On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 04:14:06PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:40:45PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is there a bittorrent proxy? I'd like to put it on the machine on my > > LAN that is always on and has a huge disk. The proxy would take > > requests from any user on my LAN and carry out the request for them. > > This way, they wouldn't have to remain logged in themselves during the > > download, and could just turn their machines on when the download was > > complete. > > > > Since my LAN is IP-masqueraded, it would also simplify the IP-forwarding > > that would otherwise be necessary to use bittorrent. I can't I can't > > IP-forward to *all* the machines on my LAN, and taking turns gets to be > > a nuisance. With a proxy, I'd just have to IP-forward to the proxy (or > > not, if it was the gateway machine). > > > > Why not just ssh in to the machine and then use screen and > btdownloadcurses or just btdownloadheadless?
Probably because I hadn't heard of them. I'll look then up. Thanks. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
