Difference between revisions of "New Download Approaches"
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=Client downloading of URL= | =Client downloading of URL= | ||
The client directly downloads the URL | The client directly downloads the URL. | ||
==Pros== | ==Pros== | ||
===Technical=== | ===Technical=== | ||
Simple and straightfoward. | |||
===Privacy=== | ===Privacy=== | ||
==Cons== | ==Cons== | ||
===Technical=== | ===Technical=== | ||
Minor risk that some users won't be able to reach some URLs, causing support issues because a user can't download a spacific image. | |||
===Privacy=== | ===Privacy=== | ||
Risk due to items that can track users, possibly allowing alts to be matched to their owners. | |||
=LL Downloading of URL, passing back to client= | =LL Downloading of URL, passing back to client= | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 25 January 2007
This page is for showing the different pros and cons of different approaches of new ways of getting new URL's to the client. A big question on the minds of developers is LL's policies on Expected Privacy. Understanding what LL thinks on this may lead us to understanding what LL will do. Let's do our best to fill this out with both sides.
Client downloading of URL
The client directly downloads the URL.
Pros
Technical
Simple and straightfoward.
Privacy
Cons
Technical
Minor risk that some users won't be able to reach some URLs, causing support issues because a user can't download a spacific image.
Privacy
Risk due to items that can track users, possibly allowing alts to be matched to their owners.
LL Downloading of URL, passing back to client
This solution suggests that if anyone needs to download a URL, that LL will download the URL, then host a copy of that image on LL's servers. It will then be treated like any other asset hosted by LL. The client will request the URL from the file server, and the file server will spit back a copy of the requested image.
Pros
Technical
Guarantees that the image will be served up in a timely fashion because it will be hosted by LL's content servers.
Privacy
Good for privacy because the user never connects to a foreign server.
Cons
Technical
Lots of bandwidth on LL's part. Possible additional latency because when the first time an image is requested, LL will have to pull a copy of the requested assets from the web server.
Privacy
None known.
LL Hosted proxy network
LL hosting proxies for our clients to connect with. Possibly a dupe of LL Downloading URL
Pros
Technical
Privacy
Cons
Technical
Privacy
P2p-based
A Bittorrent-like p2p downloading system.
Pros
Technical
Privacy
Cons
Technical
Privacy
Anonymous P2p-based proxy
A Tor-like p2p downloading system.