Avoiding ul/dl ratio monitors

[Malicious Intent]

I found this over at P2P Forums. I dare say that some people will not be happy with this being posted. I can't be bothered to defend myself, but I will remind those annoyed that relatively few people will read this in the bigger scheme of things.

I'd be preaching to the choir if I told anyone here to use this for privacy - not to leach.

A lot of trackers out there are trying to invade our privacy. They are attempting to record how much we have downloaded. If you want to stop them from doing this, and download without reducing your ratio, follow the directions below.

How it works:
You connect to the tracker as normal to start with, giving access to the list of seeds and peers.
You then disconnect from the tracker, so the tracker owner can no longer monitor you.
You share the file with the group of peers gained from the tracker.
You still need to share to download, as the bittorrent protocol deals with leachers at a local level, it isn't dealt with by the tracker.

Setting up:

BitComet:

-> Start your download. Wait for the green arrow.
-> Right-click the torrent, and select Properties...
-> Place the cursor after the full-stop (".") before the .net, .com, .org, etc.
-> Click OK, and watch as you download without reducing your ratio.
BitComet guide with pictures

Azureus
-> Start your download. Wait for a green health dot.
-> Right click the torrent
-> "Tracker" -> "Edit tracker URL(s)"
-> Right click on the annouce address
-> Place the cursor after the full-stop (".") before the .net, .com, .org, etc.
-> Save
-> The health will turn blue, you are now downloading/uploading without the tracker owner's knowledge.

N.B. The torrents will remain in your profile for almost an hour. Your download and upload amounts will not change during this time. This is exactly what happens when your computer crashes (you get "ghost torrents"). If you want to seed to improve your ratio, or if you want an updated list of peers, stop the torrent, correct the Announce URL, and start the torrent again.

For further reading:
http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.p...er=asc&start=0

[Stownplayer]

That is awesome! Testing this as i type. This will help me get releases without stressing over ratio. Although i ALWAYS upload what i download, i just don't upload very fast and it takes me a while. Thanks for the tip.

[shawners]

This is the most stupid thing I ever saw someone post. A ratio is there for the community to help make sure you give as much as you get. If you cant give back, then what the hell is filesharing about? File leeching should be left on grokster, kazaa, and any gnutella network.

[Lehk]

it's not an invasion of privacy, without the tracker knowing how much and what parts you have you will be less useful to the torrent and the torrent will be less effective in delivering data to you

[Mels_Smileys45]

BT just got even worse. Thanks MI, every little bit helps in taking down this dagnasty evil network.

[shawners]

Why not turn Peerguardian on to block the tracker Ip address while we are at it.

[Krell]

I dare say that some people will not be happy with this being posted. I can't be bothered to defend myself, but I will remind those annoyed that relatively few people will read this in the bigger scheme of things.

I'd be preaching to the choir if I told anyone here to use this for privacy - not to leach.

VALID DISCLAMER - dont shoot the messenger

This is the most stupid thing I ever saw someone post. A ratio is there for the community to help make sure you give as much as you get. If you cant give back, then what the hell is filesharing about? File leeching should be left on grokster, kazaa, and any gnutella network.

VALID ARGUMENT - we dont need any more candy-assed file leechers, if you are compelled to do this, please understand my desire for you to be F*** in the ass with a wooden stick



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[policy_editor]

my cable company doesnt bother me but if your worried about it doesnt bitcomet azueras have proxy settings

[Krell]

Where are you going to find a proxy that has the kinds speed you want for P2P? AND that you can trust? And even then, your ISP will sell you out, cant trust them either



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[shawners]

BT just got even worse. Thanks MI, every little bit helps in taking down this dagnasty evil network.

Did snarf-it make you feel this way? Maybe torrentbytes.net would work better. Maxing out my connection and having some movie within 3 hours is worth the two days to seed the file to the rest of the users. A evil network? File sharing in BT is just like any other network, others will obtain it and it will flood to the next network. Most if not all files came from Newsgroups, and have quite a few users who have 2mb upload line that are permitted to upload nothing older then 4 days, and scene releases only.

[Stownplayer]

I believe the privacy concerns are valid also. Elite torrents keeps a record of every torrent you ever downloaded and your ip address. Why? If they ever get taken down then that would be proof that you downloaded. So i will still seed but i will use the method above to keep them from knowing what i download.

[SanDiegoKid]

Some trackers have longed banned those clients for this very reason.

[cpugeniusmv]

Some trackers have longed banned those clients for this very reason.

I've never encountered a tracker that had banned Azureus.

It doesn't matter anyway. It would be just as effective to block the tracker in a peerguardian-type program--any torrent client could do it.

(Note: I haven't tried this, nor do I intend to. I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.)

[Malicious Intent]

As predicted by some when I posted this, the BitTorrent warez scene is now on its knees.

Now I'm back to finish the job.

This one isn't quite as good at privacy. The old method (which i dont believe works anymore? it at least doesnt for azureus) would mean that you could download without the overlords watching over your shoulder to make sure you are a good boy.

This one means that you can't hide your downloads, only disguise them amoungst a bunch of fake downloads.

It probably does work on Oink, they are just trying to scare you. In saying that, don't blame me if you get banned. As long as everything does as it says it should in the guide, I dont really know how they can tell.

Just be sensible and dont set your ratio to 99999999999999:1

Here it is:

http://xyflar.blogspot.com/

[shawners]

You will defenitly get banned. It will be logged. So if you do it, dont ask for an invite. I can honestly say that they are banning clients that arent compliant or outdated or can no longer be fixed.. as well as http analizer method will get you banned.