Some of the readership may find this interesting. http://www.petrovic.org/blog/?p=124
wherein a JXTA p2p network is started in a servlet's init() method. JXTA is an interesting area of Java programming, and affords an open source p2p development platform. The example, which draws on earlier ideas by Sean Kelly, uses a standard webapp as a viewport into the productions of a p2p network. Lots of cool possibilities. Questions or comments welcome. -- Mark AE6RT