docs/173598: torrents.freebsd.org seems to be down

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Thu Dec 6 04:03:07 UTC 2012


On 5 December 2012 22:53, Glen Barber <gjb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 10:31:13PM -0500, kpneal at pobox.com wrote:
>> But the torrent files _were_ provided directly by the Project. Those
>> torrents contain hashes of the real files. This means files can be downloaded
>> from anyone and the authenticity of them could still be verified.

FWIW, I agree this was a very useful service and am sad to see this go.

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Eitan Adler


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