[nflug] bittorrent setup

[Franklin Kumro Jr]

Usually you only need a tracker if your creating your own torrent to  
distribute. When I download I don't need any sort of tracker (the  
torrent responds to the tracker but I'm not hosting it). For another  
program try deluge and make sure to enable encryption.

The ports you need open are defined by the program, just open your  
firewall for those ports, redirect ports on the router. After your  
download completes put the firewall up and block any incoming  
connections since your not sharing it anymore (unless you want to seed).

-Frank

On Nov 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Joe wrote:

> I'm trying to use a torrent for the first time.  I am currently  
> doing a
> download using azureus (kubuntu feisty).  I also tried ktorrent.  Both
> applications want me to set up a "tracker", but neither will tell me
> exactly what it is or how to set it up.  I think it's a utility to  
> help
> share my download with others.
>
> Howto?
>
> Also, even though azureus seems to be working, it complained about a
> port being closed (probably for sharing the downloaded file).  How  
> do I
> set that up?
>
>
> TIA
>
> Joe
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