Opentrackeris afree(licensed asbeerware)BitTorrentpeertrackersoftware (a special kind of HTTP or UDP server software) that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.
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| Developer(s) | Dirk Engling( "erdgeist" ) |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like(Linux,BSD,...) |
| Size | ~95KiB |
| Type | BitTorrent tracker |
| License | Beerware |
| Website | erdgeist |
Features
editSeveral instances of opentracker may be run in a cluster, with all of them synchronizing with each other. Besides theHypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) opentracker may also be connected to viaUser Datagram Protocol(UDP), which creates less than half of the tracker traffic HTTP creates.[1]It supportsIPv6,gzipcompression of full scrapes, andblacklistsof torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker,[2]opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers[3][4]for the purpose ofplausible deniability.
Technology
editIt runs completely in RAM, accounting for much of its speed advantage over other tracker software. It is written inCand based on thelibrarylibowfatthat manages network connections. For some new functionality like the UDP support with IPv6[5]or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.
Adoption
editThe world's largest tracker atThe Pirate Bayswitched from their selfmade softwareHypercubeto opentracker in the end of 2007.[6]
TheNorwegian Broadcasting Corporationuses it to distribute their own TV shows.[7]
Popular public torrent trackers opentrackr[8][9]and coppersurfer[4]are known to use opentracker.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"UDP tracker protocol".XBT Tracker. March 19, 2006.Archivedfrom the original on July 27, 2010.RetrievedJune 1,2009.
- ^ Maurer, Ben (February 7, 2007)."Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent".Archived fromthe originalon March 9, 2009.RetrievedJune 1,2009.
- ^"Perfect Deniability | Stories from an Opentracker".opentracker.blog.h3q.Archivedfrom the original on December 26, 2023.RetrievedAugust 6,2020.
- ^ab"Open torrent tracker coppersurfer".February 10, 2019.Archivedfrom the original on October 22, 2020.RetrievedApril 21,2024.
- ^Engling, Dirk ( "erdgeist" ) (December 28, 2007)."The IPv6 situation".Archivedfrom the original on February 4, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
- ^Van Der Sar, Ernesto (December 8, 2007)."The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker".TorrentFreak.Archivedfrom the original on January 31, 2010.RetrievedJune 1,2009.
- ^Eirik Solheim (March 8, 2009)."Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker".Archivedfrom the original on February 3, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
- ^"OpenTrackr.org - Free to use torrent tracker".February 10, 2019.Archivedfrom the original on April 3, 2024.RetrievedApril 21,2024.
- ^"OpenTrackr on Twitter".February 10, 2019.
Further reading
edit- WaRlOrD (February 12, 2010)."Installing opentracker + mrtg install + Tcp stack tweaking debian".Archived fromthe originalon March 17, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
External links
edit- Official website
- Stories from an Opentracker(blog)
- Git repository
- 24c3: Tracker fahrn– lecture of the software author at the 24thChaos Communication Congress