Overlay Network - List of Overlay Network Protocols

List of Overlay Network Protocols

Overlay network protocols based on TCP/IP include:

  • Distributed hash tables (DHTs), such as KAD and other protocols based on the Kademlia algorithm, for example.
  • JXTA
  • Many peer-to-peer protocols including Gnutella, Gnutella2, Freenet and I2P. (Examples: Limewire, Shareaza, μTorrent, Tribler, etc.)
  • PUCC
  • Solipsis: a France Télécom system for massively shared virtual world
  • HyParView: a higly robust unstructured overlay for gossip broadcast

Overlay network protocols based on UDP/IP include:

  • Real Time Media Flow Protocol - Adobe Flash

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