Discovering P2P

Peer to 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 File-sharing* Collaboration* Communication* Distributed computing* Applications developmentExplore 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.