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Originally posted by bateman23
i've got a question about the "hostcaches".
It's said Gnutella is real peer tp peer and users don't have to log in to central server.
But what's about the hostcaches ? aren't they central server ?
- or what about the hosts "connect1.gnutellanet.com:6346" and so on ?
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Host caches are merely "helpers" - Gnutella doesn't rely on them nor are they part of the Gnutella protocol. For example, if no host caches existed, someone could e-mail you an IP, or it could be posted on a newsgroup or IRC channel, and you're in business.
But since sending out an IP like that is usually impractical for most users (think of newer Internet users), they have host caches to help them out.
-- Mike