Napster, Gnutella, IM and other peer-to-peer applications are the "flavor of the week." But if you're not careful, these programs could be used to undermine your network security. P2P applications are hot nowadays because they allow users to share the massive . . .
Napster, Gnutella, IM and other peer-to-peer applications are the "flavor of the week." But if you're not careful, these programs could be used to undermine your network security. P2P applications are hot nowadays because they allow users to share the massive amount of computing power and storage available on the Internet. In effect, the Internet becomes one big disk drive, one big computer or one big real-time chat room. P2P technology has the potential to increase productivity and save money, but it also has a downside: P2P apps introduce a whole new class of security issues that network and security managers must deal with.