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Re: Confused about Napster

Author:Paul Snively
Posted:7/27/2000; 10:30:44 AM
Topic:Confused about Napster
Msg #:19198 (In response to 19196)
Prev/Next:19197 / 19199

Don,

The AP is known to have gotten that wrong. The problem seems to be that Napster is neither strictly client/server nor strictly distributed. Your understanding is correct; Napster keeps a central directory of available titles, making it a hybrid architecture. Gnutella and FreeNet are both fully distributed.

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