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platform.twitter.com is hosted at Amazon S3 (via an additional CDN). All S3 files by default can be distributed with torrent, if the URL is appended with ?torr

by psz 13y ago

platform.twitter.com is hosted at Amazon S3 (via an additional CDN). All S3 files by default can be distributed with torrent, if the URL is appended with ?torrent S3 servers will act as a tracker and seeds.

gingerjoos 13y ago
Relevent FAQ from Amazon S3 FAQ page : http://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/#What_is_the_BitTorrent_TM_protocol_and_how_do_I_use_it_with_Amazon_S3 http://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/#What_is_the_BitTorrent_TM_pro...
- jonaldomo 13y ago
  Please upvote this to get it to the top.
- untog 13y ago
  Wow, that's amazing. I had no idea Amazon offered that. I also have no idea when I'll ever use it, but still. Damn cool.
  - toomuchtodo 13y ago
    Not only can S3 serve the file as a torrent, if you provide it as a torrent link and have disabled read access to the file, S3 will still serve as the tracker as long as other peers in the swarm have a full copy of the file to serve.
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vdaniuk 13y ago
That is a cool feature, actually.