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Ivex	January 14th, 2002 02:37 AM

Why do we need handshake?

Why do we need to take a handshake after connected to another client? Can we just simplely connect and then send a
query for something directly?

Moak	January 14th, 2002 02:51 AM

To know if the other peer is a Gnutella servent too and which protocol they speak. The v0.4 protocoll handshake is quite short, one line each. With protocol v0.6 the servents could also exchange supported features in the handshake. Handshaking is thought for identification and flexibility.

Does it help or is my answer too short? Greets, Moak

Gnutella Handshaking - http://www.gnucleus.com/research/connect.html

Tamama

January 14th, 2002 04:38 AM

also...

downloads and uploads occur on the same port. The handshake is to diffenciate between a GNUTELLA request and a HTTP request.

Tam

Moak	January 14th, 2002 04:49 AM

good point! :D

Ivex	January 16th, 2002 06:53 AM

diffenciate?

I am sorry but what 'diffenciate' means?

Tamama

January 16th, 2002 07:53 AM

typo: Differentiate

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