Kazaa, Gnutella, ... Without getting stuck in the specifics, is there a change in usage patterns and bandwidth requirements with the current gen P2P services? If not, then Sean's point is valid/
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of David A. Ulevitch Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:32 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein)
<quote who="Bora Akyol">
Sorry, was it possible to search for a file from > millions
of storage
nodes in IRC?
Yes, not that millions of storage nodes were connected...
Napster was more or less a glorified version of IRC w/DCC, that's why it was centralized for searching.
Anyways, we all know the biggest P2P bit movers are the routers...
-davidu
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