KingFish
26 Jan 2005, 2:13am
BitTorrent-based services are picking up steam this year, thanks to hosted torrent services from a number of vendors and the new eXeem P2P torrent-based application.
EXeem is a new P2P entity that utilizes the torrent protocol for its service, which was launched on Friday with its 0.20 public beta. The same people who used to operate the Torrent directory site Suprnova.org, which was shut down last year, are behind the new effort.
BitTorrent directories like Suprnova.org and LokiTorrent had been the target of legal challenges because they allegedly contain copyrighted materials that were being illegally distributed. EXeem is owned and operated by Swarm Systems. An eXeem/Swarm Systems spokesperson was not available for comment at press time.
The eXeem model differs from Suprnova.org in that it is its own network, much like Kazaa, rather than an open directory of available torrents.
BitTorrent has become a successful P2P technology, allowing users to more rapidly share large files. Instead of one single file download, the BitTorrent protocol separates the file into multiple chunks, which are then shared and downloaded via multiple sources. The system also is set up so that while the user is downloading a file, they are sharing it at the same time by uploading chunks they've already downloaded to others in the torrent swarm.
In order to share the files though a torrent, a "tracker" file is needed, which isn't always easy to set up, find or host. A new type of torrent hosting service has emerged to help service that need. Fremont, Calif.-based ISP Hurricane Electric and Web hosting service Prodigem are now offering a place for users to host their torrent trackers. Both services claim to make it easier for users to publish and host their torrent trackers with their respective services.
Source: Internet News (http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3464141)
EXeem is a new P2P entity that utilizes the torrent protocol for its service, which was launched on Friday with its 0.20 public beta. The same people who used to operate the Torrent directory site Suprnova.org, which was shut down last year, are behind the new effort.
BitTorrent directories like Suprnova.org and LokiTorrent had been the target of legal challenges because they allegedly contain copyrighted materials that were being illegally distributed. EXeem is owned and operated by Swarm Systems. An eXeem/Swarm Systems spokesperson was not available for comment at press time.
The eXeem model differs from Suprnova.org in that it is its own network, much like Kazaa, rather than an open directory of available torrents.
BitTorrent has become a successful P2P technology, allowing users to more rapidly share large files. Instead of one single file download, the BitTorrent protocol separates the file into multiple chunks, which are then shared and downloaded via multiple sources. The system also is set up so that while the user is downloading a file, they are sharing it at the same time by uploading chunks they've already downloaded to others in the torrent swarm.
In order to share the files though a torrent, a "tracker" file is needed, which isn't always easy to set up, find or host. A new type of torrent hosting service has emerged to help service that need. Fremont, Calif.-based ISP Hurricane Electric and Web hosting service Prodigem are now offering a place for users to host their torrent trackers. Both services claim to make it easier for users to publish and host their torrent trackers with their respective services.
Source: Internet News (http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3464141)