what do you need to make a p2p prog

[mingiousone]

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help me here. I want to make a program for people to share files. Up until now I have used kazaa and IRC to get my files, but kazaa is getting flooded with more and more fake files by the day and IRC seems to be getting more of a powertrip for losers by the day.

I want to make a program like Irc so you can chat to people and download from each other, but so the user doesn't have to learn pointless codings, they can just use the mouse. I want to put password protection on rooms and give the users the options to deny certain people the ability to download from them.

This is all very optimistic, but I was wondering what would I need to learn to be able to make this?

Any help is gratefully recieved

Thanx,

Dave

[method]

Not just that either...

You'll need to grasp an understanding of socks, comms buffers, packet transfers, crc-verification (if you want DLs, etc. to be reliable). And if you are planning on a 'doze application.. you'll have to learn about all the functions, properties, etc. for the various different objects used in your program. (Unless you have time to code your own!!)

You'll also need a LOT of time and patience.

But if you do code in C++.. don't worry... there's plenty of open-source projects you can leech code from and learn from that. ;)

[John W. Lindh]

you will need flour, sugar, a little salt, milk, 4 eggs and natriumhydrogencarbonate.

[PornMaster]

Just create your own IRC network.. It's that simple!