bumchakalaka Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hello, I have noticed with a few private torrents that they only connect to 1 tracker only even if you have multiple trackers(updating trackers list will only update the tracker that connected when the torrent started) and it will only connect to the other trackers if the tracker above failed to connect, if i try to stop the task and start it again it will connect to the tracker below the one that connected the first time i started(1st time it connects to udp://tracker.ccc.de:80/announce then if i stop and start it will connect to udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announce). Really weird stuff so you guys check it out it makes it hard to download some private torrents(rare torrents). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumchakalaka Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hello, I have noticed with a few private torrents that they only connect to 1 tracker only even if you have multiple trackers(updating trackers list will only update the tracker that connected when the torrent started) and it will only connect to the other trackers if the tracker above failed to connect, if i try to stop the task and start it again it will connect to the tracker below the one that connected the first time i started(1st time it connects to udp://tracker.ccc.de:80/announce then if i stop and start it will connect to udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announce). Really weird stuff so you guys check it out it makes it hard to download some private torrents(rare torrents). i'll upload the screen later i tried to edit but got an error and can't seem to be able to edit the post again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumchakalaka Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) i'll upload the screen later i tried to edit but got an error and can't seem to be able to edit the post again. After a few task starts and stops i could see there was no next scheduled refresh for the other trackers just the other that connected, and the other trackers didn't have a log, and i must add if i stop the task the tracker keeps connecting/refreshing some really weird stuff. Edited June 28, 2012 by bumchakalaka (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasy Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 This behavior is not a bug, it's intended to work this way. Private torrents should only be made for private trackers which only need one announce URL to work. Otherwise the uploaded amount stats the client sends to the private tracker would be a sum of the stats meant for each tracker you add, which is considered cheating and you'd get banned on that tracker. We have notified other client developers about this exploit but they chose to ignore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumchakalaka Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 LOL so the maker of this torrent didn't know that or used a client that used that exploit XD. Well thanks for the quick response Vasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasy Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The torrent creator and initial seeder probably doesn't even know it's leaked on a public index site. It's the tracker's users that seek to benefit from this.They add public tracker announces to it, probably remove the private tracker's announce to cover their tracks and upload it on a public torrent index site... If you see a new private torrent on a public site that has a private tracker announce with a passkey in it you could let the admins of that tracker know. The simplicity of this exploit makes it a serious problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Release notes from version 1.26 Core Improve: connect to one only tracker at a time when downloading private torrent, and clear all peers when switching tracker As far as I know BitComet is the only client that has patched this possible exploit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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