Post: A tutorial on torrents
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08-24-2010, 11:09 AM
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Captain Retard
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1. Setting up UTorrent (The Torrent Client :derp
2. Downloading a Torrent
3. Protecting Yourself From Bad IP's
A Definition of Torrents:
[B]BitTorrent[/B] is a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer"]peer-to-peer[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing"]file sharing[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_%28computing%29"]protocol[/URL] used for
distributing large amounts of [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data"]data[/URL]. BitTorrent is one of the most
common protocols for transferring large files, and it has been
estimated that it accounts for roughly 27–55% of all [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_traffic"]Internet
[/URL]
[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_traffic"]traffic[/URL] (depending on geographical location) as of February
2009.[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29#cite_note-0"][1][/URL]
Programmer [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Cohen"]Bram Cohen[/URL] designed the protocol in April 2001 and
released a first implementation on July 2nd, 2001.[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29#cite_note-BC-1"][2][/URL] It is now
maintained by Cohen's company [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent,_Inc."]BitTorrent, Inc.[/URL] There are
numerous [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_client"]BitTorrent clients[/URL] available for a variety of [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_platform"]computing [/URL]
[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_platform"]platforms[/URL].
A quick info spam from Wikipedia:
[B]µTorrent[/B] (or [B]uTorrent[/B] and commonly abbreviated as "[B]µT[/B]"
or "[B]uT[/B]") is a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware"]freeware[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_source"]closed source[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29"]BitTorrent[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients"]client[/URL] by
[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28company%29"]BitTorrent, Inc.[/URL] It is available for [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows"]Microsoft Windows[/URL] and [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X"]Mac OS [/URL]
[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X"]X[/URL]. Both versions are written in [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B"]C++[/URL].[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent#cite_note-8"][9][/URL] It gets the "[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C"]µ[/URL]" in its name
from the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix"]SI prefix[/URL] "[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-"]micro[/URL]" meaning one one-millionth and it refers
to the program's small [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_footprint"]footprint[/URL] by using the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPX"]UPX[/URL] executable
compressor. The program is designed to use minimal computer
resources while offering functionality comparable to larger
BitTorrent clients such as [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuze"]Vuze[/URL] or [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitComet"]BitComet[/URL].
To get started in downloading torrents you need to download the client program, in this tutorial i will be using UTorrent.You can download UTorrent from here:
https://www.utorrent.com/
Once you have installed UTorrent you will get a setup box like this:
Just change the settings to suit your connection and save it.
Just change the settings to suit your connection and save it.
2. Downloading The Torrent
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In this tutorial I will be downloading the Iron Man 1 movie.
In order to download a torrent you will need to search for one on a website, the website I recommend is torrentz (links at the bottom) simply because it shows results from many websites (known as trackers)
.
1. Search for your torrent on your preferred tracker:
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¹ This is the seeders, they are people that are sharing the file, usually the more the better.
2. Select the torrent and a list of download locations will appear, select one (I prefer the Pirate Bay(Oh and btw don't click the advertisements))and it will bring up a page with the requested torrent
3. On the download location simply click on download to download the torrent file. Please note this is not the actual file.
4. If Utorrent doesn't automatically open the file open it/set the file type to be run by utorrent.
5. A box will open allowing you to select the files you would like to download and other options, have a poke around or click ok.
Congratulations!, the torrent should now be downloading!
Even though torrents are a good way to download "stuff" there are quite a lot of viruses hidden away in some professional looking torrents, some trackers have a comment box for the torrent, if the torrent has a virus there is bound to be complaints.
Certain IP's are "sent in" to a torrent to perform acts against the Peer2Peer networks, the best way to protect yourself is to download peerguardian:
Links:
UTorrent
P.S If you find this guide helpful please thank and +rep, thnx
:bro:
Jameo 30what
In order to download a torrent you will need to search for one on a website, the website I recommend is torrentz (links at the bottom) simply because it shows results from many websites (known as trackers)
.1. Search for your torrent on your preferred tracker:
You must login or register to view this content.
¹ This is the seeders, they are people that are sharing the file, usually the more the better.
2. Select the torrent and a list of download locations will appear, select one (I prefer the Pirate Bay(Oh and btw don't click the advertisements))and it will bring up a page with the requested torrent
3. On the download location simply click on download to download the torrent file. Please note this is not the actual file.
4. If Utorrent doesn't automatically open the file open it/set the file type to be run by utorrent.
5. A box will open allowing you to select the files you would like to download and other options, have a poke around or click ok.
Congratulations!, the torrent should now be downloading!
3. Protecting yourself Use a condom...
Even though torrents are a good way to download "stuff"
there are quite a lot of viruses hidden away in some professional looking torrents, some trackers have a comment box for the torrent, if the torrent has a virus there is bound to be complaints. Certain IP's are "sent in" to a torrent to perform acts against the Peer2Peer networks, the best way to protect yourself is to download peerguardian:
https://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
This downloads a list of bad IP's and blocks them from communicating with you. In the setup there will be an option to add and remove "lists", remove all the preexisting ones (they dont work) and add:
https://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1
This list is updated regularly and should help protect you from anti-P2P networks.Links:
UTorrent
https://www.utorrent.com/
Torrentz
https://www.torrentz.com/
Peer Guardian 2
https://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
Blocklist
https://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1
Thank you for reading my guide, If you have any questions feel free to ask them, I may also update this later.P.S If you find this guide helpful please thank and +rep, thnx
:bro:
Jameo 30what
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