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OrganizzazioneBigSpeed COmputing
Link al sitobigspeed.net
Categoria di appartenenza del sito: Societą di software
Nazione o Regione/ProvinciaBulgaria
Outline del sitoWe have developed a software framework for easy implementation of proprietary networking solutions over Internet. Our message-oriented protocol with information flow control and transparent compression is the backbone of our communication applications and components. Data security is provided by 128-bit AES encryption with crypto keys without need of digital certificates.
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ActiveX Controls
BigSpeed File Sharing
Library
NEW
BigSpeed Secure Socket Library
BigSpeed Zip OCX
BigSpeed Popup Blocker
  Win32 Libraries
BigSpeed Zip DLL
BigSpeed Deflate DLL
  Desktop Applications
BigSpeed Net
BigSpeed Zipper
  Server products
BigSpeed Hub
  Services
Software development
Priority support
  Technologies
Secure Data Exchange Protocol
Virtual private P2P
Zip8 format
Programming
  BigSpeed Computing Inc.
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BigSpeed Net technology

Virtual private peer-to-peer over the Internet
By BigSpeed Computing Inc. - 2004

  What is this all about?

Peer-to-peer technology, the ability to work with and share files directly from computer to computer, is one of the latest buzzes in the computer industry. Unfortunately, the term "peer-to-peer" (or P2P) has quickly become a synonym for copyright infringement, and most people think of non-commercial file sharing applications like Freenet and Gnutella.

The technology isn't new, however, and it could be argued that the Internet was a peer-to-peer network when it was first created for the use of academics. From technical point of view, P2P is about sharing resources, with the permission of the content provider and the end user. P2P is causing the Internet community to change its focus from pure Web-based applications to those that connect directly over protocols other than HTTP.

Here is the Wikipedia definition for peer-to-peer:
"Generally, a peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network refers to any network that does not have fixed clients and servers, but a number of peer nodes that function as both clients and servers to the other nodes on the network. This model of network arrangement is contrasted with the client-server model. Any node is able to initiate or complete any supported transaction. Peer nodes may differ in local configuration, processing speed, network bandwidth, and storage quantity. Popular examples of P2P are file sharing-networks".

The benefit of peer-to-peer networking is to utilize the powerful desktop computers for more than just Internet surfing or other simple tasks. Modern PCs have very fast processors , vast memory, and large hard disks, which are being utilized only partially for the common computing tasks. All this powerful hardware can easily act as both a client and server for many types of applications, if the appropriate software is available.
 
  The technology

P2P companies like Napster have generated enormous interest in the technology, but until recently, P2P applications have not been practical for businesses. The great promise of peer-to-peer networking for business is that companies will be able to build distributed office solutions with remote collaboration tools by forming problem solving teams dynamically.

BigSpeed Net creates virtual private peer-to-peer networks for small groups, typically up to several tens of desktops. Based on the traditional peer-to-peer technology, BigSpeed Net provides totally secure data transfer through powerful on-the-fly encryption. The term "virtual private" means that, although all BigSpeed Net peers are physically connected to the Internet, they are logically connected to one private network.



Setting up a closed community is provided by two factors:

1. All members are connected to each other via the same indexing service. For the two currently supported connectivity methods, this means the same POP3 E-Mail address or the same BigSpeed hub.

2. All members of the group send and receive all information encrypted with the same secret key. Although the other computers connected to the Internet can send IP packets to our peers, they will be unrecognizable, because they are not encrypted with the right (secret) key.
 
  The bottom line

BigSpeed Net establishes an encryption-secured peer-to-peer backbone. All services provided by BigSpeed Net are built on top of this framework, eliminating the need to create new communication protocols for the new applications.