4018indx.qxd 10/24/01 2:35 PM Page 443 Index Note to the reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discus- sions of a topic. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations. Numbers file searches, 146, 148–149 network selection, 147 3ECS, 177 sharing files, 150 Akamai Technologies, 39 A alien civilization search. See SETI@home Allen, Myles, 362 AbovePeer, 145 Amaya, 41, 325, 325–326 access control list, 61 America Online, 54 Access Power, 220, 256 and Aimster, 152 Adaptinet, 424 Gnutella and, 87, 96–97, 131 Adult Media Swapper, 177 instant messaging, 24, 218–219 advertisements in JXTA, 398 Buddy Lists, 212 advertising, 48–49 introduction, 211 in instant messaging, 224 P2P success and, 57 adware, 49 resistance to IM network connections, AgentWare, 424 222–223 AIM. See AOL Instant Messenger Amir, Amnon, 211 Aimster, 25, 33, 102, 103, 144–153 Anderson, David, 354 history, 144–145 Andreessen, Marc, 45 how it works, 146–147 Annotea, 326 issues and challenges, 151–153 anonymity, 65 AOL opinion, 152 in Freenet, 186 copyright infringement, 151–152 in Gnutella, 135 revenue, 153 COPYRIGHTEDantivirus MATERIAL software, P2P to distribute, 64 tapping into networks, 152 AOL Instant Messenger, 24, 31, 47, 212, message encryption, 65 228–232 using, 147–151 Buddy List window, 229 adding buddies, 148 finding new buddies, 229–230 chatting, 151 group chat, 231–232 downloading files, 149–150 phone calls, 232 4018indx.qxd 10/24/01 2:35 PM Page 444 444 AOL Time Warner • Cello sending files, 231 Big Ear Observatory, 351 sending messages, 230–231 Bitnet Relay Chat, 211 AOL Time Warner, 108 Biz2Peer, 425 Apple Computer, 9 Blake, Scott, 342 Application layer in JXTA stack, 401 Blizzard Entertainment, 319 application service provider (ASP), 307 Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol applications, 21–22. See also P2P (BEEP), 387–388 applications Blogger, 41, 326, 326 for collaboration, 279–280 Bobic, Nick, 191 Applied Meta, 425 bottlenecks, 83 Arecibo radio telescope, 352, 355, 356 Boucher, Rick, 75 artists, compensation, 71–72 Brazil project (Sun), 395–397 ASP (application service provider), 307 brokered services, 380 AT&T Labs, Publius, 191 with discovery and lookup server, Audible Magic, 78 380–381, 382 Audiogalaxy, 25, 33, 102, 103 with discovery, lookup and content Audiogalaxy Satellite, 168–171, 169 server, 381–383, 382 searches, 170 finding files, 99 AudioGnome, 126 instant messaging as, 215 autonomy of peers, 20 BrowsUp, 41, 327 Avaki, 38, 425 Buddy Lists, 31, 54, 212 in Aimster, 148 in AOL Instant Messenger, 229–230 B BuddyPhone, 255 BadBlue, 177 bulletin board systems (BBS), 24 bandwidth, limitations from, 82–83 business-to-business revenue models, Bantu, 220, 246 51–53 Battle.net, 315 Buzzpad, 41, 316, 426 BBS (bulletin board systems), 24 BearShare, 137, 137 Beberg, Adam, 336, 366 C BEEP (Blocks Extensible Exchange Calendar tool (Groove), 299, 300 Protocol), 387–388 Cannon, Christopher, 75 Bertelsmann, 108, 118 CantaMetrix, 78 Bestnetcall, 220, 256 Carpinello, George, 151 BETA project, 353 Casino-21, 362 BIAP Systems, 40 CD drives, 107 Big Brother, 6–7 CD purchases, downloading vs., 94 server control, 8 Cello, 45 4018indx.qxd 10/24/01 2:35 PM Page 445 cellular phone users • content from peers 445 cellular phone users, ICQ instant messages and distributed content management, to, 234 274 censorship by ISP, 84 with Exchange, 