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> This is really important because the upstream bandwidth offered by ISPs right now is ridiculous I see it as an indication that the current internet infrastru
by Xylakant 11y ago
> This is really important because the upstream bandwidth offered by ISPs right now is ridiculous
I see it as an indication that the current internet infrastructure is geared towards delivering content from a centralized instance rather than peer-to-peer services such as video chat, content sharing, streaming etc. Many consumer ISPs explicitly forbid serving content. It's a pity since some applications would benefit from symmetric lines. However, if everybody would be running their own home server we'd require a level of competence that's just not there in the general population - and probably never will since not everybody can be an IT expert. (just like I tend to rely on medical professionals if I need to).
In that respect, I find the notion of "X dominates the upstream" when X is one of the few applications where people currently use upstream on a constant basis pretty useless and unsurprising.
- icebraining 11y agoHowever, if everybody would be running their own home server we'd require a level of competence that's just not there in the general population No, we'd just have to redesign the server software to stop assuming the operator has a high level of competence - just like Bittorrent servers already don't, in fact.
- dorfsmay 11y agoI think we're going to see more and more upstream traffic, and security issues associated with it, from personal NAS appliances.
- Xylakant 11y agoThe competence is required to maintain the basic OS. Computers are highly complicated things. I'd bet that sufficient machines get attacked via BT clients. I'm skeptical we'll get to the point where any appliance that is at least moderately complicated will reach the state where it won't have the occasional security issue to which the user must respond. We might get to a point where that's getting better, but I'm afraid we're still far far far out.
- sp332 11y agoLike a chromebook experience for servers? Minimal software, everything signed in a revokable way, auto-updating?
- sandworm101 11y agoAttacks via bittorent clients, legitimate clients from legitimate sources, are extremely rare. Torrent clients only perform a handful of tasks, a very limited profile for threats. Oldschool P2p (ie Kazza and bearshare-style sharing schemes) are a different story, although even they are rarely attacked successfully.