[OpenIndiana-discuss] Spare bandwidth for mirroring

Jesus Cea jcea at jcea.es
Tue Nov 2 21:15:35 UTC 2010


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On 02/11/10 22:07, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> Why not BitTorrent, and let folks spread the load?  There _is_
> a BitTorrent client for Solaris, AFAIK, although it's
> strictly command-line.  As long as you have a separate MD5
> posted for the ISO, so people can verify it, that should be
> good enough, and much cheaper in bandwidth for those that serve
> it.

You don't neet a MD5 check. The original "torrent" file comes from
OpenIndiana, and it is "safe". You are a seed, like any other BT client.

If you send garbage, the client BT will reject your data, because it
doesn't match the torrent file (that comes from OpenIndiana, a secure
source).

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