<span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">Hello everyone,</span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">I am attaching a paper that I wrote sometime back on how content can be effectively distributed in a BitTorrent network.</span> This can perhaps be used to build a robust BitTorrrent CDN for Debian, as mentioned on the proposal list on the ideas page. <br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">First, please read the paper attached. <br><br>Although I don't mention it explicitly, there is something that can be inferred from it. Debian can perhaps provide a separate mode for parallel downloading (explained in the paper), and use it see mainly three positive side effects:<br>
<br>1. More seeders in the swarm,<br>2. To distribute DVDs of large sizes effectively.<br>3. Help minimize the flash crowd effect.<br></span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">I don't think that it will fully solve all problems, but I think it can be helpful to some extent. As far as I am aware (and I have researched thoroughly), something like this has not been implemented by any BitTorrent protocol implementation. <br>
<br>If any mentor finds this acceptable, then maybe something can be worked out. I am of course ready to answer any questions you might be having.<br><br><br>Thank you,<br>Sukhbir Singh<br><br><br></span>