A Survey of P2P Filesharing Applications

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A Survey of P2P Filesharing Applications

• James Kirk
• CS595-114
• February 3, 2004

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P2P Applications

• Napster
• KaZaA
• Morpheus
• eMule
• W.A.S.T.E.

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Napster

• Audio files (MP3) only
• Basic operation
• Connect to Napster server
• Upload list of shared files to server
• Submit search keywords to server
• Select best matches by ping time

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KaZaA

• Developed by Sharman Networks, incorporated in
  Vanatu
• Security/Trust
• Integrated virus scan
• IM Rejection
• Family Filter
• Disable personal folder browsing
• FastTrack Network assigns supernodes
• Peer Points Manager reward system

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Morpheus

• Uses Gnutella as a base
• Also searches FastTrack eDonkey
• Asks for geographical location on install
• Can search for audio, video, images,
  applications, documents, ROMs, and all

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eMule

• Open-Source project
• Uses local server list generated offline
• Self-elected servers index peer files(much like
  Napster)
• Servers identified by IP, but peers protected

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W.A.S.T.E.

• Open-Source application developed by Nullsofts
  Justin Frankel
• Uses RSA MD5 Encryption between links
• Used to create private P2P network among friends

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BitTorrent

• Purpose To decrease server load on downloaded
  files
• 3 types of hosts
• HTTP servers
• Trackers
• Peers
• Choking mechanism