[Mnet-devel] newbie mnet questions...

[seberino at spawar.navy.mil]

I'm potentially interested in helping develop
Mnet.  My interest is in anonymity and the
"one hope privacy" idea among other ones.

I have a few basic questions if you don't mind....

1. There are so many P2P algorithms, can you convince
me that Mnet is the one I should focus on??  Python
is my first love so that is one positive already.
Kademlia, Freenet, eMule, BitTorrent are other potential
P2P systems one could possibly add anonymity too.
Please convince me I should focus on Mnet instead.

2. I was told Freenet is stalled because it's algorithm
doesn't really work.  I'm a little scared because Mnet
also says their algorithm is an example of "emergent
behavior".  This to me hints of complicated artificial
intelligence ideas that aren't really practical.  I could
be wrong.  I think Kademlia looks like it's algorithm is
solid so I wonder why Mnet is better and worth my time.
I want to be convinced.

3. Is it easy to pick up??? Easy docs and commented code, etc.?

thanks!

Chris



Chris

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Christian Seberino, Ph.D.
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