Re: [p2pi] Charter and problem statement
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Re: [p2pi] Charter and problem statement



Laird Popkin wrote:
> Actually, caches will probably want to be included in all ALTO
> responses so that they are contacted by peers, so that they can
> determine whether they want to cache the content (and have a data
> source for the cache if so).

Well, to include new caches' addresses in the response, the ALTO server
needs to know the application the client is running, but I suspect not
all users will be happy to pass such information to an external entity,
maybe run by an ISP.

Once again, optional extensions to a very simple base protocol will
probably be the key.

-- 
Ciao,
Enrico

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