RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Napster alternatives

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Probably so. Is LDAP very good at being used in a distributed
fashion? I've always gotten dizzy when trying to make out the LDAP
protocol though it's description sounds simple. :)

*^*^*^*
Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
you. -- Albert Einstein

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Rick Buford wrote:

> Couldn't some clever person create an LDAP database for this sort of thing?
> 
> Rick 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of McNutt, Justin
> M.
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:59 AM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Napster alternatives
> 
> 
> > > Most of the Napster variants are just different front-ends to the
> > > official Napster service.  A very few use the same protocol and
> > > command set, but allow you to change to a different database server.
> > 
> > 
> > I thought there was something out there that would allow the 
> > user to break
> > away from the centralization problem.  No?  If all users have 
> > to connect
> > to a central database to access the service, the government can always
> > shut them down.
> 
> And that's the catch.  Peer-to-peer file sharing has been going on as long
> as we've had the Internet.  It's called FTP.  The advent of the Web made it
> even easier.
> 
> The problem is resource LOCATION.  How do you find what you're looking for?
> You always come back to this common problem.  Do you use some sort of chatty
> polling protocol to actively search for potential sources, or do you try to
> be efficient and have agents that hold lists of sources who have registered
> with the agent (centralized).
> 
> DNS is a good example of a middle ground (distributed database), but is
> there really a hierarchical way to classify files and/or assign authority
> for them the way DNS does?  Any such design would have to be more flexible
> than that (or operate along different lines, using the same methods).
> 
> --J
> --
> To manage your subscription, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php
> 
> Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/
> --
> To manage your subscription, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php
> 
> Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/
> 

--
To manage your subscription, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php

Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/