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Many companies push p2p CDNs for their online software products, on the premise that load on their edge servers/centralized CDN providers will be reduced if the
by zbentley 6y ago
Many companies push p2p CDNs for their online software products, on the premise that load on their edge servers/centralized CDN providers will be reduced if their users get data from peers.
However, I believe GP was referring to companies blocking such CDNs on their internal networks (used by their employees). That corroborates my experience and that of my colleagues (healthcare, education, defense).
- fxtentacle 6y agoYes, I was talking about internal networks. And I have since remembered the name of the service that stumbled over this: veoh.com They were quickly blocked for using P2P in pretty much every company firewall. I remember sending a funny video link around, but nobody could watch it in their lunch break. Also, so many regular users reported their "Giraffic Video Accelerator" for suspicious behavior (high CPU usage, high network usage) that antivirus companies started flagging it as a Trojan. Then, Veoh went bankrupt. And eventually, they were acquired.