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"Hans Galema" <notused@notused.nl> wrote in message
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>  > I said that a persistent connection *to the centralized server
>  > that is maintaining the searchable database* was needed.
>
> I don't remember those words as such.

Then you have not been reading this discussion, because that is the only
thing I have been talking about this whole time.  I may not have used those
specific words, but that is the intent of the discussion.  I will summarize
it for you:

A central server exists on the Internet somewhere.  All user machines
maintain a connection to that server.  The server then knows about all
public IPs of every user, regardless of whether routers are involved.  When
a user performs a search, the server returns a list of connected IPs for
machines that match the search criteria.  The searching user can then
attempt to connect to the desired user(s) for the purpose of transferring
files.  At no point do any of the machines need to know about the existance
of routers, proxies, firewalls, etc.

> The term persistent was not used until this post. And Jonathan used
> the word permanent.

Persistent = permanent.  The point is, Jonathan discussed connections *to
the central server*.  You, and only you, discussed connections *to the ISP*,
which has nothing to do with the topics being discussed.

> And my thoughts were to much with Napster I think.

Napster also worked in the same way - persistent connections to a central
server, and negotiated direct-transfer connections between individual users.


Gambit