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General discussionWhy are GOG downloads coming from footprint.net instead of gog.com?(6 posts)solved(6 posts)solved
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Posted June 25, 2022
What is footprint.net?

When I download games from GOG this site is mentioned as the source of the download instead of www.gog.com when I look at my download history in my web browser.

Is this normal or has something gone wrong?

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Post edited June 25, 2022 by SpellSword
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Posted June 25, 2022
Just downloaded the same thing (Gothic 2 Soundtrack) and yes it came from footprint dot net. Weird.
Posted June 25, 2022
I just contacted the staff and what they said is that:
Hey, it's perfectly normal. It's just one of our CDN (content delivery network) servers :)
So it sounds like everything should be good.

I figured it was better to mention the oddity than just ignore it, sorry for the false alarm.
Post edited June 25, 2022 by SpellSword
Posted June 25, 2022
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SpellSword: What is footprint.net?
A CDN (Content Delivery Network) where GOG puts their large files not to overburden their own infrastructure.
Posted June 25, 2022
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SpellSword: this site is mentioned as the source of the download
The domain name is something like gog-cdn-lumen.secure2.footprint.net

It's a content delivery network from Lumen Technologies (formerly Level 3 Communications).
Posted June 25, 2022
Thank you for the information.
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