Hello community,
I am not a network expert and hence therefore I was hoping if some of you could explain some doubts that I have on Named data networking versus the interplanetary file system
- What are the differences between NDN and IPFS and what do they have in common.
- I know NDN is still in research phase, but will IPFS eventually be an application of the NDN protocol or can they live in parallel.
- Is it true that you cannot see how many nodes pinned your content in an NDN network? and therefore you will never know for sure if you content still exists in the network or not ? Or is there a possibility to create a universal index to see how many nodes host a particular piece of data?
- NDN does not need IP addresses to function. Does IPFS need IP addresses to function ?
- Will NDN be the best future option or IPFS or a combination of both of them ?
I came across this fascinating concept called Named Data Networking (NDN) and wanted to share it here since I couldn't help but think of how closely it resembles the idea of making the web "inter-planetary" using content-addressing instead of location-based addressing.
The core concept of the NDN is to use names instead of destination IP addresses at the packet level. So, for example, instead of sending an 'HTTP 'GET' request to 1.2.3.4 (eg. a web server), you simply send an "interest packet" destined to "/google/page1" onto the network. It is then the job of the "name routers" (similar to IPFS nodes?) to fetch that content from a publisher, regardless of its location on the network and route it back. The response data packets include signatures to verify the content and authenticate the publisher.
From what I understood, the name router also keeps a table of "interest" data and caches packets locally for subsequent requests. I think the "names" themselves are not decentralized as I can imagine having a central authority or registrars to avoid overlaps? I would imagine this type of networking would require re-architecting the internet?
Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoT7I4QlNEg
I just came across this concept while searching for distributed content systems after recent outrage over reddit censorship and it looks interesting. Can anyone suggest me some resources I can study to know more about this as a student? The research papers on the website are too advanced
The named-data networking community has grown quite a bit. I think it has grown enough for it to have its own subreddit. So I opened /r/ndn
I look forward to future discussions there!
http://named-data.net/codebase/platform/documentation/
I want to try out Proxmox with VMs and all that jazz. I was going to buy a Hyve Zeus 1u server and use the one available PCI-E slot for a GPU. I want to try to run different VMs and possibly see about using the new server for plex while having my library stored on my Truenas machine that is currently being used for file storage and Plex.
My question is will I need 10gbe or will the built-in gig port (possible LAG then together) suffice? I would only have the one PCI-E slot to work with unless I can find another short depth 1u server that has built-in sfp+. My Truenas machine is running 10gbe and I have a few extra sfp+ ports available on my switch hence wanting to be able to run 10gbe.
