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Transfers within the LAN?
Transfers within the LAN?
Posted Mar 13, 2004 17:18 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)In reply to: Transfers within the LAN? by lakeland
Parent article: The BitTorrent File Copying Tool
I don't see how you would do that... One reason that BT works so well is that it assumes all your peers are liars (versions of the BT client hacked to unfairly increase download speeds). In the case of file traders, this ain't a bad assumption. IP location seems like one more vector where peers can lie to each other. Wouldn't it be simpler and more reliable to just go with the fastest peers you can find, regardless of where they're located?
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Transfers within the LAN?
Posted Mar 13, 2004 19:49 UTC (Sat) by lakeland (subscriber, #1157) [Link]
Hmm. Firstly, faking your IP address is fairly tricky. Especially sincethat is the only thing given to your peer for uploading.