Other applications and frameworks

File sharing is the most commonly used application, but to make the thesis complete a look at other applications is important. Identifying if other services have similar problems and if they can be solved in a similar manner makes up the final part of this thesis. This should include for example Grid computing and Instant Messaging.

Some attempts to generalize peer-to-peer services have been attempted, for example the JXTA project by Sun Microsystems. Such frameworks for peer-to-peer services should be investigated to see how well they solve the problems encountered. It is also useful to compare these attempts with the framework designed earlier.