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diff --git a/net/chimera/DESCR b/net/chimera/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..353f59df648 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/chimera/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Structured peer-to-peer overlays, sometimes also referred to as +Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs), are scalable network infrastructures +that support Internet-scale network applications utilizing a +decentralized resource model. At their core, these overlays provide +Key-Based Routing (KBR), where messages addressed to any Key will +incrementally route towards an overlay node responsible for that key. +On top of the KBR layer, these overlays can support distributed +storage using a DHT layer or data location using a DOLR layer. + +On top of these overlays, researchers have proposed numerous +distributed applications, including distributed storage and backup +systems, multicast systems, resilient routing networks, distributed +spam filters, mobility support and anonymous routing networks. + +Chimera is a light-weight C implementation of a "next-generation" +structured overlay that provides similar functionality as +prefix-routing protocols Tapestry and Pastry. Chimera gains +simplicity and robustness from its use of Pastry's leafsets, and +efficient routing from Tapestry's locality algorithms. In addition to +these properties, Chimera also provides efficient detection of node +and network failures, and reroutes messages around them to maintain +connectivity and throughput. |