Re: [CORE] Bittorrent?

'k, sounds reasonable ... will this effectively "mirror" our current ftp
structure, or will we have to duplicate whatever files we want offered in
a seperate location?  and are there any instructions for doing this on a
non-Windows machine?  Everything I've seen so far seems very
windows-centric ...

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Answers:
>
> 1) As Bitorrent content providers, we only need to offer a main content site
> and an SHA1 encrypted hash called a "tracker".  We do not have to host other
> people's files.
>
> 2) Trojans are prevented by the "tracker" which serves the same function as an
> MD5 in verifying content, and as Bram Cohen is a cryptography expert, I trust
> this mechanism.
>
> 3) As far as offering the BT file, we need just add the .bittorrent link to
> the downloads page after doing the setup.
>
> I think we should do this.
>
> --
> -Josh Berkus
>  Aglio Database Solutions
>  San Francisco
>
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