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Yeah, HIBP is using torrents: > I removed the direct download links from the HIBP website and just left the torrents which had plenty of seeds so it was still
by Aissen 5y ago
Yeah, HIBP is using torrents:
> I removed the direct download links from the HIBP website and just left the torrents which had plenty of seeds so it was still easy to get the data. Since then, Cloudflare upped that 15GB limit and I've restored the links for folks that aren't in a position to pull down a torrent. Crisis over.
- knorker 5y agoI know, I read the article. But I feel like Dr Strangelove here. Of course, the whole point of a torrent on a cloud service is lost if you also provide a raw download link. Also providing a download link is tempting, but can easily cost (for a 17GB file and growing) up to US $3 per click. Even off of their premium global network it's over $2 per click. The cheapest in Microsofts entire egress table would be $0.68 per click. (but that only kicks in after you've spent way more than $9400 in cheaper tiers in a given month) Egress kills you, in cloud. "Oh, cloudflare probably caches most of this" is not something I'd recommend.
- dx034 5y agoAnd then Cloudflare will not cache it at some locations for random reasons and the cloud bill is back. Anyone with technical knowledge should have no problem routing static files via machines at OVH/Hetzner and the like, no reason to enter such risks for maybe an hour of setup time saved.