Anyone tried OneSwarm for file sharing?

[stormelf]

http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/

[rabid9797]

i just saw this too.

here's the snippet from slashdot:



"Currently popular peer-to-peer networks suffer from a lack of privacy. For applications like BitTorrent or Gnutella, sharing a file means exposing your behavior to anyone interested in monitoring it. OneSwarm is a new file sharing application developed by researchers at the University of Washington that improves privacy in peer-to-peer networks. Instead of communicating directly, sharing in OneSwarm is friend-to-friend; senders and receivers exchange data using multiple intermediaries in an overlay mesh. OneSwarm is built on (and backwards compatible with) BitTorrent, but includes numerous extensions to improve privacy while providing good performance: point-to-point encryption using SSL, source-address rewriting, and multi-path and multi-source downloading. Clients and source are available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows."


i think i might give it a try

[Moop]

It's friend to friend sharing so unless you know other people using it I don't see how it's going to work very well. ):P

[Firestem4]

It's friend to friend sharing so unless you know other people using it I don't see how it's going to work very well. ):P

I'm sure if this catches on it could become quite popular on college campuses.

[binbash]

It's friend to friend sharing so unless you know other people using it I don't see how it's going to work very well. ):P

Then it is better to stat apache :D

[matthewh427]

It's friend to friend sharing so unless you know other people using it I don't see how it's going to work very well. ):P

You can add people off this forum

http://forum.oneswarm.org/forum/7

The idea is that when you add anyone you don't know you add them as limited. That way they don't know if the content is coming from you or passed on by you.

It's a really smart idea. Watch this video into on it.

http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/screencasts_overview.html#screencast_overview

[matthewh427]

There is a new version and it runs sweet on ubuntu as well

http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/download.html

[Das Oracle]

I am going to have to look into this

[pwnst*r]

that looks very intriguing.

[myusername]

maybe we should start a thread with friend links?

[pwnst*r]

i was thinking the same. for testing purposes of course.

[.Maleficus.]

It's called Direct Connect and it's been around for a while. I've just spent the last few days setting one up for me and my friends using LinuxDC++ and a hub on my seedbox (I've tried both uHub and Verlihub, don't know what I like best though). They've been popular in colleges for a long time, and one of my friends even told me that Harvard and Yale have a darknet (that's what they are commonly called) set up between them. This could just be a rumor but I wouldn't doubt it. If OneSwarm uses ADC (the DC protocol that LinuxDC++ and uHub uses) I might let some UF people join my hub if they want... I need to reinstall Arch and the hub software and a few other maintainence things but if it isn't against the rules on UF I don't see why not...

Nice links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Connect_(file_sharing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet
http://www.dchublist.com/?page=home
https://launchpad.net/linuxdcpp

LinuxDC++ has binaries for Ubuntu, a PKGBUILD for Arch and I'm sure it's on other OS's. I'd definitely recommend you check it out if you're interested in F2F networking.


Edit: I just looked at their website, and at least I THINK it's like direct connect... They only describe it as a F2F service.

[myusername]

i was thinking the same. for testing purposes of course.

Of course. ;)

[etnlIcarus]

The idea is that when you add anyone you don't know you add them as limited. That way they don't know if the content is coming from you or passed on by you.

So how does this affect copyright liability?

[Craftycorner]

So how does this affect copyright liability?

That's the question that would intrigue me...:popcorn: Plus when will OneSwarm be included in distros?

[chillboat]

Okz i am going to try this:P

[gnomeuser]

I generally like the technology, doing it all web based makes it some what easier to manage.. but boy does that interface need some help, it's 2009.

It has all the trappings of a college thesis project, I am hoping it will grow into a larger community project and gain some polish and alternations based on user feedback.

[Craftycorner]

Does Oneswarm Windows version work with Wine yet?

[Craftycorner]

I have Kubuntu Hardy Heron...A Google turned this up...wondering if some detective with knowhow could check this out.

OneSwarm 0.6 Linux (http://en.utilidades-utiles.com/download-oneswarm-linux.php)

[Craftycorner]

Windows + Wine = Can't find an open port:(

[chris200x9]

You can add people off this forum


It's a really smart idea. Watch this video into on it.

http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/screencasts_overview.html#screencast_overview

what if I don't want my friends to see what I use BT for?