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, > 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. It does open ports on your computer, but you should not run bittorrent as root (it doesn't need it) so there would not only have to be a bt exploit, but the attacker would also need a local exploit. > > 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? There is - I don't recall off hand what it is, but you can throttle it. Some schools block bittorrent - hopefully yours doesn't. You might want to check with the CS department - they may already be planning a local mirror.
