2017-02-24 7:59 GMT+01:00 Marco Ciampa <ciam...@libero.it>: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:50:59AM -0500, Mark Roszko wrote: > >> > I have no issue with that but there is no way for KiCad to control >> > what is uploaded to a torrent so I really don't want the project to be >> > responsible for it >> >> The torrent could be autogenerated by the download server when the >> files are transferred over, the download server would act as the >> initial seed server. The torrent once created could be shared on the >> website and then thats it. The contents of the torrent cannot change >> without it being a completely different hash and thus invalid for the >> torrent. > > Agree. > Actually using torrent is _more_ secure than downloading via ftp or http. >
Given that you got the correct torrent or magnet link in the first place. > Said with different words, having "official" torrents is just like having a > download with md5 integrated that assure the validity of what you download. > I usually use official torrents download for: > > * Libreoffice > * GIMP > * Ubuntu Linux > ... > >> >> >Does our website not have enough bandwidth for downloading KiCad packages? >> >> Actually simultaneous downloads from multiple users do seem to slow it >> down quite a tad bit. It's not like the files are hosted on a CDN like >> other projects may have or even github. >> >> The theory with torrents is the download server would consume the >> same bandwidth during initial seed but then others could then "donate" >> their bandwidth afterwards to continue sharing (the initial seed is >> still there too). >> > > Torrents is like having a auto download balancer that uses the bandwidth > of other clients instead of saturating the servers download bandwidth. > >> Not advocating for this but just throwing my two cents in > > Well, if you ask me, in my humble opinion (not having set any any torrent > seed in my life) setting up torrent seeds for main kicad downloads could > be a worthwhile job. > > -- > > > Marco Ciampa > > I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. > > ------------------------ > > GNU/Linux User #78271 > FSFE fellow #364 > > ------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
