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Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein)


From: "David A. Ulevitch" <davidu () everydns net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:32:02 -0700 (PDT)



<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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