[JDEV] File transfers
Andy Beetz
andy.beetz at clearswift.com
Thu Jun 6 04:03:14 CDT 2002
I can see a small level of abuse perhaps, but there are better ways to
distribute/get hold of copyrighted files (kazaa to name but one). The fact
that the communications are 1 to 1 would not make the sharing of files on a
massive scale feasible. I can only speak for myself obviously, but I've only
ever used file transfer in msn messenger for small files. If I wanted to
download say a movie, I would use something designed for that purpose, even
if it was from someone I knew I would find a way around not using an IM app.
I know in band data transfers present a problem, but I think splitting the
data would make it more server friendly. Plus the clients can still send and
receive messages etc in between parts (given higher priority). Firewalls
present a major problem, but if you can get a connection to the server, then
the problem dissipates.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Dobson [mailto:richard at dobson-i.net]
Sent: 06 June 2002 09:35
To: jdev at jabber.org
Subject: Re: [JDEV] File transfers
I think that allowing file transfers of very small files in-band would be
cool, but anything over 10k or so should be sent out of band by some other
means, allowing it in band at all is also a big problem because of the
massive potential for abuse, in ways like DOS attacks against individual
clients and the server itself, excessive use of expensive bandwidth, also
creates copyright issues if people transfer copyrighted files via the server
because it then brings the server providors into the line of fire because
they facilitated the transfer, etc etc.
Because of all of these problems I dont think its a good idea to transfer
files in-band at all.
Just my 2p
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Beetz" <andy.beetz at clearswift.com>
To: <jdev at jabber.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: RE: [JDEV] File transfers
> What about the nntp idea for very large posts? Where the file is split
into
> several parts, each part being only small in size could be transmitted
> in-band just one at a time. As long as they carry header information
> the client at the other end should be able to decode and re-assemble.
> It
should
> be possible to request parts if they're missing.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael F Lin [mailto:MFLIN at us.ibm.com]
> Sent: 05 June 2002 19:23
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] File transfers
>
>
>
> When we generalize the Jabber network to thousands of servers, it
> becomes something of a nightmare to transport stuff out of band. This
> is of course why HTTP is not too good for this purpose - too many
> people are behind firewalls. Any direct client-to-client connection
> with whatever protocol will of course have the same problem. Relying
> on e-mail routing is one option, but how do you negotiate what address
> to send an e-mail to? How do you receive it? What if you need a file
> but don't have access to your e-mail?
>
> There are any number of solutions you can set up with WebDAV and so
> forth, but what we would really, really like - particularly when it
> comes to
Jabber
> as a transport for web services - is a way to transport large payloads
> if not directly in-band, then in a band that fully adopts JID routing.
Jeremie
> has proposed PASS, which is a step forwards but not totally
> satisfactory.
>
> The only "good solutions" I've been able to think of basically involve
> running a Jabber server that knows how to route s2s on every client
machine.
> Which is, not coincidentally, something I'm working towards.
>
> -Mike
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> Why have just one protocol?
>
> SMTP does pretty well at file transfers that are asynch. The Jabber
> protocol can include a header for the attachments and the user at the
other
>
> end can decide if they want to download the file. The a request can
> then
be
> sent to the originating peer and an SMTP transfer begun and the remote
> client can notify the user when the transaction is complete by asking
where
>
> to put the file. There are SMTP libraries in almost every language
> you
can
>
> name, so this doesn't appear to be a big problem.
>
> FTP is another and offers the ability to transfer files without the
> base64 encoding.
>
> Ollie
>
> At 11:45 AM 6/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >In-band transport of large payloads is something we and others have
> >been looking at pretty intensely. Obviously it would be a nice thing
> >to have, but it is also very, very difficult to do properly. If you
> >just stick base64 in an X element, you have huge problems because if
> >that takes 10 minutes to transmit, you can't send anything else for
> >those 10 minutes.
> You
> >could chunk them, but that hardly makes things simpler for the client
> >software. This also makes it massively more difficult to distinguish
> >legitimate traffic from a denial of service attack. Furthermore, it
> >means the server has to do a whole lot more XML processing (which may
> >already be a bottleneck), because all XML content has to be at least
> >checked for well-formedness. To speak nothing of the bandwidth
> >implications.
> >
> >Ultimately, I don't believe there is a satisfactory way to transport
> >large payloads in-band while keeping things simple for the client.
> >The solution to this problem will involve a more complex system on
> >the client endpoints
> >- though not necessarily in typical client software.
> >
> >-Mike
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> >I've set up jabberd and got a couple of clients connecting to it
> >(winjab). I tried a file transfer which worked no problem. What I saw
> >looking at the Winjab source is that the receiver downloads the file
> >from the sender on it's own socket based connection.
> >
> >I'm just thinking that there should be a better way to do this and
> >inside the message. I'm not saying my idea is the best or anything,
> >but I do
> think
> >that it would present the client authors with less headaches. Anyway,
> >my idea is that a message element can have a child, let's say
> >attachment or even an x, which will contain the contents of the file.
> >XML can handle
> this
> >if the file is base64 encoded, as it ends up as plain text.
> >
> >Just some thoughts
> >Andy Beetz
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