[dvdvol] the new ISO Creator; it's nearing completion!!!

[Aaron Cannon]

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At 09:13 AM 8/12/2005, you wrote:

>Is it really a good idea to build the ISO images on the server and mail
>them to the user?
>
No.  It's a horrible idea.  That's why we're not going to do it. :)  Sorry
for not making that clearer.  The only time that the person is going to be
e-mailed is when the .iso is ready for download.  That message will only
contain a link with perhaps some instructions.



>Even a lowly CD image comes in at 650 MB, which will expand to 1 GB if
>base64-encoded for mailing. Who has got the luxury of that big a mailbox?
>How reliable is the delivery of 1 GB mails? What about DoS attacks on
>somebody else's mailbox?
>
>I'd only build the browse pages on snowy and require that the customer
>uses jigdo-lite (www.jigdo.org) for download. The browse pages are pretty
>small so you can cache them all for a week or so. The actual ebook files
>would come from ibiblio.



I'd like to offer jigdo, but I don't know how easy it is for the average
windows user to install and use.  I'll have to check into it.


Thanks.
Sincerely
Aaron Cannon


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