Detailed analysis of Gnutella protocol

Terms and Network Management

Sevent: a network attached to GnutellaProgramIt is called servent and short for "server" and "client. "Peer", "Node" and "host" have similar meanings, but are more powerful.

It calls a participant rather than a program. When a servent has an exact client or server identity, the client or server may be used. The client is also used

Is a synonym of servent. Some other documents use servant instead of servent.

Messages: a message is an entity used to transmit information on the network. Sometimes the word packet is used, and some other documents use descriptors.

Guid: Abbreviation of globally unique identifier, which indicates a globally unique identifier. This is a 16-byte value consisting of random bytes, used to identify servents and messages. This

The identification method is not a signature, but a unique way to identify network entities.

Guntella network: the Gnutella network is composed of hosts that implement the Gnutella protocol and is sometimes called GNET.