A Brief History of P2P is not a new technolo It has existed since the Internet was taking form in the 1970s Recent changes in technology and the improved computing capability of desktops have brought about P2P's revival on a arger scale P2P model-based application is confined to sharing files As a result of the increased demand for web-base services users felt the need to control, exchange and share resources directl Meanwhile, in the late 1990s, PCs became increasingly powerful in terms of speed and processing power Software developers realized that they could put server software on individual PCs and initiate a direct two-way data flow between two peers Led to the revival of p2p Interestingly, the ip routing infrastructure is still P2P 1999-2000, Napster shows the true potential of p2P 哈工大计算机学院李全龙 Network Application Development P2P Application Development 6哈工大计算机学院 李全龙 Network Application Development P2P Application Development 6 A Brief History of P2P „ P2P is not a new technology „ It has existed since the Internet was taking form in the 1970s „ Recent changes in technology and the improved computing capability of deskt ops have brought about P2P’s revival on a larger scale „ P2P model-b ased application is confined to sharing file s „ As a result of the increased demand for Web-base services, users felt the nee d to control, exchange, and share resources directly „ Meanwhile, in the late 1990s, PCs became increasingly powerful in terms of speed and processing power „ Soft w are developers realized that they could put server software on individual PCs and initiate a direct two-way data flow between two peers „ Led to the revival of P2P „ Interestingly, the IP routing infrastructure is still P2P „ 1999-2000, Napster shows the true potential of P2P