A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6821 Title: Improving Peer Selection in Peer-to-peer Applications: Myths vs. Reality Author: E. Marocco, A. Fusco, I. Rimac, V. Gurbani Status: Informational Stream: IRTF Date: December 2012 Mailbox: enrico.marocco@telecomitalia.it, antonio2.fusco@telecomitalia.it, rimac@bell-labs.com, vkg@bell-labs.com Pages: 16 Characters: 33299 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-irtf-p2prg-mythbustering-03.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6821.txt Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic optimization techniques that aim at improving locality in the peer selection process have attracted great interest in the research community and have been the subject of much discussion. Some of this discussion has produced controversial myths, some rooted in reality while others remain unfounded. This document evaluates the most prominent myths attributed to P2P optimization techniques by referencing the most relevant study or studies that have addressed facts pertaining to the myth. Using these studies, the authors hope to either confirm or refute each specific myth. This document is a product of the IRTF P2PRG (Peer-to-Peer Research Group). This document is a product of the Peer-to-Peer Research Group of the IRTF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce, rfc-dist and IRTF-Announce lists.To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/irtf-announce For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC