-content (mostly software packages) over the web. The system uses a
-Distributed Hash Table to support downloading the individual content
-files from peers, which reduces the strain on the network of mirrors
-that is usually required to support the downloads. This work includes
-implementing a new download client for software packages of Debian-based
-systems called apt-p2p.
-
-My plans are to complete the work on the design of the system, and the
-implementation and deployment of the client. I will then be analyzing
-and improving both, to determine their effectiveness at solving this
-problem and to make them suitable for any free content distributors to
-use.
-
-Finally, I will be preparing and defending my thesis.
+content over the web (mostly software packages, which have different
+characteristics as compared to other files downloaded by BitTorrent).
+The system uses a Distributed Hash Table to support downloading the
+individual content files from peers, which reduces the strain on the
+network of mirrors that is usually required to support the downloads.
+This work includes implementing a new download client for software
+packages of Debian-based systems called apt-p2p.
+
+The first version of this software was released last month, and has
+since attracted over 100 users. For more info, see:
+
+ http://www.camrdale.org/apt-p2p.html
+
+ http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt-p2p
+
+A poster about the design of this new system has been accepted by
+SIGCOMM'08, and I plan to attend it to present my work, and more
+importantly, to get feedback from the audience of this top
+networking conference.