#i2p-dev (irc2p) | 2.6.1-3 | Tag freeze Mon. Sept. 23

orignal is there an I2CP parameter saying if a destination is high bandwidth(HTTP server) or low bandwidth(IRC)?

zzz I believe this was asked/answered recently

zzz the only thing we have is the profile param

zzz which is more of a latency hint but you could use it as a bandwidth hint also

zzz i2p-projekt.i2p/en/docs/api/streaming

zzz i2p.streaming.profile1 (bulk)(2=interactive not supported) This doesn't currently do anything, but setting it to a value other than 1 will cause an error.

zzz I don't know if that's true though

zzz there's also a corresponding streaming option flag that is unused i2p-projekt.i2p/spec/streaming

orignal no, I asked anout donpublishleasset

orignal so your that tunel config parameter doesn't go through I2CP?

orignal my question is if I can rely on this one or should introduce my own?

zzz all streaming params are allowed in I2CP and SAM

zzz and i2ptunnel

zzz you can use that or invent your own, depending on your requirements

zzz I did not propose any option in my proposal 168, but we could add something

orignal yes, but do you actually send it or not?

zzz send what?

orignal I would like to not invent my own because I expect it should also work through I2CP

orignal i2p.streaming.profile

orignal does snark send this param?

zzz all options are passed through i2cp, including unknown options

zzz snark does not set that param, but there's a snark config section to add any params you want

zzz welcome to i2p dolphinandcat

dolphinandcat hi

zzz how may we help you?

dolphinandcat i posted something related to i2pplus and docker and i uhh i got this memo:

dolphinandcat your docker-compose file was declared "should work" by idk aka. eyedeekay aka. the lead dev of Canon and dr|z3d gave this url for a Plus version git.skank.i2p/i2pplus/I2P.Plus/src/branch/master/Docker.md

dolphinandcat but i never posted any solutions

dolphinandcat just a problem

dolphinandcat and when i clicked the link it redirected me to the signin page

orignal so can we use i2p.streaming.profile for badwidth/latency requirement?

dolphinandcat and on gitlab and github i saw no commits related to docker

orignal I want to rely on it for peer selection

dolphinandcat so i tried making an account, i got: Your account is pending approval from your GitLab administrator and hence blocked. Please contact your GitLab administrator if you think this is an error.

dolphinandcat i used a @gmail.com account idk if that's an issue

dolphinandcat *email

dolphinandcat also when i tried github sso it returned a server error didn't work

zzz dolphinandcat, for git.skank.i2p you'll need to talk to dr|z3d; for git.idk.i2p you'll need to talk to eyedeekay

dolphinandcat is it not the same?

dolphinandcat oh-

zzz if you want to talk about i2pplus, I recommend #saltr

dr|z3d hop over to #saltr dolphinandcat if you like.

dr|z3d and what zzz said :)

zzz no they are not the same

dolphinandcat i2p worked fine on docker on my pi, i2pplus is the broken one

dolphinandcat i am on i2p right now, couldn't get i2pplus to work

zzz ok then I suggest you continue the discussion in #saltr

dolphinandcat also for i2p how can i make a pr to the docker.md docs?

dolphinandcat my username on git.idk.i2p is dolphinandcat

dolphinandcat it says it needs approval

zzz wait for eyedeekay to approve your account, please be patient, could be a couple days

dr|z3d wait for eyedeekay to approve. he'll see your comment here.

dolphinandcat he will?

dolphinandcat where do i get that irc client

dolphinandcat irc has no history, right?

dr|z3d ***stereophonic help system activated***

zzz eyedeekay sees all, do not fret :)

dr|z3d the all seeing eyedeekay.

dr|z3d *** chuckles. ***

zzz orignal, you can use i2p.streaming.profile if it meets your requirements as documented

zzz welcome to i2p goose2_

zzz how may we help you?

goose2_ I want to participate in go-i2p development

zzz excellent

zzz we need the help

goose2_ Or work in a separate one.

