On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 17:55 -0500, John Benes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > >Is there a way to make sure the iso > > that will circulate through torrent is authentic?. > > It's as authentic as the original download used to create the torrent. > It uses SHA1 sums to verify individual pieces of the file, and then a > SHA1 sum of the entire thing. > > I didn't take any offense to that at all. I can understand why you were > asking. I'll probably wait for the release of the 6.1 livecd to turn it > into a torrent. There are advantages to torrents over FTP/HTTP downloads for files that are several hundred MB.
a. The files get divided into 'chunks' which are downloaded from different servers (peers). As you download a 'chunk', you become a server for it contributing to the overall network. The total throughput is higher than downloading from a single server. b. If for any reason, you need to interrupt the download, it will resume by requesting the 'chunks' you are missing. Think all the community in Eastern Europe, Latin America and many other regions where the bandwith is limited and/or Internet access is spoty. My $.02 G -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
