Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P 2P

Tue Aug 31 21:25:55 UTC 2004

Akamai or not, microsoft is overwhelmed by the demand for SP2, and today is
giving the message listed below on windowsupdate:

Download and install it now  - Currently not available    
We are currently experiencing a high level of demand for Windows XP Service
Pack 2, so please check back later for availability. We apologize for any
inconvenience. If you prefer to obtain SP2 another way, the easiest way to
get Service Pack 2 is to turn on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP
and it will be downloaded when you are connected to the Internet without you
having to take any further action.

So then I thought about getting it from the torrent at sp2torrent.com, but
sadly microsoft has made them remove the torrent...

-----Original Message-----
From: Byron L. Hicks [mailto:bhicks at nmsu.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 3:21 PM
To: Jeff Wheeler; Henry Linneweh
Cc: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of
P2P 

Not true.  For those of us who host Akamai servers, we could download SP2
with no problems.  We did not need P2P, or MSDN.  In fact, I would be very
reluctant to trust a Windows update downloaded via P2P.

--
Byron L. Hicks
Network Engineer
NMSU ICT

On 8/30/04 12:43 PM, "Jeff Wheeler" <jwheeler at usip.org> wrote:

> 
> My two cents:
> When Windows XP SP2 was released the only way to get it (for those of
> us not part of MSDN at least) was via P2P.  The same has been true for
> countless other large but important software releases on various
> platforms (particularly ones like Linux that aren't backed by huge
> corporations with tons of bandwidth to host these sorts of files).
> 
> Point is?  P2P is extremely valuable for the timely and cost-effective
> delivery of critical updates to the masses.
> 
> --
> Jeff Wheeler
> Postmaster, Network Admin
> US Institute of Peace
> 
> 
> On Aug 30, 2004, at 2:27 PM, Henry Linneweh wrote:
> 
>> 
>> So I would like some professional expert opinion to
>> give her on this issue since it will effect the
>> copyright inducement bill. Real benefits for
>> production and professional usage of this technology.
>> 
>> -Henry
> 