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# PeerFinder
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The PeerFinder module has these responsibilities:
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- Maintain a set of addresses suitable for bootstrapping into the overlay.
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- Send and receive protocol messages for peer address discovery.
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- Provide network addresses to other peers that need them.
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- Maintain connections to the configured set of fixed peers.
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- Track and manage peer connection slots.
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## Description
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## Terms
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td>Bootstrap</td>
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<td>The process by which a Ripple peer obtains the initial set of
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connections into the Ripple payment network overlay.
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</td></tr>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Overlay</td>
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<td>The connected graph of Ripple peers, overlaid on the public Internet.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Peer</td>
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<td>A network server running the **rippled** daemon.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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