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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Marc,
>
> > If I'm reading the FAQ/Documentation correctly ... and I may not be
> > understanding it completely after a admittedly quick pursual ... it sounds
> > like a 'napster for files', with ppl uploading to our servers, as well as
> > downloading from it?
>
> Yes, but they're OSS-friendly, popular, and several members of our community
> already use Bitorrent.  Among other things, Linux kernels get distributed
> over it.  It uses the p2p network to bypass bottlenecks at certain ftp sites,
> allowing you to stream the same download from 2-5 sites simultaneosly and
> saturate your download bandwidth.
>
> I don't think we necessarily need to host a Bitorrent server at hub.org; I'm
> not clear on how joining bitorrent works, really.   I'll ask one of the
> current users.

if it was possible to be a download only server, I have no problems with
setting it up ... I'd just hate to see a whack of warez
uploaded/downloaded from the server, or porn, or .. :)