Hi Jeff, Thanks for the pointer, it looks very interesting - we will check it out.
Are there technical documents describing the architecture of the system you could also point to? Bests, --rf On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Jeff Capone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Renato, > > You might want to check out http://apps.facebook.com/leaflobby/ > > "Leaf Develops Peer-to-Peer App for Facebook" > (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2324639,00.asp) > > It actully integrates in to the user's Facebook profile. > > It is marketed a game lobby but really is just a VPN connection. > > Best, > Jeff > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Renato > Figueiredo > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:08 PM > To: theory and practice of decentralized computer networks > Subject: [p2p-hackers] Announcing: P2P social VPN > > > Dear list members, > > We have developed SocialVPN (socialvpn.org), a P2P virtual network that > uses > social network infrastructures to seamlessly bootstrap VPN links between > social peers. > > The SocialVPN builds upon the open-source Brunet P2P library. We have > extended the IPOP (IP-over-P2P) virtual network, a structured P2P system > which features decentralized UDP hole punching, optimizations tailored to > IP > tunneling, and support for multicast DNS (Bonjour/Avahi). A key novel > aspect > of the SocialVPN is its ability to avoid conflicts between the VPN and a > host's existing IPv4 network by using private networks and dynamic address > translation, a technique described in the COPS workshop this year. > > Our current implementation runs on Windows or Linux and uses the Facebook > API, and bootstraps with an overlay deployed on PlanetLab. We are planning > on implementations for other platforms and to support the OpenSocial API. > If > you are interested in using this software or develop applications around > it, > you can find documentation and downloads at http://socialvpn.org. > > Regards, > --rf > > > -- Dr. Renato J. Figueiredo Associate Professor ACIS Lab / Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Florida http://byron.acis.ufl.edu ph: 352-392-6430
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