Legitimate Peer to Peer Network Applications - Beyond File and Music Swapping

The book examines the different legitimate applications used over a peer-to-peer network (p2p). The material examines the design and development of novel applications designed to leverage the distributed nature of peer-to-peer environments. This book goes beyond the most popular application of file-sharing (including sharing of video and audio files) and discusses the many different applications; and, compares traditional and peer-to-peer infrastructure and discusses merits and demerits of each approach from a business perspective.