Practice Gnutella (purely Decentralized, Unstructured Query Flooding) (1.2.1.2) - Peer-to-Peer Systems and Their Use in Industry Systems
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Gnutella (Purely Decentralized, Unstructured Query Flooding)

Practice - Gnutella (Purely Decentralized, Unstructured Query Flooding)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does decentralization mean in a P2P network?

💡 Hint: Think about what makes P2P different from traditional client-server models.

Question 2 Easy

What is a Query message in Gnutella?

💡 Hint: Consider how peers communicate with each other.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the main characteristic of Gnutella's architecture?

Centralized
Hybrid
Decentralized

💡 Hint: Remember the difference between centralized and decentralized systems.

Question 2

True or False: A QueryHit message confirms that a file request was successful.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what a successful search would yield.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Evaluate the impact of query redundancy on Gnutella's overall performance. How does it affect user experience?

💡 Hint: Think about how many peers are active in large networks.

Challenge 2 Hard

Propose a hypothetical improvement to the Gnutella protocol that could address scalability issues while maintaining decentralization.

💡 Hint: Consider how Gnutella connects peers and the way information flows.

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