> ISP's have been very clear that they regard their network maps as being > proprietary for many good reasons. The approach that P4P takes is to have an > intermediate server (which we call an iTracker) that processes the network > maps and provides abstracted guidance (lists of IP prefixes and percentages) > to the p2p networks that allows them to figure out which peers are near each > other. The iTracker can be run by the ISP or by a trusted third party, as the > ISP prefers. > >
Won't this approach (using a ISP-managed intermediate) ultimately end up being co-opted by the lawyers for the various industry "interest groups" and thus be ignored by the p2p users? Cheers, Michael Holstein Cleveland State University _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog
