DCDN

A Distributed CDN based on modern web technologies

(A work in progress for my Undergraduate Thesis at the University of Washington)

Checklist

• Design and begin documenting the basic protocol (Top of dcdn.js)
• Implement file chunking, basic code piping and the HTTP fallback layer
• Implement serving of metadata through Coordination Server
• Implement P2P initiation through coordination server
• Implement P2P connections
• Implement P2P file transfer
• Implement metadata generation from URL
• Implement URL caching to disk on C.Serv
• Allow certain things to be accessed over HTTP to the C Serv (ie low latency metadata and chunks)
• Persist as much as possible on the client
• More Documentation of the protocol
• Add tons of stat collection for research

Running the Examples

1. Clone this repo
2. run make examples
3. Navigate to http://localhost:8080/examples/ in your browser (Chrome or Firefox)