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RE: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein)

  • From: Bora Akyol
  • Date: Mon Aug 30 20:55:36 2004

Kazaa, Gnutella, ...

Without getting stuck in the specifics, is there a change
in usage patterns and bandwidth requirements with
the current gen P2P services?

If not, then Sean's point is valid/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of David A. Ulevitch
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> <quote who="Bora Akyol">
> >
> > Sorry, was it possible to search for a file from > millions 
> of storage
> > nodes
> > in IRC?
> 
> Yes, not that millions of storage nodes were connected...
> 
> Napster was more or less a glorified version of IRC w/DCC, 
> that's why it
> was centralized for searching.
> 
> Anyways, we all know the biggest P2P bit movers are the routers...
> 
> -davidu
> 
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>    David A. Ulevitch - Founder, EveryDNS.Net
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