DETECTING AND PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE OF NODE FAULT WITHIN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK

摘要

A method and apparatus for detecting and handling peer faults in a Peer-to-Peer network are disclosed. The method for detecting peer faults includes: receiving a diagnosis request message; detecting whether a peer is faulty according to a preset fault detection method; and sending a diagnosis response message to a source peer that constructs the diagnosis request message or a peer specified by the diagnosis request message, where the diagnosis response message carries a detection result, and the detection result carries information about the faulty peer if the peer is detected as faulty. Through the technical solution under the present invention, the faults of the peers on the forwarding path in the P2P network can be detected.