[105230] in North American Network Operators' Group
P2P agents for software distribution - saving the WAN from meltdown?!?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Netfortius)
Mon Jun 16 09:54:24 2008
From: Netfortius <netfortius@gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:53:20 -0500
Reply-To: netfortius@gmail.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Has anybody used (and been successful at) a bit-torrent-like agent for fast
distribution of LEGAL software (install programs of large-DVD size), across
multiple sites, all over the globe, with bad WAN connectivity? I have read a
couple of references online (e.g.
http://torrentfreak.com/university-uses-utorrent-080306/) about such, but I
am a little reluctant to do it in a corporate environment, especially in the
light of potential misuse of such ... unless finding a way to install, use
and remove the P2P agent, all in one shot ... catch 22, sort of (distributing
the P2P agent, that is :)) ...
Stefan
P.S. If inappropriate for this mailing list, I apologize - but the "long fat
pipe" thread gave me the idea to ask here, vs. sysadmin-like lists, as the
potential for network impact is my primary concern.
