Bandwith Saving for Doom9 web site

[gnutellafan]

I know bandwith has been an issue so I would like to suggest a partial solution. Shareaza (www.shareaza.com), a gnutella client, is capable of creating links to the gnutella network and finding the exact file the link was created for (verified with SHA1 hash). By creating these web links, and possibly including the doom9 url as a permenant location, doom9 can save a goog deal on bandwith and still provide the same access to its files.

Go to: http://www.shareaza.com

For creating gnutella links (called magnets) go to:
http://www.shareaza.com/news/magnet.aspx

[Scipio]

How would this be compatible with the constant updates on his site?

[gnutellafan]

You simply create a new magnet when the new file is created. Since the magnet is the sha1 of the file it is specific for the file you create the magnet for.

[gnutellafan]

Hmm, maybe you didnt get it, but you place the magnets on the web page, just like links, users click on them and the file is downloaded using shareaza or other gnutella clients that support magnets.

[Scipio]

I'm slowly getting it. :)

So every user that wants to download something must have a gnutella client installed? Aren't you asking for too much?
(perhaps I still haven't got it...)

[gnutellafan]

Originally posted by Scipio
I'm slowly getting it. :)

So every user that wants to download something must have a gnutella client installed? Aren't you asking for too much?
(perhaps I still haven't got it...)

Arent users asking too much? We get all this great free software and someone else pays for the bandwith (not to mention the great developers that make the software for us). This is a simple and easy way for doom9 to reduce the bandwith costs.

[Scipio]

Originally posted by gnutellafan


Arent users asking too much? We get all this great free software and someone else pays for the bandwith (not to mention the great developers that make the software for us). This is a simple and easy way for doom9 to reduce the bandwith costs.

I understand your point although I don't think someone will install a certain file-sharing tool just for downloading a 500KB tool. (especially since a google search would certainly reveal other DL-sources quickly)

Although I certainly like the idea of filesharing for that purpose (bandwidth-saving, that is) you also lose control over the availability of your files (if there aren't many users who keep this file shared you won't get it very fast).
I'm really hoping that a browser with integrated file-sharing engine will appear (or as a plugin e.g. for mozilla) so that more people are equipped with it out of the box.