BitTorrent

Torrent trackers

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In simple words,a tracker is a website where people can upload torrents so everyone can find and use them.
There are public trackers(which everyone can join) and private trackers which require users to register before using them.

Creating torrents

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So you want to create and share your own torrents?
Here's some info:
"To share a file or group of files through BitTorrent, clients first create a “torrent”. This is a small file which contains metadata about the files to be shared, and about the host computer that coordinates the file distribution. The exact information contained in the torrent file depends on the version of the BitTorrent protocol. However, a torrent file always has the suffix .torrent. Torrent files contain an “announce” section, which specifies the URL of the tracker, and an “info” section which contains (suggested) names for the files, their lengths, the piece length used, and a SHA-1 hash code for each piece, which clients should use to verify the integrity of the data they receive. Clients who have finished downloading the file may also choose to act as seeders, providing a complete copy of the file. After the torrent file is created, a link to it is placed on a website or elsewhere, and it is registered with a tracker. BitTorrent trackers maintain lists of the clients currently participating in the torrent. The computer with the initial copy of the file is referred to as the initial seeder."
From Wikipedia.org

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The BitTorrent protocol

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"BitTorrent is the name of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol, and is the name of a free software implementation of that protocol. The protocol was originally designed and created by programmer Bram Cohen, and is now maintained by BitTorrent Inc. BitTorrent is designed to distribute large amounts of data widely without incurring the corresponding consumption in costly server and bandwidth resources. CableLabs, the research organization of the North American cable industry believes that BitTorrent represents 55% of the upstream traffic on the cable companies' access network, CacheLogic puts that number at roughly 35% of all traffic on the Internet,although there are dissenting opinions on the methodology to measure P2P traffic on the Internet."
From Wikipedia.org

Torrents

2006-11-14T04:04:00.000-08:00

If you deal with computers,internet and technology in general you propably have heard the term "torrent".Here you can find information about torrents.