How does a DHT in a Bittorent client get “bootstrapped”?
The mainline DHT bootstrap nodes are router.utorrent.com and a CNAME to it, router.bittorrent.com. Port 6881.
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Battling Bittorrent
If each apartment has its own port on a managed switch somewhere in the building, seeing their traffic levels should be pretty simple with something like MRTG. However, this seems like more of a legal issue than a technical issue. IANAL, but by trying to police the connection the owner is essentially giving up any … Read more
How do BitTorrent magnet links work?
A BitTorrent magnet link identifies a torrent using1 a SHA-1 or truncated SHA-256 hash value known as the “infohash”. This is the same value that peers (clients) use to identify torrents when communicating with trackers or other peers. A traditional .torrent file contains a data structure with two top-level keys: announce, identifying the tracker(s) to … Read more