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Peer-to-peer web hosting is using peer-to-peer networking to distribute access to webpages.[1] This is differentiated from the client–server model which involves the distribution of Web data between dedicated web servers and user-end client computers. P2P web hosting may take the form of P2P web caches and content delivery networks like Dijjer and Coral Cache which allow users to hold copies of data from single web pages and distribute the caches with other users for faster access during peak traffic.
Comparison
| Name | First release date | Anonymous | Fast | Per file edit rights | Per file read rights | Offline compatible[2] | FOSS implementation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freenet | 2000 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Osiris | 2010 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | |
| IPFS | 2014 | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Based on the blockchain |
| Maelstrom | 2014 | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | Project seems suspended since 2015[3] |
| ZeroNet | 2015 | No, unless used via Tor/I2P[4] |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DHT |
| Dat | 2013 | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Sites can be viewed in Beaker Browser. |
| Blockstack | 2013 | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Uses the Bitcoin blockchain. |
| GNUnet | 2001 | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Gnutella | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
See also
- WebRTC - a web standard for peer-to-peer communication between web browsers
- Freesite – a site on Freenet
- Cloud computing
- Decentralized computing
References
- ↑ "Peer-To-Peer File Sharing". Active Web Hosting. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ↑ Can the hosted web site be used (browsed) by the users even if the owner has shut down his node (the computer that hosted it first).
- ↑ http://blog.bittorrent.com/?s=Maelstrom
- ↑ I2P is not yet supported as of 2016-02
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