Re: [NANOG] [Nanog] P2P traffic optimization Was: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics [Was: Re: ATT VP: Internet to hit capacity by 2010]

["Mike Gonnason" <gonnason () gmail com>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Michael Holstein
<michael.holstein () csuohio edu> wrote:
>  > ISP's have been very clear that they regard their network maps as being proprietary for many good reasons. The 
> approach that P4P takes is to have an intermediate server (which we call an iTracker) that processes the network maps 
> and provides abstracted guidance (lists of IP prefixes and percentages) to the p2p networks that allows them to 
> figure out which peers are near each other. The iTracker can be run by the ISP or by a trusted third party, as the 
> ISP prefers.
>  >
>  >
>
>  Won't this approach (using a ISP-managed intermediate) ultimately end up
>  being co-opted by the lawyers for the various industry "interest groups"
>  and thus be ignored by the p2p users?
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Michael Holstein
>  Cleveland State University

This idea is what I am concerned about. Until the whole copyright mess
gets sorted out, wouldn't these iTracker supernodes be a goldmine of
logs for copyright lawyers? They would have a great deal of
information about what exactly is being transferred, by whom and for
how long.

-Mike Gonnason

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