Chapter 4 at a Glance
This chapter is meant to be an overview of security, integrity, and legal issues that are raised by p2p technologies, although the discussion roams fairly wide.
Security Issues deals with network security measures from a general perspective.
The Dimensions of Security lists how differing p2p focus highlights or relaxes particular concerns.
A section about Firewalls and Tunnels describes why p2p makes automatic reliance on these safeguards an illusion.
Subversive P2P notes that some technologies are aggressively anti-control.
Redundancy and Persistence outlines why p2p deployment can provide solutions to these particular issues of accessibility.
Legal Issues outlines a difficult area, which, to make things worse, is under hard-to-track ...
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