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Re: It's official, Bittorrent doesn't suck.

  • Subject: Re: It's official, Bittorrent doesn't suck.
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 04:19:42 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <pan.2006.05.13.02.16.51.526426@shaw.ca> <53egj3-uju.ln1@ridcully.fsnet.co.uk> <Ffo9g.2019$y4.92@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <p5Gdnersabrw2fvZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>
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__/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 13 May 2006 21:41 \__

> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> 
>> In article <53egj3-uju.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>>> Bobbie <bobbie4(remove-this)@shaw.ca> did eloquently scribble:
>>>> Well I took spike1's advise (I tried the bittorrent web page and nada, a
>>>> FAQ but not much else) and opened ports 6880 to 6980.
>> ...
>>> You're welcome... Before slagging off a program... Look it up and ask
>>> first.
>>>:)
>>
>> Or slag it for the right reason.  Needing to open 100 ports sucks.
> 
> How else are you going to connect to a 100 peers, though?

Same port. Like pipelining in HTTP. TCP packers, as in any other case, have
layers below port number. That aside, isn't a connection to 100 peers make
him somewhat of a lamer (hacker's terminology)?

        http://www.answers.com/topic/lamer

Best wishes,

Roy

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