{"product_id":"9781491943212","title":"Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe term \"peer-to-peer\" has come to be applied to networks that  expect end users to contribute their own files, computing time, or  other resources to some shared project. Even more interesting than  the systems' technical underpinnings are their socially disruptive  potential: in various ways they return content, choice, and control to  ordinary users.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile this book is mostly about the technical promise of peer-to-peer, we  also talk about its exciting social promise.  Communities have been forming  on the Internet for a long time, but they have been limited by the flat  interactive qualities of email and Network newsgroups. People can exchange  recommendations and ideas over these media, but have great difficulty  commenting on each other's postings, structuring information, performing  searches, or creating summaries. If tools provided ways to organize  information intelligently, and if each person could serve up his or her own  data and retrieve others' data, the possibilities for collaboration would take  off. Peer-to-peer technologies along with metadata could enhance almost any  group of people who share an interest--technical, cultural, political, medical,  you name it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents the goals that drive the developers of the  best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems they've faced, and the  technical solutions they've found.  Learn here the essentials of  peer-to-peer from leaders of the field:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNelson Minar\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMarc Hedlund\u003c\/b\u003e of target=\"new\"\u0026gt;\u003cb\u003ePopular Power\u003c\/b\u003e, on a  history of peer-to-peer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClay Shirky\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eacceleratorgroup\u003c\/b\u003e, on where peer-to-peer is likely  to be headed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTim O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eO'Reilly \u0026amp; Associates\u003c\/b\u003e, on redefining the public's perceptions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDan Bricklin\u003c\/b\u003e, cocreator of \u003cb\u003eVisicalc\u003c\/b\u003e, on harvesting information from end-users\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDavid Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eSETI@home\u003c\/b\u003e, on how SETI@Home created the world's  largest computer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJeremie Miller\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eJabber\u003c\/b\u003e, on the Internet as a collection of  conversations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGene Kan\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eGnutella\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGoneSilent.com\u003c\/b\u003e, on lessons from Gnutella for  peer-to-peer technologies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdam Langley\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eFreenet\u003c\/b\u003e, on Freenet's present and upcoming  architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlan Brown\u003c\/b\u003e of Red Rover, on a deliberately low-tech  content distribution system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarc Waldman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLorrie Cranor\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eAvi Rubin\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eAT\u0026amp;T Labs\u003c\/b\u003e, on the \u003cb\u003ePublius\u003c\/b\u003e project and trust in distributed systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRoger Dingledine\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e, and\u003cb\u003eDavid Molnar\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eFree Haven\u003c\/b\u003e,  on resource allocation and accountability in distributed systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRael Dornfest\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eO'Reilly Network\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDan Brickley\u003c\/b\u003e of ILRT\/RDF Web, on metadata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTheodore Hong\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eFreenet\u003c\/b\u003e, on performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRichard Lethin\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eReputation Technologies\u003c\/b\u003e, on how reputation can be  built online\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJon Udell\u003c\/b\u003e of\u003cb\u003eBYTE\u003c\/b\u003e  and \u003cb\u003eNimisha Asthagiri\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003eWalter Tuvell\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eGroove Networks\u003c\/b\u003e, on security\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrandon Wiley\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eFreenet\u003c\/b\u003e, on gateways between peer-to-peer systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll find information on the latest and greatest systems as well as  upcoming efforts in this book.","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126851223792,"sku":"9781491943212","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491943212_p0.jpg?v=1763661502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491943212","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}