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Netprog 2002  -  HTTP
Gnutella
•Peer-to-peer indexing and searching service.
•Peer-to-peer point-to-point file downloading using HTTP.
•A gnutella node needs a server (or a set of servers) to “start-up”… gnutellahosts.com provides a service with reliable initial connection points
But introduces a new single point of failure!