Benny Pedersen wrote to Alan Ianson:   
      
   BP>  BP>> just a wish to see MBSE serve as a Direct Connect server and file    
   BP>  BP>> storage   
   BP>    
   BP>  AI> What is a Direct Connect server, and what does it do?   
   BP>    
   BP> i assumed too much that MBSE users know more then me on what DC+ is, sorry    
   BP> about that :=)   
      
   No worries. I try to keep up as best I can.. ;)   
      
   BP>  AI> You can connect directly to MBSE via telnet, IFC, ITN and Binkp. :)   
   BP>    
   BP> Direct Connect is P2P protocol, that means if i have huge files in fidonet    
   BP> it wont drain my own bandwidth to download it via P2P if MBSE supported    
   BP> DC+ protocol, i cant understand that in 2015 its still just using FTN    
   BP> without P2P support   
      
   It is an interesting idea and I have heard it floated before. I am just a user   
   of MBSE though and not a developer so.. :)   
      
   BP>    ----- p2p begins -----   
      
   BP> [N] net-p2p/rtorrent (0.9.3): BitTorrent Client using libtorrent   
   BP> [N] net-p2p/transmission (2.84-r4): A Fast, Easy and Free BitTorrent    
   client   
      
   When I need these sort of things I use one of those two.   
      
   BP> software exists, but why not use it direct in MBSE ?   
      
   A starting place would be needed, is there a proposal that we could use as   
   a starting point. It would need to be usable across BBS and/or mailer types   
   wouldn't it?   
      
   An interesting idea but it seems complicated to me.   
      
   I guess torrent files could be made available on the BBS instead of the   
   actual file, as long as they are seeded.   
      
    Ttyl :-),   
            Al   
      
   ... "Diplomacy" is letting them have it your way.   
      
   --- MBSE BBS v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)