Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 03:05:42 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: nbco <nbco@screaming.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading FreeBSD Message-ID: <20041006000542.GA1471@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200410051635.56828.nbco@screaming.net> References: <956dc51a0410050606ac45514@mail.gmail.com> <b2538b20041005070410689652@mail.gmail.com> <20041005150834.GB5326@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <200410051635.56828.nbco@screaming.net>
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On 2004-10-05 16:35, nbco <nbco@screaming.net> wrote: > On Tuesday 05 October 2004 17:08, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > I'm asking because I don't know: > > > > a) What a bittorrent tracker is. > > b) What it takes to install and set up one. > > c) Why would I prefer it over FTP/CVSup? > > > > Your reply to c) seems to be "to save bandwidth". The next logical > > question is "how is bandwidth saved and who is it saved from"? > Bittorrent is a type of p2p protocol: http://bittorrent.com/introduction.html Ah, I see. Many thanks...
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