Non Linux but network tech question

[Thomas Charron]

On 6/19/07, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2007, at 21:05, Ben Scott wrote:
> >   For about the brazilianth time, it's not about listening on a
> > particular port, it's about acting as server rather than a consumer.
> > I'm really getting tired of listening to this particular straw man.
> > You don't have to like their policies, but please stop this semantic
> > nonsense.
> Bittorrent isn't a server?

  No, it isn't.  It isn't a client either.  It's a 'collaborative'
application, where there isn't a client or a server, just peers which
send data to each other.

  A bittorrent tracker, on the other hand, is definatly a server.

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-- Thomas