If you don’t want your users to download Webstorm images, you just have to block Jetbrains’ sites. Suffice it to say, Jetbrains’ servers have a very fast Internet connection. On the other hand, if 15 clients with fast Internet connections are downloading, none of them will get a speed of more than 33 kb/s (500/15). If one of the clients has a slow Internet- let’s say capped at 50 kb/s, the other client can download at 450 kb/s. If the server’s Internet connection is 500 kb/s - either one client can download at 500 kb/s, or if two clients are downloading, the speed will be divided among them - and each of them will get 250 kb/s. Someone needs to set up a server and buy a very fast Internet connection. This is a pretty simple and convenient method of file sharing. (You can think of upload process as a person speaking on the phone, and download process as a person on the other end taking notes). When the image is being transferred between the two (server and user), two things are happening simultaneously - upload of the image from the server, and download of image to the user’s device. The web server starts replying with the WebStorm’s image data as fast as the Internet link between the two of you permits. When a user wants to download the image, he sends a request to Jetbrains’ web server.

They buy a computer, connect it to the Internet, place a copy of the WebStorm image on its hard drive, and configure some software (like Apache web server) to allow people to download the image. Let’s say Jetbrains wants to distribute a 30-day latest trial version of WebStorm. (For example, when you download some Software, or drivers from manufacturer’s website, it’s usually done via HTTP). HTTP is used when you download files from a website using your web browser, or something like Internet Download Manager. Now to understand WTH is seeders and leechers , first let’s take a look at a simpler method of sharing files - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol i.e. What are torrents? Torrents are simply a way to distribute files.

Torrents Hacker Experience