[Napshare-developer]Re: NapShare 2.2b has been released

[Nate <fi...@fa...>]

A few tips, you will need to be a little patient with this new version
as more people start running it things will get better. Please keep it
running as much as you can.

Make sure you uninstall any old NapShare version first so that you get a
new "settings" directory, there are some new settings.

It's also important to get the word out so that everyone upgrades ASAP
for their protection (and faster downloads!).

It is dangerous to run the old versions of MUTE, NapShare or MFC_MUTE at
this time since known valid attacks have been posted.

I tested both the Linux and windows versions, including sending
different time offsets to test the time code and everything. A lot of
thought went into this, and a lot of work on the code.

The time number used has been put in the same place as the timer number
was on the old MUTE versions, after the message ID.

I also fixed the message ID code, it wasn't working properly all this
time.

I have had good reports from previous testers of the pipelining code
that it does seem to increase download speeds.

A few quick details:

When it first starts up it contacts 4 random outside servers from a
large list to get their "header" info that contains a time stamp. It
only sends generic info to the server, only enough to get the headers.
If all the server's times are within 3 seconds, we use that time to
offset against your internal clock and thus are sync'ed with GMT/UTC. We
sync again after 24 hours have passed, so no worries about drifting
clocks. (it doesn't set or change your computer's internal clock, and
you don't have to worry about doing that unless you want to)

When a broadcast message is older than 10 seconds, we don't send it on
or respond to it. If it's within 10 seconds, we process it and respond
if it applies to us, we also pass it on to all other connected nodes.

This prevents all the posted attacks, and keeps broadcast messages from
living forever.