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differently. |
differently. |
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**Software / media updates.** |
**Software / media updates.** |
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Distributed apt-get / windows update |
As an example of a different application, |
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pointer records could be used to implement |
433 |
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a p2p version of software upgrades |
434 |
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such as Debian's ``apt`` or Windows update. |
435 |
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This could yield large bandwidth savings |
436 |
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with the additional benefit of being able to |
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(due to the simple underlying model requiring |
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only the blocks) |
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for example burn the new versions and their pointers to a CD |
440 |
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to take to a machine that is not connected |
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to a network. |
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- obvious bandwidth savings |
XXX Onion ref? |
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- like onion networks, but storing the version info |
versioning |
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is also distributed - no central server needed |
is also distributed - no central server needed |
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for distributor |
for distributor |
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