Hi all -- I have received only one feedback post to my request for comment (RFC) in this post: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent/message/3987 (Thanks...
(I didn't notice this when it first popped up.. I only skim this list nowadays).. 1. Yes, simpler protocol = less bandwidth = more speed! 2. Strings have...
... file .. then a tool ... out the .torrent file ... The only other 'section' is the announce part and you need that before you can contact clients. And...
Hey Mike -- Many thanks for your feedback, all of which is appreciated. I've posted some thoughts below to stimulate more discussion. -Dave ... It just felt...
Dave, (these are replies to your replies, I've snipped the quote to save traffic) 2. Nicer, maybe.. but we're trying to be efficient here :) 3. If someone was...
... I... knew that. I don't know how I forgot it. I'm an idiot. Okay, since *all* of the messages are prefixed with a lengh field, all messages that have...
... This is a moderated group, Dave. For all you know there have been millions of replies, but not all posts get approved for the list. There's also a big...
... The group is moderated for 2 reasons: Spam and Topics which should be on BitTorrent_help. Everything else gets through. The complex inner workings of...
I am working on an assignment for uni where i have to write a network app in vb, so i chaose bittorrent. My main problem is what exactly i need to read to...
The_Collective_OZ
the_collective_oz@...
Dec 4, 2003 12:16 am
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<un-lurks> Heh...having worked phone support for one of MS's compeditors for over a year now, I can see how this could've unfolded: <ring><ring> MS:Thank you...
... cannot, ... reiterate, ... Forwarded-For ... whether ... address and ... trying ... run ... in 3 ... potentially ... that it ... correct IP ... They ... ...
specialistward
specialistward@...
Dec 4, 2003 12:18 am
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... Let's enumerate the advantages of FTP against BitTorrent: (1) it can be password protected. Indeed, this is a big flaw in bittorrent that shoud be filled. ...
i don't know if it's my place to say this, but i believe the point of this mail list is to discuss and improve the _technology_ of the BT protocol, not the...
Gary Fung
garyfung@...
Dec 4, 2003 12:21 am
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... No, if peer2 wants a chunk from peer1, peer2 must connect to port 6881 (or higher) on peer1, and download it. This won't work if peer1 is firewalled. ...
Thanks for all the comments. BitTorrent is a wonderful program that I use on a daily basis (and if I had any money I'd pay for it, Bram :). Anyway, I've been...
... xml has a habit and bad history of making troubles when it comes to character sets. since youre encoding binary data (8-bit clean without any...
Richard Fuchs
dfx@...
Dec 4, 2003 12:22 am
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... It's a support problem. I moderate the bittorrent_help list, so I get to see a decent chunk of the support requests. The behind-a-nat/firewall problems...
no offence, but it is sad that universities are REQUIRING use of proprietary languages. Luckily my uni. hasn't _yet_, we are still Java / C++ oriented. On Wed,...
Gary Fung
garyfung@...
Dec 4, 2003 1:34 am
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Hello Group, I have a "hopefully" simple questions. 1. Is it currently possible to query torrent download data from any BitTorrent client. An example would...
1. burst! uses standard win32 apis calls to retreive the uploaded and downlaoded MB and current transfer rates from the downloaders.. that's all you get...
I figured that this was what I was going to be left with. Has their ever been any thoughts to requiring some sort of standard "protocol" method of getting...
Yeah, this'd be great, but I don' think anyone is going to implement it in the python core, and I don't know enough of python (nor do I care enough) to do it...
You might want to have a look at the Azureus client (http://azureus.sourceforge.net), as it can export runtime statistics on downloads to an XML file at a...
... What about making it more obvious what's happening? How about a big red blinking light labelled "PEERS CAN'T CONNECT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BEHIND A...
Bob Miller
kbob@...
Dec 4, 2003 4:32 pm
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I don't know about trackers and seeds, but you can retrieve information displayed on the standard BitTorrent GUI (amount downloaded, total size, download...
... I don't understand. All OSes support the notion of a file in the filesystem. If a "client" (actually a peer) is invoked from a web browser, the browser...
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