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
