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Bittorrent Implements Cache Discovery Protocol

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the middlemen-i-wouldn't-want-to-be dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CacheLogic and BitTorrent introduce an open-source Cache Discovery Protocol (CDP) that allows ISP's to cache and seed Bittorrent traffic. Currently, Bittorrent traffic is suffering from bandwidth throttling ISP's that claim that Bittorrent traffic is cluttering their pipes. This motivated the developers of the most popular Bittorrent clients implement protocol encryption to protect bittorrent users from being slowed down by their ISP's. However, Bram Cohen, the founder of Bittorrent doubted that encryption was the solution, and found (together with CacheLogic) a more ISP friendly alternative."

13 of 170 comments (clear)

  1. i wanna go fast by MrSquirrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have the technology -- we can make him stronger, faster, better! ...now, if only there were some more seeders.

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  2. Pipes? by norminator · · Score: 4, Funny

    Currently, Bittorrent traffic is suffering from bandwidth throttling ISP's that claim that Bittorrent traffic is cluttering their pipes.

    You mean tubes.

    1. Re:Pipes? by Scorchmon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not to be confused wtih a big truck. The internet is most definitely not a big truck. You could possibly confuse the two.

    2. Re:Pipes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Currently, Bittorrent traffic is suffering from bandwidth throttling ISP's that claim that Bittorrent traffic is cluttering their pipes.
      You mean tubes.
      You mean straws .
    3. Re:Pipes? by MikeWasHere05 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Looks to me like some horses and poker chips could solve the ISPs problem.

    4. Re:Pipes? by TheSpoom · · Score: 2, Funny

      NO! The poker chips will stack up and clog the porn! You meant lottery balls, my friend.

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    5. Re:Pipes? by x2A · · Score: 2, Funny

      Look, you can't just keep dumping your own private jokes on this slashdot, it can't support them, and results in situations where it can take me 5 days to get the joke.

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  3. obligatory by cli_rules! · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't torrents clogging up the tubes the real problem?

  4. Between the... by Known+Nutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    between the clogged tubes and the friggin SNAKES... on a PLANE! I'm not sure what to do...

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  5. Technical errata by ElephanTS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Currently, Bittorrent traffic is suffering from bandwidth throttling ISP's that claim that Bittorrent traffic is cluttering their pipes.

    Jeez, who writes this stuff? Must be clueless because everyone knows the internet uses tubes. Sheesh.

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  6. However, however, however... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "However, Bram Cohen, the creator of the bittorrent protocol and the developer of the mainline bittorrent client did not believe that encryption was the solution, and found (tohether with Cachelogic) a more ISP friendly alternative. However, this new and improved version is promising the opposite, downloads will be accelerated instead of throttled. However, only for commercially licensed content."

    Well, I guess that takes care of the legal liability issue.

    Also, *barf* at three sentences in a row starting with "However."

  7. Re:Way to pick a new protocol abbreviation by Amouth · · Score: 2, Funny

    ahh just give it spanning tree's abv.. no one cares about it anyways

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  8. Re:Way to pick a new protocol abbreviation by ToTheBone · · Score: 2, Funny

    A few alternative suggestions:
    TCP (Torrent Cache Protocol)
    SMB (Storage Method for Bittorrent)
    ATM (Advanced Torrent Method)
    BOOTP (Bittorrent Over Other Temporarystorage Protocol)
    BGP (Bittorrent Gateway Protocol)
    HTTP (Helper Torrent Transfer Protocol)
    NTP (Networkfriendly Torrent Protocol)
    TDMA (Torrent Data Management Advanced)
    TFTP (Torrent File Transfer Protocol)

    I'm sure someone will have a few even better suggestions