On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 19:15 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
Hi Folks:
As I look forward to downloading and installing the new FC4 tomorrow, I
guess I need to know what is the best way to go about doing it. I have
a suspicion that the official mirrors are going to be JAMMED trying to
get the release, so I am wondering if bittorrent might be the way to go,
Yes, it is - I already have what appears to the the released versions of
the FC4 CDs that I got from BitTorrent. I was able to download at
almost 2 megs/second.
but I am basically unfamiliar with it, and from my readings about it,
I
have some concerns about security. Specifically, does using bittorrent
open my computer to the possibility of people gaining unauthorized
access to other portions of my computer / other files.
As with *any* network service, yes, there is a risk. However,
BitTorrent isn't designed to do what you are asking about. It's not
like Kazaa where you share your whole hard drive or a whole directory.
Have a look at
http://www.bittorrent.com/documentation.html and
http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html for more details.
Also, Although it is summer and we don't have a lot of users, one
way
for me to get in crosswise with the administration, would be for me to
set up something that would suck down our bandwidth badly to the point
where they cannot get to their e-mail / web browsing etc. is there an
EASY way to limit the amount of bandwidth that the bittorrent streams
can use?
Yes, BitTorrent has a little slider bar that lets you set your max
upload speed, or you can use the --max_upload_rate command line
argument.
I have really fallen in love with BitTorrent. I am seriously impressed
with it.
Thomas