From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 20:14:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CAC816A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:14:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6736143D46 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:14:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krylon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 20167 invoked by uid 65534); 5 Oct 2004 20:14:13 -0000 Received: from i53874C4F.versanet.de (EHLO [192.168.0.13]) (83.135.76.79) by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 05 Oct 2004 22:14:13 +0200 X-Authenticated: #685629 Message-ID: <4163008F.6040604@gmx.net> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:14:07 +0200 From: Benjamin Walkenhorst User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040926) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <956dc51a0410050606ac45514@mail.gmail.com> <20041005150834.GB5326@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <200410051635.56828.nbco@screaming.net> In-Reply-To: <200410051635.56828.nbco@screaming.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Downloading FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:14:15 -0000 nbco wrote: >Bittorrent is a type of p2p protocol: http://bittorrent.com/introduction.html >Bittorrent would take the pressure off the servers as those who use it would >effectively be getting the isos from those that already have them on their >own boxes, in short it cuts the servers out of the picture therefore reducing >congestion. It's in ports. I use: /usr/ports/net/py-bittornado >home page: http://bittornado.com/ > > > [...] >Once I move to 5.3 I could seed it and we can see whether it is picked up. I >don't think there is any real reason to seed 5.2.1. > > If it offers the kind of performance edonkey offers, I won't use it. Unless the server were in real trouble when a new release comes out. But then again, there are lots of mirrors. Where I live (Germany), I usually get 180 kb./sec and more from a local mirror. That doesn't mean it's a bad idea. P2P could be a very powerful tool for distributing free software, documentation, patches... On the other hand security comes to mind. But wait, you can still get your checksums from the server. But for anything you get from a source as trustworthy as a P2P network, you *want* to use checksums. =) >..nbco > Kind regards, Benjamin