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 Legitimate Applications of Peer-to-Peer Networks

 

Published by: WILEY
Author: Verma, Dinesh C.
Number of pages: 164
Group: NETWORKS
ISBN: 0471463698/9780471463696
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Date Published: June 2004
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* The book examines the different legitimate applications used over a peer-to-peer network (p2p)
* The material examines the design and development of novel applications designed to leverage the distributed nature of peer-to-peer environments
* Goes beyond the most popular application of file-sharing (including sharing of video and audio files) and discusses the many different applications
* Compares traditional and peer-to-peer infrastructure and discusses merits and demerits of each approach from a business perspective