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Re: [the_gdf] Re: Updated PFSP specifications

Am Sonntag 19 April 2009 00:21:51 schrieb Raphael_Manfredi@...:
> If I did, I'd ban 95% of the clients, roughly speaking, 4 main vendors
> (not counting the derivatives based on the same code but branded as another
> vendor).

I just read from Gregor that he adapted Phex, so your extension doesn't create
problems for our download code anymore.

Sorry for the noise, and thank you for documenting it clearly!

Best wishes,
Arne
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I have updated the PFSP specs, cleaning up the format, fixing errors. I have also added a new feature, described in section 5, that will be implemented in...
Raphael Manfredi
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Hi Raphael, Many thanks for updating the spec! The texts overally looks good, but the extension is problematic for Phex: Phex uses the X-Available-Ranges to...
Arne Babenhauserheide
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... The sole motivation of this change is simply to save bandwidth when "bad" clients request a highly fragmented file without honouring the Retry-After ...
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... Wouldn't it be better to simply ban these clients, then? Best wishes, Arne -- -- Ein Würfel System: http://1w6.org - einfach saubere (Rollenspiel-)...
Arne Babenhauserheide
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I doubt you really need to put something like this explicitly in a spec. If a client choose to advertise less available ranges to a certain requester, then...
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... It's useful to know how much of a file each client has, even if the list of available ranges is incomplete, and the burden of the extra header is small ...
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... If I did, I'd ban 95% of the clients, roughly speaking, 4 main vendors (not counting the derivatives based on the same code but branded as another vendor)....
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... Ouch... would the fragmentation reduction help which Phex uses? One simple way (I don't know if it's the one Phex uses): Just do Worst Fit (choose a...
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... I just read from Gregor that he adapted Phex, so your extension doesn't create problems for our download code anymore. Sorry for the noise, and thank you...
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