![]() ![]() Kazaa, Limewire, Gnutella, etc… are file sharing networks. The main difference in the services is how they locate and trade bits of the files. ![]() The more people in the network and the more people with a complete copy, the faster the sharing goes. Then the people who are downloading the file can get pieces of the file from others in the network until each one has a complete copy. It resides in whole on at least one computer in the sharing network and in whole or in part on all the rest. The whole idea of P2P is that there’s never a centralized location for a file. If person A goes offline before each of the other three have downloaded their full third of the file, the other three can keep sharing the bits they got until all of them have everything the other does, but until another person with the whole file comes into the network, they’ll be stuck. So, all things being equal, it can double or triple the download speed for B, C, and D. This speeds up the process, because instead of persons B, C, and D receiving the file at 1/3 the speed that person A can deliver it, they’re getting that, plus a portion of the speed each of the other two can deliver the file. Then, while that’s happening, persons B, C, and D are feeding each other bits of what they’ve downloaded from person A. A good P2P system will have person A feeding the first 1/3 of the file to person B, the second 1/3 to person C, and the last 1/3 to person D. Let’s say that Person A has the whole file, while persons B, C, and D want it. Bits and pieces of the file are swapped around until they all have a complete copy. The way Peer to Peer works is that people who want a file and people who have a file are all linked up together. By percentage, of course, the chances of you getting busted is essentially nil, but “essentially nil” isn’t “zero”, so beware and go in with your eyes open.įor the rest of this answer, I’m going to turn this answer over to my friend Greg… First off, you are aware that a significant percentage of the content you’d get from any peer to peer network is probably illegal, right? Downloaders who are involved with these various systems are also right in the crosshairs of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America. ![]()
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