291–292 CenterSpan, 41, 179 history, 268–271 centralized login in FastTrack, 165 with NetMeeting, 290, 291 CERL (Computer-based Education with Office XP, 284–289 Research Laboratory), 269 document editing and review, change, resistance to, 277 285–287 channels in IRC, 216 P2P, 271–274, 272 chat servers, 11, 22 vs. client/server, 268 chatting key application components, in Filetopia, 172 273–274 with Groove Networks, 304 Lotus, 275 group Microsoft, 275–276 AOL Instant Messenger, 231–232 revenue, 280–281 Windows Messenger, 241 trends and issues, 277–281 Yahoo! Messenger, 244 users, 274–275 in ICQ, 235 Web-based IRC (Internet Relay Chat), 210–211 current state, 324–327 Web-based, 217–218 issues and challenges, 327–329 chess game, 300 revenue, 329 children, and pornography, 84–85 WebDAV, 324 CineVideo/Direct, 260 Weblogs, 323 circuit switching, 250 Writeable Web, 322–323 Clarke, Ian, 97, 182, 182–183, 190 commerce, 40 ClearPhone, 260 communications. See instant messaging; client/server model, 8, 18, 23, 23, 376 P2P communications impact of P2P on companies, 56 Computer-based Education Research clients Laboratory (CERL), 269 for Gnutella, 136–139 computers, processing speed, 9 for Groove Networks, 296, 296–297 conferences, in Yahoo! Messenger, 244 peer computers as, 19–20 connections CMGI, 245 in Gnutella, 135–136 Cocconi, Giuseppe, 350 variable, 20–21 Cohen, Alexander, 429 Consilient, 40, 276, 307 collaboration, 268–281. See also Groove Contacts tool in Groove Networks, 300, Networks 300–301, 305 applications, 307–308 content from peers, 20 4018indx.qxd 10/24/01 2:35 PM Page 446 446 control • distributed computing control data distribution by P2P application, of e-mail, 12 378–379 IT departments and, 85–86 DataSynapse, 38, 366–367 problems from, 13 DEC System Research Center, 335 of server by Big Brother, 8 decentralization in peer-to-peer shift with P2P, 10–14 computing, 18 cookies, 12, 62 dedicated Internet telephony software, 255 Copernic, 35, 199–200 Deep, Johnny, 144 copy protection, 107–108 dial-up connections, 111 copyright, 28, 74 bandwidth, 82 copyright infringement Dialpad.com, 220, 256 by Aimster, 151–152 digital rights management, 78 by file sharing, 106 direct communication, 7 with Freenet, 187–188 Direct Connect, 177 with Gnutella, 140 directories of Web sites, 195–196 KaZaA, 164–165 Discussion tool in Groove Networks, 301, MusicCity, 164–165 301 Copyright.net, 84 distributed computing, 22, 37–38. See also Core layer in JXTA stack, 400 SETI@home Cosmos Studios, 354 basics, 334–335 costs of network infrastructure, 11 failed companies, 370–371 Crandall, Richard, 335 Popular Power, 370 Cranor, Lorrie, 191 ProcessTree, 370–371 crapster, 126 for-profit companies, 365–370 crawler, 196, 198 Avaki, 365–366 criminal use of Freenet, 188 Cosm, 366 Cruiser, 221, 260 DataSynapse, 366–367 Cryptobox, 191 Entropia, 367 CUseeMe, 221 IBM, 367 video conferencing with, 260 International Interactive customer-driven revenue models, 48–51 Commerce, 368 cycle sharing, 37 Parabon Computation, 368 Cyclops project, 351 Porivo, 368–369 Cytaq, 426 Sun Microsystems, 365 United Devices, 369–370 history, 26, 335–337 D how it works, 337–339 data collection by servers, 12 on Internet, 336 4018indx.qxd 10/24/01 2:35 PM Page 447 distributed content management • Engenia 447 issues and challenges, 340–345 in iMesh, 175 key players, 37–38 intelligent, 158 lessons learned, 371 in