[zeromq-dev] Some questions about EdgeNet.

[Lindley French]

I read the EdgeNet article. It's remarkably similar to concepts we
developed on a DARPA program I worked last year, although the motivation
was different (improving tactical awareness for soldiers with no or slow
comms infrastructure).


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> There's no specific forum yet. Mostly I've been spreading the idea
> that we have a real problem, and that we can solve it using what we've
> learned from ZeroMQ. It seems to me that people need to dream first,
> as you say, before we move to work together.
>
> Why not start a forum, a mailing list, a wiki, or something? Perhaps
> even a Google group, or IRC channel? You would be taking a concrete
> step.
>
> I've used Wikidot in the past with good results. We might also use
> GitHub issues as a forum. Perhaps a github.com/edgenet/discuss
> project?
>
> What do you think?
>
> -Pieter
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Sean Robertson <sprobertson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Is there a place for discussion specific to Edgenet? I too just
> > finished reading Culture and Empire and the Edgenet proposal, and have
> > been dreaming of asynchronous mesh networks ever since.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:51 AM, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>   2) Some smartphones act as WiFi hotspots, and other smartphones
> connect to
> >>> them.
> >>
> >> Yes, this is the idea. We've tested this previously, it works more or
> >> less well enough. Right now it will still require manual coordination.
> >>
> >>> If EdgeNet doesn't depend on IP addresses, destination could be
> specified by
> >>> public key.
> >>
> >> If you need destinations, yes. The initial use case is UUCP-style
> >> broadcast. Anonymous sharing.
> >>
> >>> My guess would be that people will use broadband internet for public
> >>> communications
> >>> and that they will use EdgeNet or other darknets for private/sensitive
> >>> communications.
> >>
> >> That's right.
> >>
> >> -Pieter
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