BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer

michaelcole writes: Its name is BitHammer. It searches out and bans BitTorrent users on your local sub-net.

I'm a digital nomad. That means I travel and work, often using shared Wi-Fi. Over the last year, I've been plagued by rogue BitTorrent users who've crept onto these public hostpots either with a stolen/cracked password, or who lie right to my face (and the Wi-Fi owners) about it.

These users clog up the residential routers' connection tables, and make it impossible to use tools like SSH, or sometimes even web browsing. Stuck for a day, bullied from the Wi-Fi, I wrote BitHammer as a research project. It worked rather well. It's my first Python program. I hope you find it useful.

Comments

Re:It's hard being an editor, sure.

[ArcadeMan]

Just because is missing words does not mean it a bad article.

Re: Traffic Shaper?

[jeffmeden]

so go to a coffee shop where the wifi doesn't suck. Problem solved, coffee shops customer-regulated into competitively providing decent internet.

Can you recommend one? I have to get the latest season of game of thrones before my buddies find out I am only caught up on true blood. I mean, i have to check my email. That's right, check my email. List please?

Re:Alternative headline

[amiga3D]

Best analogy I've seen in a while. But can you do it as a car analogy?

Re:It's okay when I do it...

[Anarchduke]

But they are both scary Internet-thingies. You must be a cyberterrorist if you if it doesn't scare you.