Hello all, let's assume a p2p network, utilizing some DHT (Kademlia, Pastry, anything, ...).
For the purpose of this question, let's define a "channel": a channel allows one-to-many communication to an arbitrary set of nodes within the network. There can be many channels, and the channels can overlap, i.e. some node can belong to one or more channels. There can also be nodes which are not part of any such channel. Channel membership is not static - joins and leaves can happen at any time. As a special case of a channel, there is the case which contains only two nodes; in this case communication is effectively one-to-one. Naturally communication with these channels would have to be as efficient as possible :) The question is, how would one realize such "channel"-concept in a DHT-based p2p-network? I think multicast (in DHT context) is a suitable keyword, but is there some existing system which is closest to the one described here, where I could begin to learn more? Cheers, Slinky -- GPG 0x6EE92B3E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://slinky.imukuppi.org/ Numb, adj., devoid of sensation... Number, comparative of numb. _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
