Peer-to-Peer Documents

P2P: An overview (PDF) - A small document that provides a general overview of P2P. Discussing possible architectures, application types and key issues such as security and person centric addressing

Dependability Properties of P2P Architectures - 8 page version (PDF) - A paper that identifies the properties of P2P architectures that can have an effect on a P2P systems dependability

Dependability Properties of P2P Architectures - 2 Page version (PDF) - Short version of the above paper. Published in the proceedings of P2P2002.

Dependability Properties of P2P Architectures - Poster (PNG) - Poster of the paper that was published at P2P2002.

Report on the Dependability Properties of P2P Architecture (PDF) - A large deliverable produced for the EU funded P2P Architect project

JXTA Basics (PDF) - A small document that provides a simple guide to setting up a JXTA client/server application

.NET and JXTA, and their support for P2P (PDF) - A short document that provides an overview of .NET and JXTA, and discusses the support they provide for P2P development

Providing Presence within P2P systems (PDF)- A paper that attempts to model the different types of presence that can exist within P2P systems. Submitted to P2P2003

QoS Assurance on Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Networks (PDF) - A paper that has been submitted to IPTPS'03

Method Definition for dependability specification for P2P systems (PDF) - A deliverable produced for the EU funded P2P Architect project that details a methodology for developing dependable P2P systems

P2P Reference Architectures (PDF) - A deliverable produced for the EU funded P2P Architect project that details a set of application reference architectures that can be used to assist designers in the development of co-operative P2P systems

AGnuS: The Altruistic Gnutella Server - 2 Page Version (PDF) - A short paper that was published in the proceedings of P2P2003.

AGnuS: The Altruistic Gnutella Server - 8 Page Version (PDF) - 8 page version of the paper that was published in the proceedings of P2P2003.

AGnuS: The Altruistic Gnutella Server - Poster (PNG) - Poster of the paper that was published at P2P2003

Aspect Testing Framework (PDF) - A paper that is to be presented at FMOODS/DAIS 2003

Documents in Progress

P2P Architectures: An overview - A document that will attempt to provide a general overview of the different logical network and software architectures that can be utilised by P2P applications.

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