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Putting P2P To Work

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-all-data-anyhow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like some folks at IBM have had moderate success in getting P2P adopted within the corporate enterprise. One new paper on the site describes experiences in deploying a decentralized search network spanning machines in 43 countries. Another describes a system for peer-to-peer sharing of dynamic web applications instead of static files. The idea is to support development and distribution of simple modules that themselves form meta p2p networks. Neat."

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  1. As the linked webpage says... by kaosrain · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As the linked webpage says, we've already had a story on this here. All that is different is a new version (and name) of YouServ, and that the currently active users number has risen from 900 to 5,000. Good job to the guys at IBM, and keep up the good work!

  2. Re:Security? by cscx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was thinking of something like that, but you spoil the true peer-to-peer creamy goodness by relying a centralized server -- there's still a central point where failure can occur.