METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING STATE OF A BOOTSTRAP PEER

摘要

A method for maintaining state of a bootstrap peer comprises the steps of: selecting a bootstrap peer; acquiring the state information of the bootstrap peer; updating local bootstrap peer list according to the state information of the bootstrap peer. A device and system for maintaining state of a bootstrap peer are also disclosed. By making use of the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to update the bootstrap peer list according to the state information of a selected bootstrap peer, so as to ensure the validity of bootstrap peer list in bootstrap server, so that the bootstrap peer list information acquired by a joining peer is valid, so as to improve the  successful rate of joining of a joining peer, shorten the joining process time of a joining peer, and realize the load balance between bootstrap peers.