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Peer-to-Peer Networking
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ALSO CALLED: Peer-to-Peer Networks, Peer-to-Peer Communication, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing, and P2P
DEFINITION: Gnutella is a system in which individuals can exchange files over the Internet directly without going through a Web site in an arrangement sometimes described as peer-to-peer (here meaning "person-to-person"). Like Napster and similar Web sites, Gnutella is often used as a
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Beyond the Internet: Building Multiplatform P2P Communities
| sponsored by Recursion Software, Inc.
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Read this white paper to learn the basic technology requirements to enable intelligent apps and prepare your organization for the next generation of community-based software development.
Posted: 03 Oct 2008 | Published: 03 Oct 2008
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Unauthorized Applications: Taking Back Control
| sponsored by Sophos Inc.
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This paper explains why it is important for businesses to control unauthorized applications such as instant Messaging, VoIP, games and peer-to-peer file-sharing and how malware protection is the simplest and most cost-effective solution.
Posted: 01 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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Bandwidth Management for Peer-to-Peer Applications
| sponsored by F5 Networks
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This paper explains how more and more users are using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols to share very large files as the proliferation of broadband increases. This trend has exponentially increased traffic flows across very wide area networks.
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
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PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING DEFINITION (continued): … way to download music files from or share them with other Internet users and has been an object of great concern for the music publishing industry. Unlike Napster, Gnutella is not a Web site, but an arrangement in which you can see the files of a small number of other Gnutella users at a time, and they in turn can see the files of others, in a kind of daisy-chain effect. Gnutella also allows you to download any file type, whereas Napster is limited to MP3 music files. After installing …
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