MonoTorrent to distribute software

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MonoTorrent to distribute software

Just wondering of what people think of using MonoTorrent and the torrent protocol as the core part of an installer....

Essentially I am creating an installer which has the following requirements:

Access through Firewalls/Proxies
Runs over SSL
Authenticated access to the installer/files
Background download
Handel bad connections (i.e. if a disconnect occurs, pickup downloads that were halfway through a file)
Validate integrity of downloaded content
Download Throttling

So given all of this, I thought that embedding MonoTorrent in the installer package, running a private tracker and having the clients download (no seeding only leaching) from the server would be a good idea.

This also has the side benefit of being able to bring extra servers online or offline depending on load.

What do you guys think? Can I get this functionality from MonoTorrent and how hard is it to setup? Is there a better alternative that will meet these requirements?

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I can't comment specifically on MonoTorrent, but large software companies have indeed used the torrent protocol to distribute patchers and installers (see Blizzard Entertainment, for example).

Mark 2010-08-30 16:56:32

Do you know of any document cases of where they have done this? i.e. a blog article where blizzard has discussed this?

vdh_ant 2010-08-30 17:00:18

I've never seen anything from blizzard that comes out and says that they're using the torrent protocol, but it's fairly obvious from the software itself that that's what's going on. There is extensive information available from http://www.wowwiki.com/Blizzard_Downloader that describes exactly how the software works.

Mark 2010-08-30 17:14:42

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