On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:33:53AM -0700, Ben Johnson wrote:
balance...." I take this to mean a server is started by default when
downloading a file that serves the file you are presently downloading.
Each client both uploads and downloads pieces simultaneously. This is
necessary to get the "swarming" effect which makes bittorrent so
successful as a distributed protocol.
to be the primary source of a file you wish to serve via bit torrent, I
get the impression from the various man pages that you need to create a
series of meta files, which you make available via http. those contain
Not as true as it used to be. The new official client has support for
"trackerless" service, and some of the clones such as Azureus have had
similar functionality for a while.
Interestingly enough, the Register mentioned a new protocol from M$ that
seems to combine some ideas from both BitTorrent and par2 to reduce
reliance on trackers:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/16/filesharing_microsoft/
Might be interesting to see if BitTorrent can incorporate the idea,
since it seems like a good one. It will also be interesting to watch
from a GPL/patent perspective, since I'm sure M$ will attempt to
"embrace, extend, and patent" despite the existence of prior art. :)
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