Geoff Crompton schrieb: >Edward Faulkner wrote: > > >>Or you could just use bittorrent. The server runs a tracker and >>everyone cooperatively downloads chunks. Same kind of idea, but it >>doesn't require multicast support (which may or may not exist in >>various networks). >> >> > >When you say "The server runs a tracker", are you explaining bittorrent, >or do the security.debian.org servers actually run a tracker at the moment? > >How well does bittorrent work for smaller files? I was always under the >(possibly mistaken) impression that it worked really well for iso sized >images (and larger) because the size allowed plenty of time for the >chunks to get distributed well through out the network. > > > Should be highly available considering that every client would probably need the "security updates" and then would/should host them.
Whatever I doubt that many users want to host files for others...? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
