Talk:Akamai Technologies/Archives/2015
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Peer-to-peer
From the Akamai NetSession FAQ ([1]), I note the following:
- The Akamai NetSession Interface DOES:
- enable secure, closed peer-to-peer networking so that websites can deliver files to their users economically and with faster downloads.
- Will uploading or sending data overwhelm or saturate my connection?
- Only certain websites and applications utilize client-to-client delivery capabilities. For those applications that use this library capability, upstream bandwidth utilization will only happen when the network is underutilized and is intended to be unnoticeable.
My understanding of that is that if you have the NetSession Interface software on your computer (installed as a download manager for some Abode software, for example), it will turn your computer into a web server for other people who are viewing web content that it has cached on your machine. Regardless of whether that content is objectionable ads or stuff you like, it's pretty noteworthy that it's using private computers without clearly disclosing that and without explicit permission. Ccrrccrr (talk) 14:57, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
My belief is that Akamai's 'Content Delivery Network' is a euphemism for a commercial botnet, and as the NetSession program is deployed without user knowledge or consent there is little difference between it and a hacker bot. S.Mc. 25/07/2015