Can P2P applications learn to play fair on networks?

Mon Oct 29 16:09:53 UTC 2007

That and the fact that an ISP would be aiding and abetting
illegal activities, in the eyes of the RIAA and MPAA.  That's not
to say that technically it would not be better, but that it will
never happen due to political and legal issues, IMO.

Fred Reimer, CISSP
Senior Network Engineer
Coleman Technologies, Inc.

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From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On
Behalf Of Stefan Bethke
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:37 AM
To: michael.dillon at bt.com
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Subject: Re: Can P2P applications learn to play fair on networks?

michael.dillon at bt.com schrieb:
> If P2P software relied on an ISP middlebox to mediate the
transfers,
> then each middlebox could optimize the local situation by using
a whole
> smorgasbord of tools.

Are there any examples of middleware being adopted by the market?
To me, it 
looks like the clear trend is away from using ISP-provided
applications and 
services, towards pure packet pushing (cf. HTTP proxies,
proprietary 
information services).  I'm highly sceptical that users would
want to adopt 
any software that ties them more to their ISP, not less.

Stefan

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