On 2013-02-08 17:03 , fredrik danerklint wrote:
You really think people did not have problems with the 1mbit links they had back then?
Yes, I do.
And you really think that we won't have problems with Zillion-HD or whatever they will call it in another 20 years?
I think that this is something I'm trying to say, with the creation of this thread.
That works if you are only distributing Video on Demands content. Thus the question becomes, for what would it not work? If you also want, for example, to have the possibility to distribute software, (static content as well), can you do that with Fussycast?
As I asked; Static content, like in files (*.zip, *.tar.gz, *.iso, etc...)
There is a difference in serving FriendsS01E01.mpg, FriendsS020E3.mkv and FriendsS03.iso ??? Video On Demand is pretty static, perfect for distributing with multicast. (now you will run out of multicast groups in IPv4/Ethernet if you have a large amount of small files though, but there are other protocols for that around) [..]
I do have an suggestion for how to solve this. See my message yesterday to the mailing list.
Ah, I get it, you are trying to get people to acknowledge the non-existence of your tool that does what every transparent HTTP proxy has been doing for years! ;) For that you do not need to do strange DNS-stealing hacks or coordination with various parties, one only has to steal port 80. For instance see this nice FAQ from 2002: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy.html Fortunately quite a few content providers are moving to HTTPS so that that can't happen anymore. Greets, Jeroen