- General
- Will this hurt the network?
- In defense of myself I mean no harm to the network. Also, I understand how
the network works, and have been following its developement for quite some time now. I believe this will create no noticable
effect on it, even if a few thousand people used it daily.
You have to think about it. The web spider sends a single request
(I set retries to zero) to each ip that it finds, so even if it finds every node on the network it is only 100,000 or 200,000
requests, which would take over an hour. A single search creates 10 times that amount of traffic in the same amount of time.
For each node it creates well under 150Kb of traffic (the average html file is 30 - 50 Kb) and that is if it can even reach the node.
Also the ratio of known nodes to unknown nodes is well over 1 to 1000, because firewalled nodes never even recieve the http request.
It is much more efficient (bandwith wise) than the previous method of collecting network information, and is invisible to the user.
Also it has the ability to create any size map you want, be it all 7 hops that you can actually see, or all of the gnutella network
(I have yet to test the full size of the network)
I agree that most people would rather just look at the maps then actually create their own, so i dont think there are going to be a
lot of people that will actually want to use this. Also it is not a very "friendly" application, and you need to know what you are
doing before you actually will get anywhere. Also it is a very CPU and bandwith intensive process, since collecting the large amounts
of data requires atleast a cable modem, and parsing the files takes a lot of time on large data sets, and creating the maps is VERY
cpu intensive (creating a 7 hop map can take atleast 30 mins to an hour). Most people will probably just create 7 hop maps, because
that is all they really can see anyways.
- I'm lost and confused, what do I do?
- Make sure you read the Readme file, the Aisee documentation and also the web spider
documentation first, so you understand everything. Then if you still dont know what to do, post in one of the forums, or send me an email
and I'll try to help you out.
- I tried collecting data but it timed out after a few seconds?
- All I get is Error: "Unknown response structure, no HTTP/ response
- I can't say this enough...Make sure you set it up EXACTLY how the Readme said, and test
it first with a web browser (go to http://127.0.0.1:port/)
If the web browser doesn't work then it is a problem with gnucleus. Either your client is set to be behind a firewall, or you are trying to
connect on the wrong port, or you aren't connected to enough hosts on the gnutella network
If the web browser does work, then it is a problem with the spider not being setup right, or all the connections you have are behind firewalls
so you cant reach them. When you are in the web browser, click on the links, and atleast one of them should to send you to another info page.
If they all come up blank, connect to more hosts or disconnect from those and connect to new ones.
- I made a cool map, where can I post it?
- If you made a map that you want to share, then just go browse one one of the gnutella forums
and post it in there. If you cant post it, email it to me and I'll try to get it posted. Make sure it is saved in JPG format (you'll need an
encoder) because the BMP format is too large.
- I have a modem, can I still use GnuMap?
- Yes you can, because the only part that uses bandwidht is the data collection (web spider)
part. If you want to you can just download the data I have already collected. The link is at the bottom of the page
- Dumb and annoying questions
- Isn't this exacly what RIAA needs to shutdown gnutella?
- Can't RIAA use this to sue gnutella users?
- Do you work for RIAA?
- When will RIAA take over the Internet and outlaw all us gnutella users?
- No, I do not work for RIAA, No this will not be used to sue gnutella users, No I can't
believe you just asked me that question.
Everyone is so paranoid about RIAA or the movie industry that they dont event think before accusing someone. Nobody can use my app or the
information it gathers to prosecute Gnutella users, so you can come out of the bomb shelter now. They can’t sue you unless you are doing
something illegal, and using gnutella is not illegal. Even if you are sharing music files, you cannot use this method to collect file
information because it only collects network information. Well, that’s not entirely true, Bearshare nodes display file information
instead of network data, but they deserve to be shut down (kidding).
They cant sue you just for using gnutella, and they cant see what files you are sharing unless you are running bearshare (in which case
they can't spider the network). So I'll say it one last time...STOP BEING SO PARANOID!! Also those guys are a lot smarter then I
am, and I'm sure they thought of this before I did.
Anyway its not my app that they would use. All my app does is parse the collected data. All they would need would be a web spider.
- This is just a big waste of time, why did you do this?
- It is nice to know that all anyone can think about is Mp3's, Warez and Porn.
Instead of only using gnutella to get the latest album or movie that you were to cheap to buy, why don't you try to learn from it. Gnutella
is an awesome p2p technology that has great potential. Those who have been with it from the start remember how difficult it was to use, but
now it is just as efficient as any other p2p application, and you can use it to find just about anything you want. Also since it is open
source and decentralized, it cannot be taken down.
Yes I probably did have a little too much extra time, but I've learned a lot from it, and I'm not sorry for doing it. If you dont like it,
don't use it, its that simple.
- What else?
- Are there any more updates to do?
- Yes, but I have other things to do now. I'll release the source to the parser soon, so if
anyone wants to add more features they can. I'm still finding bugs too, but I never intended to make a perfect app (its made in VB!). If you
really care about this, email me and I'll keep you posted. I'll try to keep the forums up to date as well. I'm still working on a full network
map too, but it might take a while to make it.
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