[GNUnet-developers] gnunet-download is very slow

[jan marco alkema]

Hi all,

I download a file from my other server on a different public Internet
ip-address.

address@hidden download]# ../gnunet-search convert
gnunet-download -o "gnunet-convert" --
7589AB8940522B1FBD6B194A4B91FC2DE668E118
150E6C4A63AAF8E7565A8A8298C4AFE0827CA7F0 F1452A89 44860
=> convert <= (mimetype: unknown)
address@hidden download]# ../gnunet-download -o "gnunet-convert" --
7589AB8940522B1FBD6B194A4B91FC2DE668E118
150E6C4A63AAF8E7565A8A8298C4AFE0827CA7F0 F1452A89 44860
Speed was    0.017 kilobyte per second.
address@hidden download]#

When I use ftp the download speed is at least 22 kilobyte. See appendix A
for the details.

That is 1294 times the speed of gnunet-download!!!

Suggestion: Use the encryption techniques of gnunet to encrypt a file. Then
use vsftp to transport the file on a peer to peer bases.

If someone has better ideas to improve the speed of gnunet-download, please
let me know --)

Greetings Jan Marco

Appendix A:

address@hidden tmp]# ftp www.foonsearch.com
Connected to www.foonsearch.com (62.131.97.197).
220 (vsFTPd 1.2.0)
Name (www.foonsearch.com:root): cdfoon
331 Please specify the password.
Password:

230 Login successful. Have fun.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

ftp> get gnunet-convert

local: gnunet-convert remote: gnunet-convert
227 Entering Passive Mode (62,131,97,197,28,59)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gnunet-convert (44860 bytes).
226 File send OK.
44860 bytes received in 1.78 secs (25 Kbytes/sec)

ftp> get gnunet-convert

local: gnunet-convert remote: gnunet-convert
227 Entering Passive Mode (62,131,97,197,208,185)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gnunet-convert (44860 bytes).
226 File send OK.
44860 bytes received in 1.66 secs (26 Kbytes/sec)

ftp> get gnunet-convert

local: gnunet-convert remote: gnunet-convert
227 Entering Passive Mode (62,131,97,197,93,111)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gnunet-convert (44860 bytes).
226 File send OK.
44860 bytes received in 1.98 secs (22 Kbytes/sec)
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