Use of Peer to Peer Connection ?

[Vishwas]

hi!
May be i am in the wrong forum, to ask this question. But in case, you find it right , i wanted to know, the advantage of a connection that uses a server ( like smartfox ) in between above peer to peer connection. In what situations should i consider using a server like smartfox, and what are the situations where i may consider peer to peer connections also.

Thnx.
V

[Bax]

Peer-to-peer is usually used for direct data transfer where no specific data security is needed.
In games or other kind of applications you typically don't want hacked clients to be able to cheat. In this case a centralized server is very useful, because you can implement your own logic to avoid cheating.