Re: Reducing dependency on trackers
"woutersmeenk" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.bit-torrent.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
--- In [email protected], "dropnessence" <bittorrent@n...> wrote: > Since there isn't a secure way to authenticate the peer against the tracker, you also run > into many other problems (DoS mentioned by Olaf van der Spek, poisoning peer lists, > privacy, etc). Why not let the tracker send a hash wich is tracker-torrent independent. wich the peers have to exchange before talking to each other. This would make sure to both peers that other had contacted the tracker. Wouter Smeenk ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/dkFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/