Discovering P2P

By Mike Miller and Michael Miller

Peer to Peer: Groundbreaking, Controversial, and Still Growing Not every "next big thing" has lived up to its promise, but the technologies comprising peer-to-peer computing are definitely here to stay. Inside, Michael Miller walks you through this still-burgeoning field, showing you where it's come from and where it's headed. In between, he looks closely at P2P's current representatives, including Napster, Aimster, and SETI@home, drawing from their successes and controversies to paint a vivid picture of a diverse set of applications that continue to change the way the world thinks about computing. Delve into every aspect of the P2P revolution: * File-sharing * Collaboration * Communication * Distributed computing * Applications development Explore the state of the art in P2P ... * Gnutella * Napster * Aimster * Instant messaging * SETI@home * Microsoft's .NET initiative ... as well as P2P's origins and future directions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782140181
• ISBN13: 9780782140187
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 7.5"