@MISC{Abstract_peerto, author = {Kantola Abstract}, title = {Peer to Peer and SPAM in the Internet Report based a Licentiate Seminar on Networking Technology Fall 2003}, year = {} }
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This report is a collection of papers prepared by PhD students on Peer-to-Peer applications and unsolicited e-mail or spam. The phenomena are covered from different angles including the main algorithms, protocols and application programs, the content, the operator view, legal issues, the economic aspects and the user point of view. Most papers are based on literature review including the latest sources on the web, some contain limited simulations and a few introduce new ideas on aspects of the phenomena under scrutiny. Before presenting the papers we will try to give some economic and social background to the phenomena. Overall, the selection of papers provides a good overview of the two phenomena providing light into what is happening in the Internet today. Finally, we provide a short discussion on where the development is taking us and how we should react to these new phenomena. Acknowledgements My interest in Peer-to-peer traffic and applications originates in the discussions that took place in the Special Interest Group on Broadband networks hosted within the TEKES NETS program during 2003. In particular, I would like to thank Pete Helenius of Rommon for his insights. The Broadband group organised an open seminar in Dipoli on November 20 th that brought the topic into a wider discussion involving people from both the networking side as well as the content business. I would also like to acknowledge the inspiring discussions with Juha Oinonen and Klaus Lindberg of CSC and Funet on the subject of peer-to-peer traffic and applications. 2