Re: iOS 7 update traffic

[Glen Kent <glen.kent () gmail com>]

BTW Linux distributions are available to download via bittorrent, so we
dont really need Akamai/Limelight here. Is there a reason why Apple has not
adopted bit-torrent for distribution? Are there legal/commercial
implications using bit-torrent?

Glen

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Neil Harris <neil () tonal clara co uk> wrote:

> On 23/09/13 10:32, John Smith wrote:
>
> > Picked this off www.jaluri.com (network and Cisco blog aggregator):
> >
> > http://routingfreak.wordpress.**com/2013/09/23/ios7s-impact-**
> > on-networks-worldwide/<http://routingfreak.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/ios7s-impact-on-networks-worldwide/>
> >
> > The consensus seems to be for providers to install CDN servers, if they
> > arent able to cope up with an occasional OS update traffic.
> >
> > http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?**id=391B4B64-F693-41B7-**6BBAC6D7017C3B8A<http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=391B4B64-F693-41B7-6BBAC6D7017C3B8A>
> >
> > John
> Perhaps Apple, Microsoft etc. should consider using Bittorrent as a way of
> distributing their updates? If ISPs were to run their own Bittorrent
> servers (with appropriate restrictions, see below), this would then create
> an instant CDN, with no need to define any other protocols or pay any third
> parties.
>
> The hard bit would be to create a way for Apple etc. to be able to
> authoritatively say "we are the content owners, and are happy for you to
> replicate this locally": but perhaps this could be as simple serving the
> initial seed from an HTTPS server with a valid certificate? It would then
> be trivial to create a whitelist of the domains of the top 10 or so
> distributors of patches, and then everything would work automatically from
> then on.
>
> -- N.