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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: jr2 on April 25, 2015, 03:31:58 pm

Title: Microsoft adds peer distribution support to updates? (see img) Thoughts?
Post by: jr2 on April 25, 2015, 03:31:58 pm

Playing around with Windows update settings and found this (Windows 10 build 10049):


(http://i62.tinypic.com/1z2gas1.jpg)

Title: Re: Microsoft adds peer distribution support to updates? (see img) Thoughts?
Post by: LHN91 on April 25, 2015, 07:56:58 pm

As long as they:

A) Leave the option to only grab from machines on the local network
B) Default to that option
C) Have a robust hash checking algorithm to prevent poisoned seeds ruining any updates

Then I have relatively few issues with it. The biggest one is bandwidth limited users and what would happen if the option to seed the wider internet couldn't be disabled, as that would suck up bandwidth like crazy.

Title: Re: Microsoft adds peer distribution support to updates? (see img) Thoughts?
Post by: karajorma on April 26, 2015, 03:08:53 am

I previously ranted about the stupidity of having to download the same installer file on multiple PCs. So as long as this is done correctly, I think this is a great idea.

Title: Re: Microsoft adds peer distribution support to updates? (see img) Thoughts?
Post by: Bobboau on April 26, 2015, 08:58:32 am

yeah, I think this is about 10 years overdue.

Title: Re: Microsoft adds peer distribution support to updates? (see img) Thoughts?
Post by: Flaser on April 28, 2015, 05:17:48 pm

Quote from: Bobboau on April 26, 2015, 08:58:32 am

yeah, I think this is about 10 years overdue.

Not quite. In a corporate environment this could be done with WSUS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_Update_Services) for quite a while.