Verisign embraces P2P - after getting rid of it
06/20 2008 | 01:19 PM
Posted by: Janko Roettgers
The British Times features a pro-P2P piece that's a little sketchy on the details, but the main message is clear: We'll need P2P to distribute all those video bits flowing through the networks. That may be true, but the Times seems to have some timing issues in finding the right experts. The paper reports that a big push for P2P comes from Verisign, whose CTO told the Times:
"There may be a bad stigma attached to peer-to-peer but it may be necessary in order to distribute the traffic."
So what does a company like Verisign do if it believes in the future of P2P media distribution? Apparently it embraces the trend by kicking out its own in-house P2P developers. Verisign sold its P2P video distribution platform Kontiki back in May, a fact that the Times somehow forgot to mention.
"There may be a bad stigma attached to peer-to-peer but it may be necessary in order to distribute the traffic."
So what does a company like Verisign do if it believes in the future of P2P media distribution? Apparently it embraces the trend by kicking out its own in-house P2P developers. Verisign sold its P2P video distribution platform Kontiki back in May, a fact that the Times somehow forgot to mention.
heddy wrote:
"Add to that a more recent evolution called "dynamic web addresses", which allow wily operators effectively to change the location of their servers on an almost constant basis, and even the most stubborn of enforcers must begin to consider raising the white flag."
DNS is a "recent evolution"? Or this para:
"Technology called peer-to-peer file-sharing has decentralised the whole process of distributing files - legally or illegally. There is no central server on whose door the authorities can knock."
Yup, nothing 'central' about bittorrent. Apart from those trackers and all the portals. And eDonkey? Just central servers that regulate the whole system.
With that level of understanding, you have to worry...