![]() ![]() But if you are using a client like Vuze, uTorrent or similar if the private flag is on (set by the tracker) the DHT, peer exchange settings etc are ignored. Not all torrent clients respect the private flag. An example would be this statement from a staff member at a private tracker: When it comes to torrent sites (especially the private ones) they like to express their control through lists of clients you can and can’t use (a form of DRM) and sometimes give reasons to support this. Wrong (with one exception) - There are always going to be people that want control. MYTH: CERTAIN CLIENTS LEAK DHT DATA AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. Most private torrent sites check for the flag, and add it if missing when the torrent is initially uploaded to their site, Meaning DHT will not work on these torrents. When switching between trackers, the peer MUST disconnect from all current peers and connect only to those provided ![]() When multiple trackers appear in the announce-list in the metainfo file of a private torrent, each peer MUST use only one tracker at a time and only switch between trackers when the current tracker fails. When a BitTorrent client obtains a metainfo file (Torrent file) containing the "private=1" key-value pair, it MUST ONLY announce itself to the private tracker, and MUST ONLY initiate connections to peers returned from the private tracker. This flag also changes the hash, so peers on a non-flagged torrent could not connect to a flagged torrent in any case. It’s a small flag that marks to a client that the torrent is ‘private’ and disables any method of sharing peers (including DHT), except via the tracker. Wrong - With the introduction of the private torrent function in 2008 and the global adoption of this feature by early 2009 the element of a private torrent that is called the ‘private flag’ is utilized. MYTH: YOU MUST TURN OFF DHT WHEN YOU USE PRIVATE TRACKERS. This however is still a confusing explanation, and there is so much confusion and myths around DHT that this is designed to try and answer some for you. No information about the contents or even the names of torrents are passed around, a bonus is this makes this legal and hard to shut down. ![]() The easiest way to think about DHT is to imagine it as a form of ‘super tracker’, A large network of peers pass on information requests about torrents without a central server (a private tracker), meaning no control or single point of failure. Without that basic understanding confusion is inevitable. It's Not really a surprise since the documentation and even the Wikipedia page are filled with technical jargon, and no simple explanation. In effect, each peer becomes a tracker.ĭHT has been included with many clients since it first debuted in the summer of 2005. The main problem however, and the reason you are probably reading this is that most people just don’t understand what DHT is, what it does, and how it works. DHT, or distributed sloppy hash table is used for storing peer contact information for "trackerless" torrents. ![]()
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