Recently Blue Security has failed with its Blue Frog service. I think that was very important event. Spamers have showed that behind them are real power, money and determination. Dangerous mixture. On the other side, Internet showed that something what was one of goals, when Internet was designed was lost. Redundancy. Blue Security issue have prove that current Internet infrastructure is vulnerable. Think – DNS.
Every action causes reaction… So Blue Frog is dead like Elvis, but… www.okopipi.org is a new king? Worth say, that details are currently unknown, but it will be probably some P2P network, which makes it much harder target for spamers.
For those unfamiliar with BS story: www.securityfocus.com/news/11392/1
Yes. it will be P2P. Furthermore, the project is splitting in two subprojects: Okopipi (the network) and BlackFrog (the client).
For the network, we’re exploring cutting-edge technologies (proposed by scholars of various universities across the world) for peer-to-peer networks, which provide routing anonymity, resilience against DDOS attacks, and even against infiltrators. These technologies are so novel that their designs haven’t been even implemented yet!
(See http://groups.google.com/group/okopipi-dev/browse_thread/thread/314fc0df9e916558/
and http://groups.google.com/group/okopipi-dev/browse_thread/thread/6b6a6bc35979704f/
for more details on networking theory, there are many research links in those discussions)
I believe that when (not if) we get to implement these network technologies, the okopipi framework could boost many existing applications, like file sharing, instant messaging or grid computing. It could be the landmark for a new era in networking! But paraphrasing Isaac Newton, this is only possible because we’re standing on the shoulders of giants. These anonymous heroes are the teachers and scientists around the world. Without them our project would be just another failed attempt. They deserve most of the credit.
From that point of view, the Black Frog anti-spam project would be just a tiny application for the next-generation networking. And I’m honored to be part of this.