Archive.org provide web seeding, and funnily the files typically quickly download from that before even finding any other seeds, defeating the point of torrents.
Not really though web seeding is a thing
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Not really though web seeding is a thing
Archive.org provide web seeding, and funnily the files typically quickly download from that before even finding any other seeds, defeating the point of torrents.
treadful@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Never heard of it. How can someone quickly integrate this into their CD process? Looks like I can build a magnet link that points to a Web seed, but I guess I’d need to submit to some public trackers?
I didn’t find a whole lot of resources on this.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Afaiu if you have a web server, you can web-seed from it, no need for trackers. Archive.org has that for every upload, although they also have a tracker of their own.
treadful@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I think you still need a tracker to discover peers. So unless it’s only a Web download (which would make this whole effort stupid), peers still need to be able to find each other.
Though my understanding of BT’s P2P protocol is pretty weak so I might be running on false assumptions.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Afaiu DHT works for any torrent. It’s not as quick as a tracker, but it works. I download some torrents by exclusively using the DHT.