FYI, a new P2P newsgroup that may be of interest.
Regards,
Joe
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From: [log in to unmask] (Jonathan Grobe)
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Date: 28 Feb 2001 06:28:33 GMT
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For your newsgroups file:
alt.internet.p2p Peer to peer computing on the internet.
Quoting Clay Shirky:
"P2P is a class of applications that takes advantage of resources --
storage, cycles, content, human presence -- available at the edges of
the Internet. Because accessing these decentralized resources means
operating in an environment of unstable connectivity and unpredictable
IP addresses, P2P nodes must operate outside the DNS system and have
significant or total autonomy from central servers.
...
If you're looking for a litmus test for P2P, this is it: 1) Does it
treat variable connectivity and temporary network addresses as the
norm, and 2) does it give the nodes at the edges of the network
significant autonomy? If the answer to both of those questions is yes,
the application is P2P. If the answer to either question is no, it's not
P2P."
These applications include file sharing such as Napster and Gnutella,
instant messaging such as ICQ, distributed computing such as [log in to unmask]
Currently there are newgroups which discuss some of these peer-to-peer
applications:
alt.gnutella 6 posts/day
alt.icq 38 posts/day
alt.music.mp3.napster 320 posts/day
alt.sci.seti 95 posts/day
sci.astro.seti 37 posts/day
A Google newsgroups search found
p2p 2220 posts
peer-to-peer 18700 posts (most posts not about this subject)
This group is for all discussion about the above topic. Ads and binaries
(except the small PGP type) are not allowed.
--
Jonathan Grobe
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