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Peer-to-Peer with VB .NET

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Matthew Macdonald
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  • Details how peer-to-peer designs can be incorporated into .NET enterprise applications using .NET networking, Remoting, and XML Web services
  • Shows how to leverage third-party peer-to-peer platforms like Windows Messenger, Groove, and Intel’s Peer-to-Peer Accelerator Kit
  • Tackles advanced topics like cryptography, identity management, and dynamic task processing
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introducing Peer-to-Peer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Evolution of Peer-to-Peer

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      Pages 3-21

    3. Peer-to-Peer Architecture

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 23-31

  3. Peer-to-Peer with a Coordination Server

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Remoting Essentials

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 35-69

    3. Building a Simple Messenger

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 71-111

    4. Threading the Coordination Server

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 113-145

    5. Building a Distributed Task Manager

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 147-186

  4. Peer-to-Peer with a Discovery Server

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Networking Essentials

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 189-214

    3. Building a Discovery Web Service

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 215-240

    4. Building a File Sharer

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 241-286

    5. Using a Discovery Service with Remoting

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 287-302

  5. Advanced Peer-to-Peer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
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    2. Security and Cryptography

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 305-333

    3. Working with Messenger and Groove

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 335-363

    4. The Intel Peer-to-Peer Accelerator Kit

      • Matthew Macdonald
      Pages 365-394

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 395-412
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About this book

Peer-to-peer (P2P) proponents claim that their technology holds the keys to building virtual supercomputers, sharing vast pools of knowledge, and creating self-sufficient communities on the Internet. Peer-to-Peer with VB .NET explores how these design ideas can be integrated into existing .NET applications.

This book is an honest assessment of P2P and .NET. It doesn't just explain how to create P2P applications—it examines the tradeoffs that professional developers will encounter with .NET and P2P. It also considers several different approaches (Remoting, .NET networking, etc.) rather than adopting one fixed technology, and includes detailed examples of several popular P2P application types (messenger, file sharer, and distributed task manager).

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"The value of this book is in explaining, or attempting to explain, the idea and how to implement it. … This book succeeds in outlining how to go about solving the problems using VB.NET and .NET in general. There are some useful examples and lots of descriptions … . If you want to be on the cutting edge of a new technology then this book provides a practical approach." (Mike James, Visual Systems Journal, April, 2004)

About the author

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peer-to-Peer with VB .NET

  • Authors: Matthew Macdonald

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0817-4

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Matthew MacDonald 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-105-5Published: 07 August 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0817-4Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 440

  • Number of Illustrations: 182 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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