On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Salman Abdul Baset <[email protected]> wrote:
> For (2) > Clearly, Skype knows this. However, since we do not have this information, > the next best thing is to perform measurements. We performed experiments > where two Skype nodes were forced to select a relay for about ~18,000 calls > and we found 9,584 unique media relays. About 46% of calls were relayed > through nodes in educational institutions. These two statistics seem to > indicate that the likelihood of paid Skype nodes being heavily used as > relays is fairly low. Meaning, that Skype has no shortage of altruistic > media relays. It's important to recognize one very significant difference between RELOAD and Skype: Skype controls the software you run and so can make you act as a supernode--or at least make it fairly difficult to opt out. By contrast, RELOAD will presumably be open software (at least the protocols will be open) so you cannot force users to run relays. -Ekr _______________________________________________ P2PSIP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/p2psip
