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> what kind of p2p protocols are you thinking of ? Skype was originally P2P, but because of NAT there had to exist "supernodes" which did STUN/TURN/ICE shenani
by throw0101d 1y ago
> what kind of p2p protocols are you thinking of ?
Skype was originally P2P, but because of NAT there had to exist "supernodes" which did STUN/TURN/ICE shenanigans to make it work (which caused scaling issues since there weren't enough of them):
* https://spectrum.ieee.org/skype-scuppered-by-problem-with-supernodes-millions-affected-worldwide https://spectrum.ieee.org/skype-scuppered-by-problem-with-su...
* https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-ditched-peer-to-peer-supernodes-for-scalability-not-surveillance/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-ditched-peer-to-peer-sup...