Andy Oram9780596001100, 0-596-00110-X
The term ”peer-to-peer” has come to be applied to networks that expect end users to contribute their own files, computing time, or other resources to some shared project. Even more interesting than the technology’s technical underpinnings is its socially disruptive potential: in various ways these systems return content, choice, and control to ordinary users. This book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems they’ve faced, and the technical solutions they’ve found. The contributors are leading developers of well-known peer-to-peer systems, including Popular Power, Jabber, Gnutella, FreeNet, SETI@Home, Red Rover, Publius, Free Haven, and Groove Networks. Topics include the Internet as a collection of conversations, metadata, performance, trust, accountability, security, and gateways between systems. |
Table of contents : Table of Contents……Page 3 Preface……Page 6 1. A Network of Peers: Models Through the History of the Internet……Page 13 2. Listening to Napster……Page 24 3. Remaking the Peer-to-Peer Meme……Page 34 4. The Cornucopia of the Commons……Page 46 5. SETI@home……Page 50 6. Jabber: Conversational Technologies……Page 56 7. Mixmaster Remailers……Page 64 8. Gnutella……Page 67 9. Freenet……Page 85 10. Red Rover……Page 91 11. Publius……Page 98 12. Free Haven……Page 107 13. Metadata……Page 126 14. Performance……Page 133 15. Trust……Page 158 16. Accountability……Page 176 17. Reputation……Page 219 18. Security……Page 227 19. Interoperability Through Gateways……Page 244 20. Afterword……Page 252 A. Directory of Peer-to-Peer Projects……Page 255 B. Contributors……Page 258 C. Interview with Andy Oram……Page 261 |
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