[p2p-hackers] Re: Interoperable distribution networks, was Re: Identify "defective" nodes

[Raphael Manfredi]

Quoting coderman <coderman at gmail.com> from ml.p2p.hackers:
:one way in which this might be useful is download queues, where a
:number of files are scheduled for downloading over a number of
:distribution/transport networks.

To have inter-operable distribution networks, it would help if all
said distribution networks used the same identification for files and
the same download protocol.

SHA1 and HTTP come to mind, but of course some people will prefer MD5 and
whatever.

:we all know how often failures occur leaving you with a partial
:transfer.  Stitch could then identify a partial transfer of one
:resource and copy the data into a format (torrent?) that would be
:resumable over a different network.

Ideally, in a distribution network, given a file hash (SHA1, say) you
should be able to get it.  All you need is a magnet URI with the SHA1.

Raphael