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Re: bittorrent proxy



On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:40:45PM -0400, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> Is there a bittorrent proxy?  I'd like to put it on the machine on my 
> LAN that is always on and has a huge disk.  The proxy would take 
> requests from any user on my LAN and carry out the request for them.
> This way, they wouldn't have to remain logged in themselves during the 
> download, and could just turn their machines on when the download was 
> complete.
> 
> Since my LAN is IP-masqueraded, it would also simplify the IP-forwarding 
> that would otherwise be necessary to use bittorrent.  I can't I can't 
> IP-forward to *all* the machines on my LAN, and taking turns gets to be 
> a nuisance.  With a proxy, I'd just have to IP-forward to the proxy (or 
> not, if it was the gateway machine).
> 

Why not just ssh in to the machine and then use screen and
btdownloadcurses or just btdownloadheadless?

Regards,

-Roberto
-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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