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Ability to update from a distributed P2P network. #958

Open puneetse opened 5 years ago

puneetse commented 5 years ago

It would be neat if CL could offer a choice to obtain update content from a P2P network hosted by willing CL clients. I'd love to get to the point where CL updates saturate my network pipes.

The signing of content could ensure that the intended update content is being distributed. Versioning/checks for updates could continue to be centralized to ensure clients aren't receiving stale information.

Windows offers a similar feature, that can be enabled for LAN or WAN and has a controllable bandwidth throttle.

lebensterben commented 5 years ago

I agree.

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fenrus75 commented 5 years ago

P2P is .... kinda iffy.

our CDN somehow manages to suck. Plan to fix that is well in execution; but I think the right first step is to fix the CDN situation before revamping the whole software stack

note that we have a fallback CDN that might be worth seeing if it is faster

fenrus75 commented 5 years ago

(P2P is iffy in that many ISPs do pretty nasty shaping things to it)

ahkok commented 5 years ago

Not to mention many P2P protocols rely on UDP which means it's wholly unusable in corporate networks.

lebensterben commented 5 years ago

Not to mention many P2P protocols rely on UDP which means it's wholly unusable in corporate networks.

Restrictions on UDP should not be a big deal because there're ways to make UDP traffic looks like TCP. Check this https://github.com/wangyu-/udp2raw-tunnel

In some parts of the world, P2P might be a better choice than CDN servers because the local authority may apply bandwidth throttling or even block the server. Surely you have an option to setup a local mirror site but then you'll have to remove anything they don't like from your server.

puneetse commented 5 years ago

I think the right first step is to fix the CDN situation before revamping the whole software stack

Agreed, this isn't a solution to those CDN issues. I view a P2P distro update solution to be a capability that augments the update mechanism, with a core CDN as a reliable default.

(P2P is iffy in that many ISPs do pretty nasty shaping things to it)

Sure, but there are also networks where that is not a concern and those traffic shaping policies are not transparent. The choice to opt-in to a P2P solution should be the users.