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...Tough to ban because Gnutella files look like ordinary Web traffic --Truly decentralized; Gnutella doesn't rely on any central server --Works for all kinds of files; Gnutella isn't restricted to MP3s...
Napster and Gnutella let users swap data from one PC--or "peer"--to another, without going through a central server. Here's how they work...
...software enables the PC to log on to Napster's server. When a search is made, the server checks its database for any other Napster users who are online and have that file...
...server finds a match, Napster puts the computer that has the file directly in touch with the computer that wants it, and the file is downloaded from one to the other...
...directory is stored on a central server. If the server is slow, so is the service --It works only for MP3s, not other files --Too successful for its own good. Banned at 40% of U.S. colleges...