@versionvega p2p network

@versionvegaand the Operation Crossing Lighthttp://versionvega.com/

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Centralized Decentralized Distributed

Architecture

Generic P2P platform (DHT)Based on FreePastry

Core services:• Routing, Messaging

(Unicast, Anycast, Multicast)• Data Storage

(Key/Value, Semantic)

Why P2P

• Time Magazine 2006:YOU = Person of the Year

• Because YOU control the Information Age

Why P2P

• Time Magazine 2007:« The Year of Them »

• The professionals,the old-media people,the moneymen

P2P = Communism ???

• SIGINT 2010: "P2P Communism Vs The Client Server State"

• "p2presearch" list: P2P = Communism ???

My Goal:

• Not so much re-invent what we already have in a less evil way

• New applicationsNew communication patterns– Less structure, hierarchy, permanence– New ways of talking to each other

Cultural Dialogue

• UNESCO Constitution:

« Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed. »

• City of Córdoba: Peace, because everyone knew everything about everybody else

TechNow Alternatives?

P2P / DHT FreePastry GNUnet?Tor?

Identity(AuthN, PKI)

XRI (I-Names) OpenID? Webfinger?

Data Model XDI RDF? FOAF?

Frontend XULRunner XULRunner? Other?

Identifiers

• I-Names as Identifiers:=vega, @versionvega, =web*markus, ...

• Identifiers are used for:– Authentication– PKI– XDI Data Store

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http://versionvega.com

• email:markus.sabadello@gmail.com

• phone: +43 664 3154848• blog: http://danubechannel.com

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