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Ratio Vulnerability in BitTorrent Discovered

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-always-annoying dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The "vulnerability" has been tested on all the major torrent trackers that use the torrentbits source code. The idea is that you will sniff your torrent info using the HTTP Analyzer and with Firefox you will update your stats to the tracker being identified as a client."

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  1. Re:Bittorrent and ISP policy by ckedge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

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    Oh no way! So instead of downloading 9.5 GB of porn and uploading 0.5 GB, you're FORCED by the evil "ratio nazi's" to only download 5 GB or porn and upload 5 GB to someone else.

    THE BASTARDS!!!!

    > I have to strictly control the amount of traffic I transmit and receive

    Yes, yes you'll have to do that in BOTH CASES.

    I'm sorry you live on the ass end of the world oh so far away. Please note that everyone else is still jealous of you because you've got such kickass weather*, huge long nice beaches, and a more relaxed balanced work ethic compared to say, oh, Canada. Honestly if you want to let us all move down there and join you, then we won't have to use those f'ing trans-pacific cables and your rates will go WAY WAY down.

    (*) Or maybe I'm thinking of Australia. What's the weather like in NZ? Got lots of beaches?