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Become can be installed in two different ways, depending on how you want to administer it:
Standalone installations don't depend on servers being available, or even on the existence of a network. They're useful for small sites, or sites with a small number of users. The disadvantages are that reading the configuration file takes a while, so the program doesn't feel as responsive as it should, and ensuring that all the hosts' configuration files are synchronised becomes difficult when you have lots of machines.
A networked installation clearly depends on the servers' reliability. The client reacts only to the first reply it receives, so as long as there is one server running, everything should continue as normal.
A networked installation is useful when you have a large number of client machines, particularly ones which may not be awake all the time. The full configuration file only needs to be installed on a small number of servers; the clients require only a list of server machines to contact, and an encryption key to use.
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