A P2P system has to be able to tolerate, and where pos-sible, to leverage heterogeneity [10]. The reasons may be functional, for example, in order to deal with Network Address Translation, or to improve performance and ro-bustness. In... more
A P2P system has to be able to tolerate, and where pos-sible, to leverage heterogeneity [10]. The reasons may be functional, for example, in order to deal with Network Address Translation, or to improve performance and ro-bustness. In this position paper we show how SelectCast, an Application-Level Multicast protocol, leverages the in-formation provided by Astrolabe, a P2P system that mines the hosts for information about resources. 1
Recent years have shown the development of so-called Peer-to-Peer Protocols (P2PP) that allow a large set of users to pool their personal computers and share re-sources. The advantages over standard client/server tech-nology are now... more
Recent years have shown the development of so-called Peer-to-Peer Protocols (P2PP) that allow a large set of users to pool their personal computers and share re-sources. The advantages over standard client/server tech-nology are now well-known: P2PP can offer many more ...