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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.
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=Client downloading of URL=
The client directly downloads the URL.
==Pros==
===Technical===
Simple and straightfoward.
===Privacy===
Parcel owners in Second Life will be able to implement the same defense techniques that have been used in IRC for years. The problem of griefing on unverified alts will be mitigated.
 
==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.
==Pros==
===Technical===
===Privacy===
==Cons==
===Technical===
===Privacy===

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