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{{Infobox software {{Infobox software
|name = opentracker | name = opentracker
|logo = Opentracker logo.svg | logo = Opentracker logo.svg
|developer = Dirk Engling (“erdgeist”) | developer = Dirk Engling ("erdgeist")
|programming language = ] | programming language = ]
|operating_system = ] (], ], ...) | operating_system = ] (], ], ...)
|size = ~40 ] | size = ~40 ]
|genre = ] | genre = ]
|license = ] | license = ]
|website = {{URL|https://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/}} | website = {{URL|https://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/}}
}} }}

'''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 {{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=June 2016}}. (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 Several instances of opentracker 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 | url=http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/udp_tracker_protocol.html
| title=UDP tracker protocol | title=UDP tracker protocol
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| url=http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html | url=http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html
| title=Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent | title=Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent
| author=Ben Maurer | first=Ben | last=Maurer
| date=2007-02-07}}</ref> opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of ]. | date=2007-02-07}}</ref> opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of ].


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| url=http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/ | url=http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/
| title=The IPv6 situation | title=The IPv6 situation
| first=Dirk ("erdgeist") | last=Engling
| 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. | date=2007-12-28}}</ref> or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.


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| url=http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/ | url=http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/
| title=The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker | title=The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker
| author=Ernesto Van Der Sar | first=Ernesto | last=Van Der Sar
| date=2007-12-08 | date=2007-12-08
| publisher=]}}</ref> | publisher=]}}</ref>


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


== See also == == See also ==
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== External links == == Further reading ==
⚫ * {{Official website|http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/}}
⚫ * (blog)
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* {{cite web * {{cite web
| url=https://forum.suprbay.org/showthread.php?tid=58785 | url=https://forum.suprbay.org/showthread.php?tid=58785
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| date=2010-02-12 | date=2010-02-12
| author=WaRlOrD}} | author=WaRlOrD}}

== External links ==
⚫ * {{Official website|http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/}}
⚫ * (blog)
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* – lecture of the software author at the 24th ] * – lecture of the software author at the 24th ]


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For the open source versions of BeOS' desktop management tools, see OpenTracker.
opentracker
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Developer(s)Dirk Engling ("erdgeist")
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like (Linux, BSD, ...)
Size~40 KiB
TypeBitTorrent tracker
LicenseBeerware
Websiteerdgeist.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

Several instances of opentracker 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.

Adoption

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.

See also

References

  1. "UDP tracker protocol". XBT Tracker. 2006-03-19.
  2. Maurer, Ben (2007-02-07). "Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent".
  3. Engling, Dirk ("erdgeist") (2007-12-28). "The IPv6 situation".
  4. Van Der Sar, Ernesto (2007-12-08). "The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker". TorrentFreak.
  5. Eirik Solheim (2009-03-08). "Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker".

Further reading

External links

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