Discovering P2P

Michael Miller

462 pages, parution le 27/11/2001

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Résumé

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.

Contents

Introduction

Part I - Understanding the P2P Revolution

Chapter 1 - Why P2P Will Be Important to You
Chapter 2 - What P2P Is-and What It Isn't
Chapter 3 - The Many Applications of P2P
Chapter 4 - Who Profits from P2P-and Who Doesn't
Chapter 5 - P2P Privacy and Security
Chapter 6 - P2P and Intellectual Property
Chapter 7 - Issues and Obstacles

Part II - P2P File Sharing

Chapter 8 - Understanding P2P File Sharing
Chapter 9 - The Napster Story
Chapter 10 - The Gnutella Network: The Next Napster?
Chapter 11 - Aimster: File Sharing via Instant Messaging
Chapter 12 - The KaZaA/MusicCity Network
Chapter 13 - Audiogalaxy and Other Media-Sharing Services
Chapter 14 - Freenet: A Different Kind of File-Sharing Service
Chapter 15 - Harvesting the Hidden Internet with Distributed Search Engines

Part III - P2P Communications

Chapter 16 - Understanding P2P Communications
Chapter 17 - AIM, Windows Messenger, and Other IM Services
Chapter 18 - Internet Telephony and Video Conferencing

Part IV - P2P Collaboration

Chapter 19 - Understanding P2P Collaboration
Chapter 20 - Collaborating with Microsoft
Chapter 21 - Groove Networks and Other P2P Groupware
Chapter 22 - P2P Gaming
Chapter 23 - The Writeable Web and Other P2P Collaborative Applications

Part V - P2P Distributed Computing

Chapter 24 - Understanding P2P Distributed Computing
Chapter 25 - Distributed Computing in Action: SETI@home
Chapter 26 - Distributed Computing Applications

Part VI - P2P Applications Development

Chapter 27 - Understanding P2P Applications Development
Chapter 28 - Sun: JXTA, Jini, and Java
Chapter 29 - Microsoft: .NET
Chapter 30 - Other P2P Development Tools

Appendix - P2P Resources

Index

L'auteur - Michael Miller

Michael Miller a écrit une centaine de guides pratiques ces vingt dernières années, principalement sur des sujets liés à l'informatique et à Internet. Il est également auteur de plusieurs manuels très complets sur le référencement naturel et l'analyse des statistiques de fréquentation des sites Web. Ses ouvrages se sont vendus à plus d'un million d'exemplaires dans le monde entier. Il est connu pour ses talents de vulgarisateur, sa capacité à expliquer des sujets techniques à des lecteurs novices et aussi pour ses précieux conseils pratiques.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sybex
Auteur(s)	Michael Miller
Parution	27/11/2001
Nb. de pages	462
Format	19 x 22,9
Couverture	Broché
Poids	833g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780782140187
ISBN13	978-0-7821-4018-7