Gnutella creators (briefly) release a new product

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Friday 30 May 2003 11:48 am, Bill Horne wrote:
> For those who don't follow Slashdot, there's a new program out from
> Nullsoft, the creators of Gnutella.
>
> It's called WASTE (the name is an acronym taken from from a Thomas Pynchon
> novel), and it is a collaboration tool for groups of 10 to 50 trusted
> hosts, where all communications are encrypted and only users trusted by
> another group member can join. The application is for group computing in a
> secure environment.
>
> Here's where it gets interesting: the release, although GPL'd, was pulled
> from Nullsoft's web sight less that 24 hours after the announcement.
>
> Just like Gnutella.
>
> Of course, it's too late: even if Nullsoft's parent company (AOL) is afraid
> of p2p file sharing, the Source is Out There [TM]
>
> Here's just one of the many mirrors listed on Slashdot:
> http://www.paradigm.nu/waste/
>
> There are binaries for Windoze, and source for *nix. If some kind soul
> compiles it on RedHat 7.3, please share the binary with me.


[david at uni wastezip]$ make
g++ -O2 -s -pipe -march=pentiumpro   -c -o asyncdns.o asyncdns.cpp
g++ -O2 -s -pipe -march=pentiumpro   -c -o config.o config.cpp
g++ -O2 -s -pipe -march=pentiumpro   -c -o connection.o connection.cpp
In file included from connection.h:24,
                 from listen.h:22,
                 from main.h:27,
                 from connection.cpp:20:
blowfish.h:43:6: warning: no newline at end of file
blowfish.h:43:6: warning: no newline at end of file
In file included from connection.h:27,
                 from listen.h:22,
                 from main.h:27,
                 from connection.cpp:20:
sha.h:45:15: warning: no newline at end of file
sha.h:45:15: warning: no newline at end of file
connection.cpp: In method `C_Connection::C_Connection (int, sockaddr_in
*)':
connection.cpp:41: warning: passing NULL used for non-pointer argument
passing 3 of `memset (void *, int, unsigned int)'
connection.cpp:41: warning: argument to non-pointer type `unsigned int'
from NULL
connection.cpp: In method `long unsigned int
C_Connection::get_interface ()':
connection.cpp:771: cannot convert `int *' to `socklen_t *' for
argument `3' to `getsockname (int, sockaddr *, socklen_t *)'
make: *** [connection.o] Error 1


Maybe I'll fool with it later, but this is my first attempt.

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