Hello!
I was informed that I can’t install any p2p software on my work computer. I’m using syncthing for obsidian sync. Is syncthing a p2p software? Does it fit this category?
Hello!
I was informed that I can’t install any p2p software on my work computer. I’m using syncthing for obsidian sync. Is syncthing a p2p software? Does it fit this category?
Who knows? Is Teams p2p? iMessage?
Yes, I do think Syncthing does fit in the P2P category. But, I highly doubt that they mean to rule out software like Syncthing, in the end you’re in complete control… Also p2p-software is a bit of a broad term, I have a gut-feeling that they actually mean to avoid torrenting clients and alike.
The best approach is just to ask the IT department or whoever is in charge of the relevant policies.
It really depends on who you ask, because what is and isn’t P2P has changed over the past 40+ years.
Per Wikipedia:
Syncthing is a free, open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization application available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Solaris, Darwin, and BSD. It can sync files between devices on a local network, or between remote devices over the Internet […]
As someone who helps set the IT policies and guidelines at my workplace, I don’t see Syncthing in the same category as Napster, LimeWire, BitTorrent, Bitcoin, Ether and other similar apps because there aren’t random anonymous users/clients consuming a Syncthing node’s resources.
(On a related note, Windows 10/11 system update uses a peer-to-peer mechanism called Delivery Optimization. )
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