On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 11:14 +0000, Alec Muffett wrote: > On 20 Jan 2012, at 11:00, Tei wrote: > > > Fileshares can organize thenselves in sites based on a forum software > > that is private by default (open with registration), then share some > > "information" file that include the url to the files hosted, and the > > key to unencrypt these files, and some metadata. A special desktop > > program* would load that information file, and start the http > > download. > > > At the risk of kicking over old ground, there are a bunch of privacy > solutions like this; possibly the most complete attempt (in terms of > attempted privacy and distribution) is Freenet: > > http://freenetproject.org/whatis.html > > ...but it's slow; then there's Tahoe-LAFS - a decentralised filesystem: > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs > > ...but it's slow; then there are connection anonymisation tools like I2P and > Tor, but - wonderful as they are - they're slow. > > Can you see a pattern developing that would be relevant to the downloader of > 700Mb+ AVIs? :-) > > It would be great to speed them through wider adoption, but until then... > > -a
Tahoe-lafs can be fast. A grid I help out with is often capable of 600kilobyte/per/second downloads (or faster), and I personally have several files stored on there in excess of 500mb. Close enough to your 700mb movie example. I use this storage as a CDN of sorts, as a friend wrote an HTTP interface to the Tahoe-lafs grid. Should you wish to see it in action, the code and download links are over here --> http://cryto.net/projects/tahoe.html