Gnutella_Download

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the Gnutella protocol.
Gnutella is a peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing protocol. It is the first decentralized p2p network, which led to other networks adopting a similar model. The client software must bootstrap to another node to obtain information about more nodes. Once the client is connected to a node, it will be able to get more nodes and download files.

Affected Products

Gnutella

Impact

Network bandwidth consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Evasive
• Excessive-Bandwidth

Application Dependencies

• Gnutella

References

• http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net