[DECtalk] Hosting torrent

Jayson Smith ratguy at insightbb.com
Fri Aug 8 16:06:37 EDT 2008


Hi,

     At some point, I could start a Torrent. Remember, I think I've got a 
tracker installed. Once I do, then Tony could start downloading from me. 
After a while, we could both publicize the torrent file. Tony, am I right in 
assuming that, when the masses get hold of this thing, it would be better 
for there to be two sources for at least some of the material, rather than 
everybody having to connect to only one source at first? That's how I've 
always assumed a torrent would best be started.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Hosting torrent


> Hi,
>
> The problem is that I don't have any of the archive at all.  I've
> literally lost everything.  I can download torrents just fine and I
> already have a BitTorrent client.  I also have lots of web space to host
> just the .torrent file if necessary.  I'm aware that BitTorrent supports
> trackerless clients but that isn't something that I'm familiar with and
> I think trackers get better results.  I've been online since 1995 so I'm
> familiar with the web and the Internet generally.  What I meant is that
> I've never created or uploaded torrents, only downloaded.  Obviously I
> need to first find a tracker since I don't want to set one up, but I can
> do nothing until I actually get the complete archive.  As much as I
> appreciate your offer, you are in Italy and probably don't have a fast
> connection.  From what Jayson says, it looks like it would take a long
> time for me to download no matter who sends it to me.  Once I actually
> have everything, I can create the actual torrent, find a tracker and
> post here.  I appreciate you telling me about mininova.org, that helps.
> I also have a private ftp server for those who don't want everything but
> I'm worried about bandwidth usage.  Again, I can do nothing until I
> actually get the files.  Once I get them, I could possibly offer a rsync
> push service if others want to be mirrors, but that's all down the
> road.  Thank you for writing and sharing your thoughts.  Have a good
> holiday.
>
> Talksina wrote:
>> with the masses. With
>> big public, I mean. I can host the torrent on my web site if you want.
>> Not the entire archive, but the .torrent file. I don't think a tracker
>> is needed, for now. If you want to do an experiment, I am here you
>> could just send the .torrent file to me off list and I'll put it
>> inside my web space, then share the link here.
>>
>
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