[479] in resnet
Re: Keeping traffic internal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kristoff)
Sat Dec 1 15:15:10 2001
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:01:46 -0600
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From: John Kristoff <jtk@AHARP.IS-NET.DEPAUL.EDU>
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mhsu@HOUSING.UCR.EDU on Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 07:56:28AM -0800
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 07:56:28AM -0800, Hsu, Mike wrote:
> own ideas of long term solutions. I would also be interested in your view
> on the gnutella server.
From a technical perspective I think its a perfectly reasonable response.
Looked at from a pure network capacity issue, they are trying to localize
traffic patterns in order to improve response time and save on Internet
transit costs. This isn't much unlike doing other things such as caching
or content distribution.
I don't know enough about the situation to comment on the legal issues.
I also don't know enough about how Gnutella works to comment on the legal
issues from a technical standpoint, I haven't studied the network in-depth.
Although I probably should at some point.
FYI, on a related note, please listen to what Steve Bellovin has to
say about Gnutella and Napster from a security perspective. I think the
people here would find it interesting:
http://technetcast.ddj.com/tnc_play_stream.html?stream_id=625
John
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