Peer to Peer (P2P) File Sharing

Peer to Peer (P2P)

 P2P allow sharing of files, printers and other resources across

all of the devices.
 P2P is an approach to computer networking where all
computers share equivalent responsibility for processing
data.
 File Sharing

 File sharing is the practice of making files available for the

users to download over the Internet and smaller networks.
 File sharing follows the P2P peer model, where the files are
stored on and served by personal computers of the users.
 P2P File Sharing

 The term P2P file sharing is an umbrella term used to

describe any protocol or method whereby users can
share files with other users.
 P2P software can simply scan the computers to search for
files to share.
 Napster

 Napster pioneered the concept of peer-to-peer file

sharing.
 Individual people stored files that they wanted to share
(typically MP3 music files) on their hard disks and shared
them directly with other people.
Three Functions:
 Search Engine: Dedicated to finding MP3 files only.

 File sharing: The ability to trade MP3 files directly without

having to use a centralised server for storage.

 Internet Relay Chat (IRC): A way to find and chat with

other MP3 users while online.
How it works?
 Bit Torrent

 BitTorrent is a decentralized peer to peer (P2P)

distribution of content which uses the upload bandwidth
of each individual who is downloading the content, and
those who have downloaded, to transfer the content.
 BitTorrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of
large files using minimum Internet bandwidth.
What BitTorrent does?
 BitTorrent is a protocol that offloads some of the file
tracking work to a central server (called a tracker).

 BitTorrent uses a principal called tit-for-tat.

 BitTorrent downloads different pieces of the file you

want simultaneously from multiple computers.
How does it work?
 KazaA

 Kazaa is a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that works

similarly to the way the original Napster did.
 It was designed as a sort of open forum where users
could share all types of files -- movies, books, games, etc.
 To transfer data between users , Kazaa uses Fast track
Protocol
Fast Track Protocol

 Fast track is so called “second generation “ P2P protocol.

 Fast track protocol is closed protocol.
 The system divides Kazaa users into two groups:
Supernodes, Ordinary nodes
FastTrack Architecture
Socket Programming

 TCP/IP implementations offer a programming interface

that allows for full duplex communication called socket
programming.

 Seckets are protocol independent method of creating

connection between process.
Socket