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BitTorrent Unscrambled
#171 | 22:45 |
Monday May 18, 2009
Lab Rats
Monday May 18, 2009
You've likely heard of BitTorrent. It's the latest file transfer technology that spreads the load out across a huge network of "peers" and "leechers." But how does it work? Andy and Sean take a look and explain, using raw eggs and protective gear. They also look at some of the legal issues associated with downloading. Contrary to prevailing wisdom, BitTorrent isn't equal to piracy.
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Bittorrent = peer-to-peer file sharing network. Bittorrent was created by Bram Cohen. A seeder is a user who has the full file and is ready and willing to send one or more parts. A leecher is a user who is requesting one or more parts of the file. To use Bittorrent you will need a client; such as Bittorrent, uTorrent, and etc. For more information on Bittorrent visit Wikipedia.
For more information, see this article on using BitTorrent on Tucows.
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By shad3r about four years ago
(2009-06-08 05:54:53)
(2009-06-08 05:54:53)
Just thought I'd add that the tracker doesn't actually tell each seeder or leecher which file to send across; each seeder/leecher determines this themselves (sort of how Sean gave over file chuck 9 to Michael by himself).
So the tracker basically just connects the leechers to the seeders (and also gathers some information too, like how much you've downloaded/uploaded).
Love the show :)
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