Comments on: The Secrets of a Running A BitTorrent Tracker

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:06:44 +0000

no no

By: the unknown

the unknown — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:36:37 +0000

way do all site owners hide behind a name there is 1 site i know of that the owner let members use his name on there and the staff on there always help you on there ( not like some other sites that are happy to ban members for no reason and the staff talk to members like crap ). i’ve never known a site like it. there should be more sites like it open and friendly staff that want to help and not trash a member who really needs help. have a look http://www.totalchaos.me.uk/

By: website design

website design — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:57:53 +0000

Warez scene FTW

By: website design

website design — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:06:43 +0000

of a running a bittorrent tracker?

By: Geeker

Geeker — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:14:06 +0000

Thank you for the ‘plug’ and recommending Filesoup h33t :)

Here is a direct link for the specific section you referred to on filesoup:
http://filesoup.com/forum/tracker_listing_search_site_software-f33.html

Lots of other info is also available on Filesoup, covering various aspects of BitTorrent and just file sharing in general.

Cheers!

By: h33t

h33t — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:00:16 +0000

if a dude is interested in their own tracker then start your reading at filesoup. then go look at one of the major code sources tbdev, tt, or btit (all of these have been in development for years and have large active communities in support)

get yourself a test server and install a tbdev site, a tt site, and a btit site. you wont be running a busy tracker on a free webhost but it will do for a test. play with the site, decide which one you like, which one works for you

visit the community forum for the code and post your questions. get a feel for which community is helpful. find a home and make friends who are also building their own trackers

here it is again in brief:

1. read filesoup
2. install on a test box
3. play with it
4. discover the owner communities

you will never look back

final hint: choose a theme for your tracker that nobody else is doing, be unique. dont make another mininova clone, there is only one mininova

By: smilers

smilers — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:41:48 +0000

@23
It’s not black ops and that’s the whole point of that blog, I think. If you actually read it, you would know that.

@24
There’s a good reason that no one’s using Azureus for a tracker. It’s not a suitable solution for even a small site. Once again, if you read the link, you’d know what it was about.

By: Jim Jones

Jim Jones — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:01:52 +0000

LOL< Would you like a side of Torrent Fries with your order sir? LMAO!

Jiff
http://www.anonymize.us.tc

By: steelstring

steelstring — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:44:30 +0000

Yeah !!!

By: Ice

Ice — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:19:38 +0000

Nice blog but where can we get actual technical details if we want to start from scratch a torrent tracker like for example how the coding is done and all because what they have written about is too advanced.