TORRENTS BIT TORRENT E BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES PROFESSOR EDUARD

TORRENTS – (BIT TORRENT) E – BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES PROFESSOR EDUARD HEINDL BCM SS‘ 09

TORRENTS – (BIT TORRENT) � AGENDA: � INTRODUCTION TO TORRENTS � P 2 P SYSTEMS – ARCHITECTURE � P 2 P SYSTEMS – ENVIRONMENT � BIT TORRENT PROTOCOL � BIT TORRENT INC. � BIT TORRENT BUSINESS MODEL � CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION TO TORRENTS � DEFINITION OF CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY: � Torrent – Noun ( C ) A large stream of water that moves very fast. DEFINITION OF URBAN DICTIONARY: � Torrent - The most kickass way of sharing files. � Torrent files are pretty much the best filesharing method, hands down.

TRADITIONAL FILE DOWNLOAD TORRENTS TORRENT FILE DOWNLOAD

P 2 P SYSTEMS - ARCHITECTURE � THREE KINDS OF ARCHITECTURE: � Purely centralized Architecture e. g. NAPSTER � Purely decentralized Architecture e. g. EDONKEY � Partially Centralized (or ) Partially decentralized Architecture e. g. GNUTELLA � CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF BIT TORRENT: � Partially Centralized

ILLUSTRATION OF ARCHITECTURES CENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURE PURELY DECENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURE

P 2 P SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT PHYSICAL COMPONENTS HUBS; SWITCHES; BRIDGES ; ROUTERS AND FIREWALLS � NAT SYSTEMS: � These are of two types: � STATIC ONE – ONE � DYNAMIC ONE - MANY � NAT SYSTEM TYPES

BIT TORRENT PROTOCOL � Bit Torrent Protocol – Developed in 2001 by Bram Cohen. � It is now maintained by Bit Torrent INC. � Thrives on the P 2 P Environment with a partially centralized Architecture. � Very Popular Tool for downloading Movies , Music and Games. � TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH BIT TORRENT: ◦ Swarm, Seed, Peer, Tracker, . torrent file, Vuze, Bit torrent client, Pirate Bay, ISO Hunt

BIT TORRENT PROTOCOL

BIT TORRENT PROTOCOL

BIT TORRENT PROTOCOL

BIT TORRENT INC. � Founded in 2004 by Bram Cohen & Ashwin Navin. � In a Wired Article in 2007 – one of top 10 startups worth watching. � Reuters – Bit torrent Accounts for 35% of all internet traffic - Nov’ 04. � Boasts of an Installed base of over 160 million clients worldwide. – Press releases � Company employs 20 people. � Partners include 20‘th century Fox, Lionsgate, MTV, Spike TV , Warner Brothers & others.

BIT TORRENT BUSINESS MODEL � Bit Torrent DNA ( Delivery Network Accelerator ) Enables Delivery of media content and games over existing Bit torrent protocol. � Bit Torrent Device Partner Bit Torrent Software Development Kit for devices. Bit Torrent Certified Program. � Bit Torrent Entertainment Network. � Venture Capital Market.

Bit Torrent Business Model Bit Torrent Entertainment Network � Offers downloads of films and other content. � Partners include MGM, Paramount, Fox , Warner Brothers, Azureus and BBC. � Different Download options – Daily rentals to Permanenet Downloads ( US $ 2. 99 – 3. 99 for 24 hr rental). VENTURE CAPITAL MARKET � Funding on Bit Torrent US $40. 8 millions by DCM, ACCEL and DAG ventures.

BIT TORRENT BUSINESS MODEL NEW PLANS FOR BUSINESS: � Club Model � Compulsory Click Through Advertisement. LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES: � Bit Torrent Tracker – Legal? � Finreactor Case 2004 – Fine of US§ 5. 4 Million Claimed BIT TORRENT‘s DEFENSE: � Bit Torrent does not offer search facility. � Bit torrent does not conceal the host sharing illegal files.

CONCLUSION � P 2 P has many advantages to offer in the future. � Torrents – Cloud computing prototypes. � Sharing of Computational Power and Storage in the future. � Updation of data by google at present is an issue. � P 2 P could outline a complex solution to this in the future. � Maximum usage of computational power in the future.

REFERENCES � http: //www. bittorrent. com/ � http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Bit. Torrent, _Inc. � http: //images. google. com/imghp � http: //dessent. net/btfaq/#where � From P 2 P to Web Services and Grids : Peers in a Client/Server World by Ian J Taylor BITTORRENT ISBN 978 -1 -8462 -8074 -0 � http: //kepler. ss. ca. gov/corpdata/Show. All. List ? Query. Corp. Number=C 2676150