Peer-To-Peer Technologies
A P2P computer network is a network that relies primarily on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively low number of servers. P2P networks are typically used for connecting nodes via largely ad hoc connections. Such networks are used for many purposes. Sharing content files containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format is common, and realtime date, such as telephony traffic, is also passed using P2P. Some P2P sites are: 1. www.imesh.com : Program: imesh 7.0 Details: 15 Million free songs and Videos, over 2 million original high quality songs licensed from the record labels. It is described as a P2P files sharing that’s 100% legal 2. www.filetopia.com : IM, chat, free email, message boards and file collection organizer. 3. www.bigredh.com : What you need, when you need it!!! Details: Free Movie downloads/music, Download full movie, file sharing software, concerts 4. www.aimster.com 5. www.gnutella.wego.com 6. Programs: edonkey, emule, bittorent, limewire, etc For instance, Gnutella and Freenet are just two of the many P2P technologies that will redefine the way we share digital files. Bearshare.com is a small but powerful site. You can swap not only music files, but also digital media like video, pictures and text… a complete sharing of files among peers in a network. If you download Aimster, you can share any kind of digital file with anyone on buddy list, and that could be up to 60 millions buddies all around the world…. P2P techcnologies have changed the way we share our files within a network…. When u get connected to a peer (acting as a server), you can swap your files with it… and in turn, people who get connected on this same peer can even download your file on that server… It is a whole never-ending process of file sharing…. Just think of Amster whereby you can share any kind of digital file with anyone on the buddy list…. Each buddy becomes like a platform for the user to get connected to other peers. Don’t they have an end or limit??? My First Question would be: how far the sharing of resources through interconnected peers is reliable? Taking into consideration that sharing of files may bring all types of Viruses and Spywares. My Second Question relies on the copyright laws that regulate the music industry: Are the artists getting paid for all their songs that are being downloaded for free? Isn’t it a type of piracy? An open type of piracy?
posted by Yummmn @ 11/04/2006 09:22:00 PM
2 Comments:
hello
basically its never reliable when you think about Viruses and Spywares.
normaly for windows users we have a built in firewall, But for pear to pear porgrams like edonkey, bearshare, kazza to work, you must configure it in such a way to give clearance to
the P2p program.
now thats dangerous, now the firewall won't monitor your p2p application. your pc is liable to any malware comming attached to the files you are downloading
i download a lot throuth torrents..i really didn't have much trouble with it
previously i was using kazza, phewww the amount of trojan i collected with my files..
p2p maybe be a means of circulating virus etc.. but its not the only way to do it
vicks told me he used Dc++, i think i'll try that out some day.
piracy has always be a problem for artist, p2p helps in that But again if there wasn't p2p technology, pirates will have another way to operate..
Yea i am currently using Dc++ for my downloads and i can a reach a maximum of 3.8 Gb in 24hrs :P
i do get a lot of trojans and spyware, but with a good AntiVirus you can easily overcome these shortcomings
Besides The things that i download through pear p2p are much more attractive and i won't let some viruses deter me :P
concerning copyrights.. well there is had been lots of debate about that with a very famous P2p application of that time.. Napster.
Napster was basically free but now i think we must pay to use it..
am not sure .. coz i always go for free stuffs :P
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