Real Time Gnutella Visualization

brett42 writes "Some students at Berkeley wrote a python program that connects to the Gnutella network and maps out connections between nodes in real time. " I gotta say thats pretty smooth. Hopefully future gnutella clients will incorporate something like this just for the time wasting potential of watching the graph wiggle while seeing what porn others are searching for.

Boy are they going to make a bundle!

[Uttles]

Well, here's our next generation of college-millionaires. They can sign a nice spiffy contract with the RIAA and mod this thing to spit out home addresses and phone numbers, complete with a detailed map for "physical evidence." Let's hope that's not as easy as it sounds and the RIAA never gets that capability.

Re:hmm

[Procrasti]

Because the Kazaa networks now go through a single host before logging on, introducing a single point of failure/tracking on the network.

I agree that the Kazaa/Morpheus/giFT technology is superior, but the giFT engine has to be bought up to speed (super-server support), and reliance on the Kazaa/Morpheus networks themselves need to be dropped.

more bandwidth?

[monkeyserver.com]

No, really, that sounds like a great way to allow ppl to slow the internet down a little bit more.
Could we integrate a 2 GIG mpeg that can be sent around to random locations when ppl aren't actually up/downloading so they can feel that they are still contributing to my cable connection sucking even more.

These file sharing programs are such hogs, do you need *that* much pr0n?

I guess you do...

P2P anonymity

[Bikku]

RIAA wet dreams! Forget the fractal mapping pr0n. The main issue is the ability to track the flow of copyrighted material through a dynamically reconfiguring network space. I can see the RIAA jumping on this as a paractical means to make a few examples of some large-scale end-user pirates.

Don't think the RIAA isn't stupid enough to go after some end users. It just hasn't been practical so far to get evidence. Now they can point to P2P traffic maps as probable cause.

Re:more bandwidth?

[cavemanf16]

The same argument could be made for:

Does the internet need *that* much Britney Spears?
Or, does the internet need *that* many FPS games?
Or, does the internet need *that* much corporate money?

The fact is, however, that the internet is what it is, and if you don't like it you'll just have to set up your own little multi-terabyte information resource that is devoid of all that pr0n, Britney Spears mp3's, and corporate money. It's not that easy, you say? Well, no one said we all agree on what's on the 'net, which is why it's so powerful for uniting people in niche sectors that do agree on certain things. Your cable connection doesn't suck because of how much information is available, it sucks because of the way it has been built by the cable company.