The acquisition of another servent

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Anth12

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I have some questions related to the Gnutella design...

1) Does it depend on any central server (as Napster do or even as kazaa does for the users registration) ?

2) I read the Gnutella protocol but i found this:

"A Gnutella servent connects itself to the network by establishing a connection with another servent currently on the network. The acquisition of another servent
 
well i hope you have the answer by now... but if not here it comes
firstly i must say i am not a gnutella developer, but i read most of it's specification and protocols.
1)no, gnutella doesn't have a central server like napster , that's the nice thing about it, it works in a totaly distributed env.
2)well, basically you are supposed to find a host cachea friend, some IP address someone gave you on a chat etc.
the trick is to find the first IP address after that your in, and you can find your own connections.


hope this helps,
 
A so called 'Host cache' will provide you with a fresh list of IPs/port of other gnutella clients, every time queried. Does this answer your question, do you need technical details? Here is a list of hostcaches I have knowledge of:

"Gnutella Host Caches"
http://www.gnutella.co.uk/servers/

connect1.gnutellanet.com:6346
connect2.gnutellanet.com:6346
connect3.gnutellanet.com:6346
connect4.gnutellanet.com:6346
gnutella.hostscache.com:6346
gnotella.fileflash.com:6346
router.limewire.com:6346
gnutella.hostscache.com:6346
gnet2.ath.cx:6346

Greets, Moak
 
Hi Moak!

Its long ago you used bearshare?

public.bearshare.net
connect1.bearshare.net
connect2.bearshare.net
connect3.bearshare.net

Morgwen
 
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