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	'''opentracker''' is a ] (licensed as ]) ] peer tracker software (a special kind of HTTP or UDP server software) that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.		'''opentracker''' is a ] (licensed as ]) ] peer tracker software (a special kind of HTTP or UDP server software) that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.

	== Features ==		== Features ==
	OpenTracker runs several times faster than older tracker implementations and requires less memory. (For example, it runs fine with the limited resources of many ]s.) Several instances of the software may be run in a cluster, with all of them synchronizing with each other. Besides the ] (HTTP) opentracker may also be connected to via ] (UDP), which creates less than half of the tracker traffic HTTP creates.<ref>http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/udp_tracker_protocol.html</ref> It supports ], ] compression of full scrapes, and ]s of torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker,<ref>http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html</ref> opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of ].		OpenTracker runs several times faster than older tracker implementations and requires less memory. (For example, it runs fine with the limited resources of many ]s.) Several instances of the software may be run in a cluster, with all of them synchronizing with each other. Besides the ] (HTTP) opentracker may also be connected to via ] (UDP), which creates less than half of the tracker traffic HTTP creates.<ref>{{cite web
			\| url=http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/udp_tracker_protocol.html
			\| title=UDP tracker protocol
			\| date=2006-03-19
			\| publisher=]}}</ref> It supports ], ] compression of full scrapes, and ]s of torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker,<ref>{{cite web
			\| url=http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html
			\| title=Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent
			\| author=Ben Maurer
			\| date=2007-02-07}}</ref> opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of ].

	== Technology ==		== Technology ==
	It runs completely in RAM, accounting for much of its speed advantage over other tracker software. It is written in ] and based on the ] ''libowfat'' that manages network connections.		It runs completely in RAM, accounting for much of its speed advantage over other tracker software. It is written in ] and based on the ] ''libowfat'' that manages network connections.
	For some new functionality like the UDP support with IPv6<ref>http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/?p=38</ref> or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.		For some new functionality like the UDP support with IPv6<ref>{{cite web
			\| url=http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/
			\| title=The IPv6 situation
			\| author=Dirk Engling (“erdgeist”)
			\| date=2007-12-28}}</ref> or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.

	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
	The world's largest tracker at ] switched from their selfmade software ''Hypercube'' to opentracker in the end of 2007.<ref>http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/~~</ref>~~		The world's largest tracker at ] switched from their selfmade software ''Hypercube'' to opentracker in the end of 2007.<ref>{{cite web
			\| url=http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/
			\| title=The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker
			\| author=Ernesto Van Der Sar
			\| date=2007-12-08
			\| publisher=]}}</ref>

	The ] uses it<ref>http://nrkbeta.no/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/~~</ref> to distribute their own TV shows.~~		The ] uses it<ref>{{cite web
			\| url=http://nrkbeta.no/2009/03/08/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/
			\| title=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker
			\| author= Eirik Solheim
			\| date=2009-03-08
			\| publisher=]}}</ref> to distribute their own TV shows.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
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	*		* (blog)
			* {{cite web
	*		\| url=https://forum.suprbay.org/showthread.php?tid=58785
			\| title=Installing opentracker + mrtg install + Tcp stack tweaking debian
			\| date=2010-02-12
			\| author=WaRlOrD}}

	]		]

Revision as of 18:17, 8 January 2013

For the open source versions of BeOS' desktop management tools, see OpenTracker.

opentracker
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Developer(s)	Dirk Engling (“erdgeist”)
Repository	erdgeist.org/gitweb/opentracker
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like (Linux, BSD, ...)
Size	~40 KiB
Type	BitTorrent tracker
License	Beerware
Website	erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/

opentracker is a free (licensed as beerware) BitTorrent peer tracker software (a special kind of HTTP or UDP server software) that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.

Features

OpenTracker runs several times faster than older tracker implementations and requires less memory. (For example, it runs fine with the limited resources of many embedded systems.) Several instances of the software may be run in a cluster, with all of them synchronizing with each other. Besides the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) opentracker may also be connected to via User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which creates less than half of the tracker traffic HTTP creates. It supports IPv6, gzip compression of full scrapes, and blacklists of torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker, opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of plausible deniability.

Technology

It runs completely in RAM, accounting for much of its speed advantage over other tracker software. It is written in C and based on the library libowfat that manages network connections. For some new functionality like the UDP support with IPv6 or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.

Usage

The world's largest tracker at The Pirate Bay switched from their selfmade software Hypercube to opentracker in the end of 2007.

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation uses it to distribute their own TV shows.

References

"UDP tracker protocol". XBT Tracker. 2006-03-19.
Ben Maurer (2007-02-07). "Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent".
Dirk Engling (“erdgeist”) (2007-12-28). "The IPv6 situation".
Ernesto Van Der Sar (2007-12-08). "The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker". TorrentFreak.
Eirik Solheim (2009-03-08). "Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker". no:NRKbeta. {{cite web}}: Check |publisher= value (help)

External links

Official website
Stories from an Opentracker (blog)
WaRlOrD (2010-02-12). "Installing opentracker + mrtg install + Tcp stack tweaking debian".

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Companies	Rainberry, Inc. Vuze, Inc.
People	Bram Cohen Ross Cohen Eric Klinker Ashwin Navin
Technology	Glossary Broadcatching Distributed hash tables DNA I2P index Local Peer Discovery Peer exchange Protocol encryption Super-seeding Tracker Torrent file TCP UDP µTP WebRTC WebTorrent
Clients (comparison, usage share)	BitTorrent (original client) BitComet BitLord Deluge Free Download Manager FlashGet FrostWire GetRight Go!Zilla KTorrent libtorrent (library) LimeWire µTorrent Miro MLDonkey qBittorrent rTorrent Shareaza Tixati Transmission Tribler Vuze (formerly Azureus) WebTorrent Desktop Xunlei
Tracker software (comparison)	OpenBitTorrent opentracker PeerTracker
Search engines (comparison)	1337x BTDigg Demonoid etree Nyaa Torrents Tamil Rockers The Pirate Bay ruTracker.org YggTorrent YourBittorrent
Defunct sites (comparison)	BTJunkie ExtraTorrent EZTV isoHunt KickassTorrents LokiTorrent Mininova Oink's Pink Palace RARBG Suprnova.org t411 Torrent Project TorrentSpy Torrentz What.CD YIFY YouTorrent
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