October 14, 2005
Skype and its users
Skype can use the LANs and WANs of its users as mini servers for routing traffic that neither originates nor terminates at the user’s end. networkworld.com reports:
Let's quote the Skype Web site on what that means: "A true [peer-to-peer] system, in our opinion, is one where all nodes in a network join together dynamically to participate in traffic routing-, processing- and bandwidth-intensive tasks that would otherwise be handled by central servers."
Read More: Skype: Hazardous to network health?
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