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EarthLink SIPshare

http://www.research.earthlink.net/p2p/
EarthLink SIPshare, a simple, SIP-based proof-of-concept content sharing application, demonstrates the viability of SIP as a protocol over which peer-to-peer (P2P) applications other than the well-known voice and video cases may be implemented.

SIP is like OSI H.* protocols, only done using IETF http-like syntax, proxies, LDAP directories etc etc.

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JXTA - P2P Java

http://www.jxta.org/
JXTA technology is a set of open protocols that allow any connected device on the network ranging from cell phones and wireless PDAs to PCs and servers to communicate and collaborate in a P2P manner.

JXTA peers create a virtual network where any peer can interact with other peers and resources directly even when some of the peers and resources are behind firewalls and NATs or are on different network transports.

http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44244 http://www.sys-con.com/story/feedback.cfm?storyid=44244

What's the ONE thing that P2P can do that client/server can't?

It's that the Client can be a Server.

WHY would the client want to be a server?

To share information. Easily and in different and even complex (only JXTA can do this) ways, in a 'User to User' way. In anonymous file-sharing there is an innate loss of wanting to share files. In a User to User perspective, there is an immediate desire to share.

There's the Benefit, and the complexity which only JXTA can handle.

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