* NextGen$ <nextgens at freenetproject.org> [2006-04-26 11:19:23]:

> * Thomas King <king at t-king.de> [2006-04-26 13:04:33]:
> > > > A few month ago, I was looking for a STUN library. During my search I
> > > > found one STUN library. The library was a quick hack and unmaintained, 
> > > > so
> > > > I decided to develop my own STUN library.
> > > > There are a few UPnP-libraries out there. I think one of my SoC tasks
> > > > should be to evaluate the different libraries. If a particular library 
> > > > is
> > > > appropriate (regarding features, sourcecode quality, and license) I
> > > > should add this library. If I cannot find an appropriate library
> > > > (probably very unlikely) I should develop my own UPnP-library.
> > >
> > > Completely agree. As long as we get our (Google's) money's worth, I
> > > don't mind if your main project happens more quickly than expected; you
> > > can then work on other stuff.
> > 
> > I see your concerns and hence I checked the SoC2005 website to see how much 
> > work have been done by other projects in 2005. For instance, there were two 
> > projects for gaim. One student implemented STUN/SIP/Simple and another 
> > studenten implemented UPnP for gaim. So, I guess it should be enough work 
> > for 
> > a Soc2006 project to add STUN/UPnP to freenet.
> > However, could you please provide me a hint where I can find more 
> > information 
> > about ARKs. Probably I should consider implementing ARKs as well? I like 
> > the 
> > basic idea of ARKs, however, I think my understanding of ARKs is not deep 
> > enough to make a decision.
> 
> imho Up&p and stun are useless without multi-homming support.
> 
> Concerning STUN, in .5 we were using a dns root server to detect our external 
> IP
> . That's what STUN will provide, right?. See 
> https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/branches/legacy/unstable/src/freenet/node/IPAddressDetector.java
>  and oldDetect().


It seems it was to detect the interface's ip address only though :/
/me is wondering why such a hack was mandatory

> 
> And concerning UP&P ... you know my thought.
> 
> NextGen$
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