use the android app really scares me, but it has also been > > an inspiration. > > :) I hope we can get it merged as soon as possible. > > You've posted a pull request for fred and for MDNSDiscovery. I haven't > looked at either yet. Maybe somebody else has. > > My immediate concern is it may not be safe to advertise - we don't want to > turn it on by default - so we want the Add a Friend page to offer to turn > it on, under some "Connect via your smartphone/Android" button or similar. > Also, can you indicate the app to load to the cellphone from a QR code on > the page? > There is an option to turn on and off in the config -> Mobile App. I'll try to put another on the add a friend page. I've thought of QR to download. The app needs to be deployed on a playstore or some webserver for it. Can it be on the freenetproject.org/downloads ? > > > > My project's goals were to develop an android application that can help > in > > easy and secure exchange of darknet node references and also to try an > > android port of freenet. The latter part has been dropped at a very > initial > > stage because of want of time. I have given a brief description of my > > project towards the end of the mail. > > > > I would like to thank my mentor nextgens for his valuable advises at the > > apt times (using multicast, reducing unnecessary complexities, using > Moxie > > trustmanager, to modify MDNSReceiver ...) and toad_ for always being > prompt > > with replies to all the random questions I've had and also for his useful > > inline comments on every mail. Also, I wish to thank all the other > > developers on irc. Especially Arnebab, tgs3 for trying, unsuccessfully, > to > > break me out of my school LAN. Another experience I cherish about the > > project, are the thought provoking discussions between experienced > > developers about the NSA, about gwt, about maven, about recursively > > building whole operating system and even about global warming.. on irc > > > > > > Brief Description: > > > > Each mobile is meant to be associated with a home freenet node. To > achieve > > this, a darknet app server (on the lines of SimpleToadletServer) is added > > to freenet. The presence of this server is broadcast on all the network > > interfaces by using jmdns through MDNSDiscoveryPlugin. When our mobile is > > connected to the home network (either connecting to same router/ap or > > tethering via usb/bt/wifi) "and" the app is running, it discovers this > > broadcast, tries to verify whether it is actually talking to the home > > network (manual confirmation during first association and automatic from > > later on) and downloads our darknet node reference. Also, if it has > > recently exchanged new references, it pushes them to our home node. These > > references are displayed on the add a friend page until the user either > > confirms/rejects them. > > > > To exchange nodereferences, either bt or wifi-direct (on newer mobiles) > can > > be used on the app. As soon as one of these is started, a server starts > on > > individual mobiles. The details of the device required for connection > e.g. > > SSID, MAC, passkey etc. are stored as a QRCode and also as an NDEF > message > > (nfc) on each mobile. Now, one of the mobiles has to transfer its details > > to the other mobile either by bringing devices back to back or by > scanning > > QR. The device which receives the details shuts down its own server and > > connects to the other mobile's. After exchanging node references, the > > connection is closed. In addition, the conventional approach of > "discovery, > > click to connect" is also supported. Also, for mobiles with good > > cameras(>5MP), scanning the whole nodereference as a QR is supported > > Very nice! I hope this gets deployed soon! It sounds like it is ready to > roll? > > > > There is much scope for improvement on the app. > > For example, putting android application record in nfc message so that > the > > app will be automatically downloaded from play store if our friend does > not > > already have the app or mobile - friendnode exchange or homenode-homenode > > exchange etc. > > I am very much willing to continue being a part of the project > > That would be awesome. If I don't get around to looking at it, bug me > about it, though I'll be fairly busy from Saturday onwards. > > Often we've lost people because of delays deploying stuff that didn't seem > to be the most urgent at the time. > > If nextgens can review the code and push a branch on staging, or merge it > into next, that would be great; otherwise I'll get to it eventually. > > We need to be less dependant on me, less centralised, especially as I > won't be here ... but I do think that it's a good rule that code that is > deployed should have been reviewed by somebody other than its author. > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl@freenetproject.org > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
