Re: JSH: Being me

From: Acid Pooh (poopdeville_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/29/04


Date: 28 Nov 2004 16:30:17 -0800

jstevh@msn.com (James Harris) wrote in message news:<3c65f87.0411281037.6826d97@posting.google.com>...
> But, on to something practical, as I've been looking at BitTorrent
> clients while I'm doing downloads, and I see the download speeds
> hopping all over the place as the clients--I guess--use various
> algorithms to try and figure out what's the best connection to make.
>
> Anyone here know anything about those algorithms? I'm thinking maybe
> I might make my own BitTorrent client, or go in and fiddle with the
> algorithms on the one I have as I have Azureus. But it's an idle
> thought, so why not toss it on sci.math?
>
> Any of you know anything about the algorithms being used in BitTorrent
> clients?

Sure. What do you want to know? It's a much more naive algorithm
than you seem to think it is.
http://www.bittorrent.com/protocol.html

'cid 'ooh



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