Ebook: Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies

This book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems theyve faced, and the technical solutions theyve found. The contributors are leading developers of well-known peer-to-peer systems, such as Gnutella, Freenet, Jabber, Popular Power, SETI@Home, Red Rover, Publius, Free Haven, Groove Networks, and Reputation Technologies. Topics include metadata, performance, trust, resource allocation, reputation, security, and gateways between systems.