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Ah yes thats the term, I believe (not for downloading) but another MS app Skype uses the same thing when youre talking to someone on a lower bandwith/ADSL conne
by xufi 10y ago
Ah yes thats the term, I believe (not for downloading) but another MS app Skype uses the same thing when youre talking to someone on a lower bandwith/ADSL connection. I believe it uses the same TCP mechanism of some sort which I havent looked in to.
- jodrellblank 10y agoSuperNodes, which Skype used up until Microsoft bought them out (in May 2011) and stopped doing that (in April 2012)? http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-s...
- xufi 10y agoOh I see. I figured they still used them. Skypes Ui sure has suffered sadly.
- riskable 10y agoIt's not just the UI that suffered. The latency and performance of Skype calls dropped significantly after they switched from P2P to Microsoft Notification Protocol 24 (aka MSN Messenger Protocol)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notification_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notification_Protoco... They also introduced serious security problems when they made that change... So instead of Skype messages going from one client directly to another they go through Microsoft's servers (where they are stored and intercepted by TLAs) unencrypted. They also introduced a new "feature" whereby their systems read everything you write: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-Microsoft-is-reading-everything-you-write-1862870.html http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-M...