Security Vulnerablity Fixed in uTorrent 1.7.6

[robincheema]

Well torrentfreak says that uTorrent clients are vulnerable to a remote denial-of-service attack, due to the way they handle user-supplied data. Versions found to be vulnerable so far are the official BitTorrent 6.0 client, uTorrent 1.7.x, uTorrent 1.6.x and uTorrent 1.8-alpha-7834

so should we update the client? i am using 1.6.1 right now and waffles already asked all its users to update the clients... Now this could be just a trick to get people to get new versions of utorrent but who knows..

[Krell]

I'm inclined to say just stay put for now.

However, my hunch is that you are a member of a buttload of BT sites, so you can go site to site and record which oens will let you run 1.7.6, or just upgrade and see what happens.

Go on, take one for the team.


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[robincheema]

well its not banned from anywhere other than the trackers that just allow 1.6.1 like biteme

[Krell]

biteme can biteme, I cant live my P2P around one fuckers rules.

I can confirm that there is hella lot more activity in PG2 with public than private. Some private sites I see no blocklist activity at all, other private sites, a bit.

I currently have 175 torrents loaded and nearly 30 trackers. I can arrange by tracker, and start a group en mass. This will either start them all, or make them go red with missing tracker info and lots of blocklist traffic. I cant 100% confirm the finding of others, I just see where it appears to be that way based on my tests.

I'm running almost 20 lists in PG2, and I use the uTorrent Updater to import a huge filter list directly in to uTorrent, ipfilter.dat = 13.6mb.






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[robincheema]

u got nice specs there i wish i had a nice pc like u.

[isus]

u got nice specs there i wish i had a nice pc like u.

Get a job. Save money. Buy computer parts with accrued savings.

Problem solved.

[baksteen]

easier saidthan done isus :(

how long does it take to build a computer from scratch?

[robincheema]

i work at $9/hr on weekends for 8 hrs/day but it take a lot of time to save money and i got to buy a car too...

[Krell]

easier saidthan done isus :(

how long does it take to build a computer from scratch?

By these calculations - $9/hr on weekends for 8 hrs/day

6 months of total net income, adjusting for depreciation of technology

10 hours labor if you have everything and really know what you want to accomplish.



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[Evolver]

I don't think it takes 10 hours to get a custom rig up and running, I mean if your talking about getting all of your software installed then yeah ten hours but to build it and install the os you are looking at 3-4 hours providing you know what you are doing.

[Andrew110]

Krell do you use all of the default URL lists in PG2 or do you get your lists elsewhere? I counted 20 there.

[baksteen]

thanks guys, i think ill wait for a bit to get some money and then buy all the parts.

i dont really use pg2 anymore cause i dont use my home connection, i only do so like once or twice a week if neccesary, i use my server.

[krish123]

where do u get the lists of which ip's to block on pg2?

[drtoker]

new version working on all my sites, including bitmetv. most of my sites recommend upgrading, and they will be banning clients older then the newest version due to the security bug that exists on all previous versions that leads to remote crashes and possibly remote code execution.

Upgrade or beware.

[Krell]

I don't think it takes 10 hours to get a custom rig up and running, I mean if your talking about getting all of your software installed then yeah ten hours but to build it and install the os you are looking at 3-4 hours providing you know what you are doing.

yes, your machine would take 3 - 4 hours

Not mine.


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