KaZaA Media Desktop, 159 not-for-profit projects, 362–365 in Napster, 115–116 climateprediction.com, 362 tracking, 78 distributed.net, 363 Drake, Frank, 350 Euler2000, 363 Druyan, Ann, 354 evolution@home, 363–364 dumb terminal, 8 GIMPS project, 364 Dwyco Video Conferencing System, 260 Globus project, 364–365 Dyson, Esther, 70 Primeform, 365 philanthropy vs. commerce, 343–344 platforms, 432 E potential applications, 339–340 e-commerce revenue, 50–51, 52, 344–345 fees, 50 security for, 61–62 as P2P application development, 389 distributed content management, e-mail, 22 collaboration and, 274 control of, 12 distributed load balancing, 176 delays, 5 distributed search engines, 34–35 EA.com, 315 how it works, 34, 197–199 ebXML (electronic business XML), 385 P2P crawling, 198 Ecocys Technologies, 40 real-time queries, 198 eDonkey2000, 102, 103, 171, 172 issues and challenges, 201–203 EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), 336 revenue, 203 Ehman, Jerry, 351 key players, 34–35 electronic business XML (ebXML), 385 major players, 199–201 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 336, revenue, 35 363, 364 distributed storage, 38–39, 343 EMI Group, 108 distributed.net, 38, 336, 363 encryption, 336 DivX format, 68, 173–174 contests to break, 363 DNS (Domain Name Service), 21 distributed computing to crack bypassing, 98 codes, 26 Domain Name Service (DNS), 21 in Freenet, 183 downloading for privacy and security, 65 in Aimster, 149–150 Endeavors Technology, 65, 426–427 from Audiogalaxy, 169, 171 Endpoint Routing protocol (JXTA), 399 vs. CD purchases, 94 energy consumption by computers, 340 in Gnutella, 135–136 Engenia, 427 4018indx.qxd 10/24/01 2:35 PM Page 448 448 enterprise privacy and security • file transfer enterprise privacy and security, 65 Audiogalaxy Satellite, 168–171, 169 Entropia, 38, 367 downloading, 100–101 Espra, 177 eDonkey2000, 171, 172 Eterna, 430 factors in P2P use, 94–95 ethics of distributed computing, 341 Filetopia, 172–173, 173 Euler2000, 363 finding files, 98–100 Everybuddy, 220, 246 brokered services, 99 evolution@home, 363–364 nonbrokered services, 99–100 ExactOne, 200 gated P2P network, 101–102 Exchange, collaboration with, 291–292 history, 25, 95–97 Extensible Markup Language (XML), 384 Hotline Connect, 173–174, 174 extraterrestrials, search for. See SETI@home how it works, 32–33, 97–102 eZula TopText, 49 iMesh, 174–176, 175 impact of P2P, 95 key players, 33, 102–105 F Mojo Nation, 176, 177 family filter in BearShare, 137 network bottlenecks, 83 Fanning, Shawn, 25, 96, 117, 118–119, opposition, 55 121, 152 problems, 110–111 comments before Senate Judiciary revenue, 34 Committee, 127 revenue issues, 109 Farsite project (Microsoft), 420 security, 60–61 FastTrack, 104, 156–166. See also KaZaA smaller networks, 176–180 intelligent downloads, 158 tracking, 78 for MusicCity, 163 trends and issues, 105–109 revenue from, 166 copy protection, 107–108 SuperNodes, 157, 157 copyright infringement, 106 fax transmission, 5 music industry reaction, 108 fear of distributed computing, 341 Napster’s troubles, 106–107 Federal Communications Commission, 222 unreliable access, 83–84 Federalist Papers, 191 users, 93–94 Fermi paradox, 349 using or not using, 109–111 Ferneau, Philip, 88 value of content, 72–73 FidoNet, 24 what it is, 92–93 Field Research Corporation, 94 file transfer, 7 File Rogue, 178 in ICQ, 234–235 file searches.