From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-core(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [CORE] Bittorrent? |
Date: | 2003-11-04 23:29:40 |
Message-ID: | 20031104192826.T24889@ganymede.hub.org |
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'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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