zzz you'll want to talk to eyedeekay; as noted above, he sees all, please wait for him to reach out to you

zzz but in the meantime, you can tell us what part in particular you have in mind

goose2_ Okay 👌

orignal yes it's fine, basically I need two states "low" and "high"

goose2_ Specifically, I want to create a variant of the reseed protocol that starts instantly for using I2P in casual applications.

goose2_ Like an A-GPS.

zzz hmm

zzz don't quite understand, maybe explain a little more?

goose2_ I2P routers take a long time to establish the first connection after startup.

goose2_ I'd like to find a solution to this.

goose2_ A way to speed up peer discovery using a more centralized approach.

dolphinandcat ^ i noticed that too, you could try to see what happens if you start it in "hidden mode", maybe publishing to the netDb is the issue?

dolphinandcat i don't see how a centralized approach would be good, i2p's whole thing is that it's decentralized

goose2_ Tor starts fast.

goose2_ But I2P is not

goose2_ Yes, decentralization is good.

dr|z3d are you firewalled, goose2?

dr|z3d hidden mode is definitely *not* the way to initialize connections faster.

goose2_ After seeing that Berty Messenger was horribly slow, I gave up on using IPFS in my app.

goose2_ dr|z3d: no all ports are publicly reachable.

goose2_ Both in IPv6 and IPv4

dr|z3d shouldn't take long, then, assuming you're online 24/7?

dr|z3d not familiar with Berty Messenger. is that using SAM?

goose2_ It uses IPFS

goose2_ Not I2P

goose2_ dr|z3d: Mobile messenger apps can not be online 24/7.

eyedeekay dolphinandcat, goose2_ to activate your gitlab accounts I need emails

dr|z3d ok. so what's the problem with startup you're seeing on i2p?

dolphinandcat vncrealvnc@gmail.com

dolphinandcat eyedeekay:

eyedeekay dr|zed berty can use SAM with some help now that there is a working libp2p trsnsport again

eyedeekay Thanks dolphinandcat

dr|z3d goose2: so your issue is with i2p on android, or?

goose2_ I2Pd on Android starts pretty fast. Still, client tunnel creation takes a long time.

goose2_ I2P on Android starts too slow

goose2_ eyedeekay: I haven't created an account in i2p gitlab.

eyedeekay ok

dr|z3d i2pgit.org or git.idk.i2p, same.

dr|z3d choose one :)

eyedeekay Generally the idea is to build tunnels when you have enough peers to do so safely

goose2_ The goal is to reduce the chances of a malicious peer being selected, right?

goose2_ I made an account.

dr|z3d there are several goals. reliable tunnels with fast peers, not using the same peer in multiple tunnels..

goose2_ Signup with Github seems broken.

eyedeekay Well yeah but also to simply know enough routers to build the whole thing

dolphinandcat eyedeekay: i didn't get a confirmation email on my inbox from i2p git

goose2_ Would it be faster if I download the router info for the entire network from outside?

dr|z3d dolphinandcat: wait a few moments, eyedeekay will be around to hand deliver it.

goose2_ Or what if I could use a carefully selected list of geographically close peers?

dr|z3d basically, goose2, it doesn't matter. if you're offline for any length of time, your routerinfos will be stale and need to be refreshed.

dolphinandcat a small service that just updates the routerinfos?

dolphinandcat maybe?

eyedeekay Several of the places we talk to the clearnet are either disabled on gitlab at the moment, dolphinandcat your account is approved

dr|z3d so that refresh process is likely why you're finding tunnels slow to build post-startup. not an issue if your router is online 24/7.

dr|z3d i2p already refreshes your routerinfos in the background.

dolphinandcat thanks

goose2_ How often does the reseed server update router infos now?

dr|z3d depends on the server, some will cycle every 8 hours, so every 3 days or more.

dr|z3d *some every

dolphinandcat docker pull ghcr.io/convos-chat/convos:stable

dolphinandcat mkdir -p $HOME/convos/data

dolphinandcat docker run -it -p 8080:3000 -v $HOME/convos/data:/data ghcr.io/convos-chat/convos:stable

dolphinandcat looks like it's p simple :)

dolphinandcat wait i meant to do this uhh in dms

dolphinandcat no delete in irc-

dolphinandcat sorry for cluttering chat