Not directly related, but here is a more recent study why your social network may require on the average 6.6 hops.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0939 Henry On 8/1/08 4:07 AM, "Renato Figueiredo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list members, > > We have developed SocialVPN (socialvpn.org <http://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 > > > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
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