Lessons from a Gnutella-web gateway

We present a gateway between the WWW and the Gnutella peer-topeer network that permits searchers on one side to be able to search and retrieve files on the other side of the gateway. This work improves the accessibility of files across different delivery platforms, making it possible to use a single search modality. We outline our design and implementation, present access statistics from a test deployment and discuss lessons learned. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.4 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Systems and Software--distributed systems General Terms Measurement, Design Keywords Peer-to-peer, Gnutella, search engine, World Wide Web

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Brian D. Davison, Wei Zhang, Baoning Wu
• Keywords: Gnutella Peer-topeer Network, Internet Technology, Present Access Statistics, Single Search Modality, WWW 2004