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| 2006-04-05 |
Skype supernodes ? |
Recently an article came online about skype and its supernodes
Everyone with good bandwith is scared because if u become a supernode u fill up 100mbit connection , fill up 100% cpu and ram all the time just using skype! And its not so simple to become not a supernode !
After reading the skype faq and skype manuals i found that :
Like its file sharing predecessor KaZaa, Skype is an overlay peerto-
peer network. There are two types of nodes in this overlay
network, ordinary hosts and super nodes (SN). An ordinary host is
a Skype application that can be used to place voice calls and send
text messages. A super node is an ordinary host’s end-point on the
Skype network. Any node with a public IP address having
sufficient CPU, memory, and network bandwidth is a candidate to
become a super node.
"Any node with a public IP address having
sufficient CPU, memory, and network bandwidth is a candidate to
become a super node." - isnt it like a trojan ? is skype allowed to check your bandwith , your cpu resources , memory resources and how powerfull is your computer ?
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