Algorithms¶

Searching¶

For a functional description see here : Functional definition

Peer ID¶

Each peer owns a peer id which is unique and generated during the first start. This ID is used to identify a peer, it's better than the peer IP. Considering this situation :

• A put in queue a file entry f from B, B doesn't know the hashes of this file entry.
• B change his IP address.
• A want to download f, it can ask B for the hashes even B's IP changed.

Downloading¶

See here : Protocol_core-core