• An overlay network is a logical computer network that is layered on top of a physical network. The concept of overlay networking is distinct from the...
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    failures and flooding. An overlay network is a virtual network that is built on top of another network. Nodes in the overlay network are connected by virtual...
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    Peer-to-peer networks generally implement some form of virtual overlay network on top of the physical network topology, where the nodes in the overlay form a...
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    through the overlay to the node responsible for k, which will reply with the stored data. The keyspace partitioning and overlay network components are...
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  • a virtual multi-dimensional Cartesian coordinate space, a type of overlay network, on a multi-torus. This n-dimensional coordinate space is a virtual...
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    Tor is a free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication. It is built on free and open-source software run by over seven thousand volunteer-operated...
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  • an overlay network that provides initial configuration information to newly joining nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network. A type...
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  • Dark web (redirect from Dark network)
    The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets (overlay networks) that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations...
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    Darknet (redirect from Darknet (networking))
    A darknet or dark net is an overlay network within the Internet that can only be accessed with specific software, configurations, or authorization, and...
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    p2p networks such as Bittorrent and emule. Freenet separates the underlying network structure and protocol from how users interact with the network; as...
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  • a MAC frame in a UDP datagram for transport across an IP network, creating an overlay network or tunnel. Alternative technologies addressing the same or...
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  • up overlay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Overlay may refer to: Overlay network, a computer network which is built on top of another network Video...
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  • given. Virtual Private Network Enterprise private network Overlay network collapsed Overlay network broken-up xDSL to Internet connectivity Triple play...
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  • vSwitch is an example of a software-based virtual network switch that supports Geneve overlay networks. It is also supported by AWS Gateway Load Balancers...
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  • system network, the nodes are clients, servers or peers. A peer may sometimes serve as client, sometimes server. In a peer-to-peer or overlay network, nodes...
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  • services and networks. P2P networks usually implement overlay networks running over an underlying physical or logical network. These overlay networks may implement...
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  • The eDonkey Network (also known as the eDonkey2000 network or eD2k) is a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file sharing network created in...
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  • Bootstrapping node (category Network service)
    an overlay network that provides initial configuration information to newly joining nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network. Bootstrapping...
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    often are, separate overlay networks): The data plane (also user plane, bearer plane, or forwarding plane) carries the network's users' traffic, the actual...
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  • Tapestry is a peer-to-peer overlay network which provides a distributed hash table, routing, and multicasting infrastructure for distributed applications...
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  • virtualization I/O virtualization Network function virtualization Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation Overlay network OVN Virtual circuit Virtual...
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  • with a Kademlia key, which is used for finding peers (values) in the overlay network. To find peers in a swarm, a node sends a get_peers query with the...
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  • The Kad network is a peer-to-peer (P2P) network which implements the Kademlia P2P overlay protocol. The majority of users on the Kad Network are also connected...
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  • the network gateways, as needed. Similarly, a Wide Area Infrastructure Manager (WIM) could rely upon an SDN controller to set up overlay networks to interconnect...
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  • XRP Ledger (redirect from Ripple network)
    about centralization within the network. The XRP Ledger peer-to-peer overlay network is characterized by a small-world network topology, featuring a tightly...
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    Tribler (category Anonymity networks)
    based on the BitTorrent protocol and uses an overlay network for content searching. Due to this overlay network, Tribler does not require an external website...
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  • Kademlia (category Overlay networks)
    Kademlia nodes communicate among themselves using UDP. A virtual or overlay network is formed by the participant nodes. Each node is identified by a number...
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  • I2P (category Overlay networks)
    'I2p' is a pseudo-top-level domain which is only valid within the I2P overlay network scope. .i2p names are resolved by browsers by submitting requests to...
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  • circuit-switched core network, used for traditional GSM services such as voice calls, SMS, and circuit switched data calls. It was extended with an overlay architecture...
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  • Anonymity of participants is usually achieved by special routing overlay networks that hide the physical location of each node from other participants...
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