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Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies
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Description for Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies
Book. Presenting the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, this text explores the problems they've faced, and the technical solutions they've found. Topics include metadata, performance, trust, resource allocation, reputation, and security. Num Pages: 431 pages, index. BIC Classification: UDB; UT; UYF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 792.
The term "peer-to-peer" has come to be applied to networks that expect end users to contribute their own files, computing time, or other resources to some shared project. Even more interesting than the systems' technical underpinnings are their socially disruptive potential: in various ways they return content, choice, and control to ordinary users. While this book is mostly about the technical promise of peer-to-peer, it also talks about its exciting social promise. Communities have been forming on the Internet for a long time, but they have been limited by the flat interactive qualities of email and Network newsgroups. People can ... Read more
The term "peer-to-peer" has come to be applied to networks that expect end users to contribute their own files, computing time, or other resources to some shared project. Even more interesting than the systems' technical underpinnings are their socially disruptive potential: in various ways they return content, choice, and control to ordinary users. While this book is mostly about the technical promise of peer-to-peer, it also talks about its exciting social promise. Communities have been forming on the Internet for a long time, but they have been limited by the flat interactive qualities of email and Network newsgroups. People can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
OˊReilly Media United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
Number of Pages
431
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596001100
SKU
V9780596001100
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About Book
David P. Anderson is the director of the SETI@home project. He cofounded Tunes.com and is currently CTO of United Devices. From 1985 to 1991 he was on the faculty of the U.C. Berkeley computer science department. Nimisha Asthagiri, at Groove Networks, is a senior security architect and the security czar (a title they give for someone who is ultimately ... Read more
Reviews for Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies
'Provides an interesting insight in to the world of P2P;, the projects currently tearing up the ;net and the future of the technology. Initial repetition aside, this is a well thought out and useful book which is definitely worth reading.- Linux Format, October 2001 'All in all a typical well-presented O'Reilly package - nice paper, good hardback ... Read more