Re: rsync? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

"Paul Wayper" <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:24:31 +1000
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On 30/08/10 09:39, Paul Wayper wrote:
> A hybrid long-term solution would be for Red Hat to provide a program 
> that takes a torrent file and an existing ISO and checks the blocks in 
> the ISO against the torrent file's block md5sums.  It could then use 
> segmented downloading to fetch only the blocks in which errors had 
> been found.  (This is a useful project for everyone - I wonder if it's 
> already been done).

Just in case I'm not clear here I mean segmented HTTP/HTTPS downloading 
- i.e. proxy compatible, regular web requests.  So the torrent file is 
only used as a reference and no bittorrent traffic is needed.

Have fun,

Paul

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On 30/08/10 09:39, Paul Wayper wrote:
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hybrid long-term solution would be for Red Hat to provide a program
that takes a torrent file and an existing ISO and checks the blocks in
the ISO against the torrent file's block md5sums.&nbsp; It could then use
segmented downloading to fetch only the blocks in which errors had been
found.&nbsp; (This is a useful project for everyone - I wonder if it's
already been done).
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Just in case I'm not clear here I mean segmented HTTP/HTTPS downloading
- i.e. proxy compatible, regular web requests.&nbsp; So the torrent file is
only used as a reference and no bittorrent traffic is needed.<br>
<br>
Have fun,<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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02 6225 8057 - 0422 392 081 - Level 1, 9 Thynne St, Bruce</pre>

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