DC++ compression technique

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GrizzlyAdams
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DC++ compression technique

Post by GrizzlyAdams » 2004-08-22 03:22

What compression technique does DC++ use for data itself.
I try to understand (and then explain to the hub users) how fake files transfer themselves over the maximum line speed.
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Post by TheParanoidOne » 2004-08-22 03:38

gzip for file transfers.

If you're just trying to explain about fake files, why do you need to know the specific compression technique? Can't you just tell them that DC++ compresses the transfer and leave it at that?
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Post by PseudonympH » 2004-08-22 22:47

If you really want to know how it works, though, read these RFCs:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1950.html - ZLIB format (the "safe" part)
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1951.html - DEFLATE compression algorithm (the "compressed" part)

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thanks

Post by GrizzlyAdams » 2004-08-23 02:10

Thanks, PseudonympH

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