![]() This application allows a user to define a music folder or folders on a local hard drive, and share the music via the DAAP protocol. An example of such implementation is the Firefly Media Server. With the reverse engineering, people have been able to put DAAP into use as a standalone music-sharing protocol. Despite its being proprietary and closed-source, reverse engineering of the protocol has determined that the protocol itself is nothing more than an advanced HTTP ( Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) protocol. This protocol is responsible for the library sharing aspects of iTunes, which allows users within the same local network to stream music from one-another’s computers. ![]() The Digital Audio Access Protocol, also known as DAAP, is the proprietary protocol that Apple developed and implemented into iTunes versions 4 and above.
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