P2P Networks Connecting Businesses, Individuals, and the World By: Katie Solie
What is a P2P Network? P2P stands for peer-to-peer Direct communication between 2 or more computers Napster caused the technology to explode Business use of P2P
P2P Search Engines 6 different types of search engines: Flooding broadcast of queries Selective forwarding system Decentralized hash table Centralized indexes and repositories Distributed indexes and repositories Relevance driven crawlers
Main Models of P2P Networking Centralized server-client model Decentralized networks
Security Bandwidth clogging Theft Viruses, Trojans, and Bugs
Security Protocols Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) IPSec Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Academic P2P Used to bring together students, professors, and researchers in a secure, private network LionShare (Penn State) LionShare
Legal Controversy Sony Corp. v. Universal Studios BetaMax case MGM Studios v. Grokster, Ltd. RIAA Court Cases Verizon Pacific Bell
P2P networks connect the world and offer endless possibilities for the future of networking and file sharing.