| Connecting P2P to the Web: A Gnutella-WWW Gateway ∗ (2009) | |||||||||||||||
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| We present an approach to extend the abilities of peer-to-peer networks to take advantage of broad information resources on the World Wide Web and vice versa. Either network may contain the data to satisfy a searcher’s information need. Our work improves the accessibility of files across different delivery platforms, making it possible to use a single search modality. We propose a gateway between the WWW and the Gnutella peer-to-peer network that permits searchers on one side to be able to search and retrieve files on the other side of the gateway. The design and implementation of such a gateway is described, along with access statistics from test deployments and lessons learned. 1 | |||||||||||||||
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