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Friday, April 26, 2002 |
Pastry, the Future of Networking
Researchers are convinced that the "gossip-factor" inherent in most P2P networks makes them infinitely more flexible and maintainable than traditional client/server networks (like the Internet). Interestingly, this revelation comes from Microsoft's Cambridge research lab in the UK. Researcher Andrew Herbert doesn't think that Napster or even Gnutella hold the answer simply because they don't provide a mechanism for managing nodes. To that end, he and his compartriots are working on the Pastry protocol (no kidding), slated for release this summer. As a BBC article on this topic states,
We cannot rely on managers and people to run these systems; it's too difficult," said Mr Herbert. "We need to find a way for these systems to look after themselves in an automatic way.
Yummy.
Posted by Brad Shimmin at 10:18:54 AM
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Viant Analyzes File Sharing
Media behemoth Viant, which is a member of MPAA and RIAA, has published a very interesting paper [PDF], evaluating current file sharing mechansism and file formats as they relate to copyright and privacy issues. If you're at all interested in the Napster debate, you'll certainly benefit from this document as it discusses in technical detail existing and future technologies (such as a Cryptographically Distributed Database). Good, actually unbiased info.
Posted by Brad Shimmin at 12:09:58 AM
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