On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 06:11:44PM +1100, Robbie wrote: > Whats the difference between a gnutella header and a gnutella message? > Is there any? > > If there is, how is http involved? Is it just used for connecting, uploading > and downloading or is it used for > everything else as well?
HTTP is used for file upload/download. All the search propagation/network stuff is handled by the Gnutella protocol messages. I suggest you read up on the protocol first: http://wiki.limewire.org/index.php?title=GDF > > Whats a safe, harmless header/message (both a header and message if theyre > different) that I can send at any time in an existing gnutella connection, > to a gnutella servent so that I can test my header/message sending > abilities? Im going to connect with gtk-gnutella and have its source code > send the header/message to the node. I suggest you best option is to run a mini-network of white listed servants before you start letting messages out into the wild. Other clients may well start banning your IP address > > I have found the gnutella_node object as well as the gnutella_socket, and I > can get a file descriptor for that > socket. I tried to send() an X-Alt header in ascii text (as defined in the > huge specification) to the file descriptor and the remote host disconnected > me (I was assuming that might be a safe header to send). > > Anybody know where the function in gnutella is to send a header object or do > you just manually write to the socket's file descriptor? gtk-gnutella doesnt > have much documentation. > > Regards, > Robbie > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > gtk-gnutella-devel mailing list > gtk-gnutella-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk-gnutella-devel -- Alex, homepage: http://www.bennee.com/~alex/ Paradise is exactly like where you are right now ... only much, much better. -- Laurie Anderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ gtk-gnutella-devel mailing list gtk-gnutella-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk-gnutella-devel
