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Where now for P2P? Dr James Walkerdine Lancaster University, UK walkerdi@comp.lancs.ac.uk My Background Research Fellow at Lancaster University Managing Director of Isis Forensics Working in the areas of: Software Engineering Peer-to-Peer Services HCI Predominantly worked on large EU funded projects Strong industrial slant Background in P2P Worked within the field for over 5 years 2001 – 2004: P2P ARCHITECT Supporting the development of dependable P2P systems 2006 – 2008: PEPERS Supporting the development of secure mobile P2P systems Worked with companies who want to utilise P2P technology Monitoring of P2P systems and user behaviour First study to quantify the scale of illegal pornographic distribution Working to help track distributors of child abuse media Isis Forensics P2P based monitoring solutions Question:Is P2P dying? Overview The grand vision Where are we now? Neglected issues Themes for the Future The grand vision 2000 Napster has been recently launched “One of the four technologies that will shape the Internet’s future” - Fortune Predictions of a revolution: in business models in the way internet based software systems are developed The vision of a decentralised world Connecting users without the use of central authorities Where are we now? P2P is rarely used in a business and industrial setting No longer seen as a hot technology Superseded by GRID and Web Services, etc Limited number of application types Dominated by file sharing applications Increasing move to web based applications Web 2.0, etc Has it all gone wrong?? Neglected Issues Issues: Security and Legitimacy Security P2P introduces new security concerns and can make existing networks vulnerable P2P security research is still fairly young (especially for decentralised systems) From an industry perspective: it is not clear what the general security concerns are, and how they can be dealt with Safer to avoid Legitimacy P2P technology has been ‘tainted’ by its use in illegal file sharing