573-Internet-Protocols / P2P-CI

Peer-to-Peer with Centralized Index (P2P-CI) System for Downloading RFCs

P2P-CI

Running Instruction: Python3.8 is required to run the code

The setup I tested the functionalities of my code is following:

1. A server and a client are running on the vcl machine

   • By default, the firewall of the vcl environment block many of the port. So make sure to command the following in your CLI: sudo iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT sudo iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT sudo iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT sudo iptables -F sudo iptables-save

2. A client is running on my local machine

   • You will have to change line10 server_name = '152.7.176.38' to the vcl machine ip address

3. Naming convention matters with the application. Currently, the txt file names as "title_rfcnumber.txt". So please make sure you follow this convention if you try to add more RFC other than the ones I provided.

Steps to test:

1. run the server on the vcl machine by: python3 p2pserver_v3.py
2. run the client on the vcl machine by: python3 p2pclient_v3.py
3. Menu will be prompted as following:

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Welcome to P2P-CI system

Please enter the option which you like to proceed

Option 1: ADD

Option 2: LOOKUP

Option 3: LIST

Option 4: Download RFC

Option 5: Leave

Enter your option

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4. Enter the option you would like to verify; There will be input prompts to ask for your input

If you have any issues running the application, please do not hestitate to contact us. Contact info: Zijun Lu: [e-mail] Zhiyuan Ma: [e-mail]