I preordered

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:09 am

today. Taxx you owe me $5

Anyway the guy said that when you download from WoW Person A starts downloading and then person B starts downloading, but off of person A and so on and so forth, that sounds messed up, and like you could easily get a virus.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:13 am

That's how bit-torrent works babe. All the files lead directly back to the Blizzard seed as far as I understand.

Langston · Post by **Langston** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:03 pm

Kizzy...

Bit-torrent has always been P2P. Sorta like Kazaa on steroids, though, as you can get multiple feeds and provide feeds to multiple others. You can't get a virus that isn't included in the original package to begin with. You can't get a single file that isn't in the original package... it's the way the seeding and checksum algorithims work. It's as safe and secure as the package was originally created to be.

Now, if someone puts a virus-laden package out and it's seeded and distributed... then naturally you will be downloading the same virus... for that reason, only download packages from trusted or verifiable sources.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:23 pm

thanks for explaining it to me.

Langston · Post by **Langston** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:28 pm

That was a miserable explanation of BitTorrent... but if it helps, I'm happy that you're happy.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:32 pm

At least it makes more sense.

Post by **DangerPaul** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:28 pm

Tim and I just reserved our copies, see you butt monkeys on Tuesday.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:33 pm

Even a book about Warcraft can't even get me to read.