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It is all very interesting. Why we did not have such research reported on last NANOG meeting? > > also our grad student thomas studying p2p traffic tells me > that there is no sense of localization in most (if not all) > p2p networks; so i am more likely to download a movie from an Interesting. Are there any p2P systems which optimize traffic by localizyng it, when possible? > (advertised as) ethernet user in Asia than from downloading > from an (advertised as) DSL user next door. and my understanding > it that's all based on how the user configures their p2p > servent, it's not like the network figures out the available > bandwidth to potential remote clients. that's a pretty loose > definition of intelligence, believing everything you hear from > an end host :) > per seandonelan's reference, yes caida will have 2 papers > on p2p traffic analysis by the end of the year, titles > 'is p2p traffic dying or just hiding?' [take a guess] > and 'transport layer identification of p2p traffic'. > check caida web site in october. > > but neither study touches on the regional differences, i > suspect it's a function of the relative popularity, ease-of-use, > and type-of-content-served of certain applications in each place. > i lend less weight to the differences than the similarities. > killer app, indeed. > > k
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