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Faster Feeds Using FeedTree Peer-To-Peer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the instant-gratification-generation dept.

dsandler writes "Researchers at Rice University have just released version 0.7 of FeedTree, a peer-to-peer system for distributing Web feeds faster. Instead of polling feeds independently, FeedTree users cooperate to share news updates using multicast in Pastry, a scalable p2p overlay network. FeedTree reduces the update delay for existing RSS and Atom feeds to a few minutes without putting extra stress on the webserver (anyone who's ever been temporarily banned by Slashdot's RSS feed knows this is a real concern). Feed publishers can also choose to push digitally signed updates for immediate, tamper-proof delivery to subscribers. The client software (download) runs on Linux, OS X, and Windows, and works with any desktop feed reader."

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  1. Re:Rice made Pastry, too. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I don't even know Dan personally, though I have researched under Drs. Wong"

    Was I the only one to read that as:

    "I don't even know Dan personally, though I have researched under Dans Wang"

  2. Frist 4sot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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