Benny Pedersen wrote to Alan Ianson:

BP>  BP>> just a wish to see MBSE serve as a Direct Connect server and file 
BP>  BP>> storage
BP> 
BP>  AI> What is a Direct Connect server, and what does it do?
BP> 
BP> i assumed too much that MBSE users know more then me on what DC+ is, sorry 
BP> about that :=)

No worries. I try to keep up as best I can.. 

BP>  AI> You can connect directly to MBSE via telnet, IFC, ITN and Binkp. 
BP> 
BP> Direct Connect is P2P protocol, that means if i have huge files in fidonet 
BP> it wont drain my own bandwidth to download it via P2P if MBSE supported 
BP> DC+ protocol, i cant understand that in 2015 its still just using FTN 
BP> without P2P support

It is an interesting idea and I have heard it floated before. I am just a user
of MBSE though and not a developer so.. 

BP>    ----- p2p begins -----

BP> [N] net-p2p/rtorrent (0.9.3): BitTorrent Client using libtorrent
BP> [N] net-p2p/transmission (2.84-r4): A Fast, Easy and Free BitTorrent 
client

When I need these sort of things I use one of those two.

BP> software exists, but why not use it direct in MBSE ?

A starting place would be needed, is there a proposal that we could use as
a starting point. It would need to be usable across BBS and/or mailer types
wouldn't it?

An interesting idea but it seems complicated to me.

I guess torrent files could be made available on the BBS instead of the
actual file, as long as they are seeded.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... "Diplomacy" is letting them have it your way.

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