BitTorrent: Please help me figure out how to host my content...

[Ichinisan]

I was looking at the how-to guide from the official BitTorrent page:
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/windows_howto.html

I don't know anything about Web server administration, I only understand basic minimal HTML. I do know how to start Windows XP Professional's built-in Web server. Can anyone explain to me how I would perform this step?

Any web server will do, but you must associate the extension .torrent with the mimetype application/x-bittorrent. You should ask your web server's administrator to set it up.

If you are the web server administrator, either add the line


AddType application/x-bittorrent .torrent
To httpd.conf, or
application/x-bittorrent .torrent
to mime.types.

Thanks for helping!

 

[TheVrolok]

I wouldn't doubt that this thread would be locked. Asking here how to set up a server for a widely used warez peer to peer program might not be a great idea.

 

[sciencewhiz]

They don't lock threads about setting up kazaa lite. Bittorrent isn't any different.

Sorry, I've never set up bittorrent as a server.

 

[PrincessGuard]

Google "add IIS MIME type" (w/o quotes). I don't know what version of IIS WinXP comes with so you'll have to check it yourself.

 

[Ichinisan]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I wouldn't doubt that this thread would be locked. Asking here how to set up a server for a widely used warez peer to peer program might not be a great idea.

Don't be ignorant. BitTorrent is not for file swapping, it relieves traffic for an overburdened server. As a side-effect, it is also beneficial to those downloading if there are concurrent downloads.

Even Mircorosft's own subsidiaries use BT. I downloaded a huge Halo 2 preview in a flash using a torrent link from Bungie's own website. BT has practical applications for every legitimate business which distributes content over the web. Even Slashdot endorses BT as a way to bypass the "Slashdot effect." Hopefully, drivers and Windows Updates will use multi-source distribution.

Being ignorant about new technology makes us no different than the misguided entertainment industry.

Warez p2p...hah

Originally posted by: PrincessGuard
Google "add IIS MIME type" (w/o quotes). I don't know what version of IIS WinXP comes with so you'll have to check it yourself.

Thanks. Could you explain what a "MIME type" is?

 

[oog]

Go to the control panel and open up Administrative Tools. Inside that, open Internet Information Services. In the window that opens, expand Internet Information Services to show (local computer). Expand that to see Web Sites and Default Web Site below that. Right click on Default Web Site and choose Properties.

Go to the HTTP Headers tab, and click the File Types... button in the MIME Map section. Click New Type... and type in the information you were given.

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: Ichinisan

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I wouldn't doubt that this thread would be locked. Asking here how to set up a server for a widely used warez peer to peer program might not be a great idea.

Don't be ignorant. BitTorrent is not for file swapping, it relieves traffic for an overburdened server. As a side-effect, it is also beneficial to those downloading if there are concurrent downloads.

Even Mircorosft's own subsidiaries use BT. I downloaded a huge Halo 2 preview in a flash using a torrent link from Bungie's own website. BT has practical applications for every legitimate business which distributes content over the web. Even Slashdot endorses BT as a way to bypass the "Slashdot effect." Hopefully, drivers and Windows Updates will use multi-source distribution.

Being ignorant about new technology makes us no different than the misguided entertainment industry.

Warez p2p...hah

Originally posted by: PrincessGuard
Google "add IIS MIME type" (w/o quotes). I don't know what version of IIS WinXP comes with so you'll have to check it yourself.

Thanks. Could you explain what a "MIME type" is?

You are lying to yourself. BT has become the newest way to warez. Kazaa isn't designed to provide for warez, yet are you going to claim it's not? I don't think I'm being ignorant in anyway.

 

[Ichinisan]

Each person running a tracker with illegal content takes the same risk of being shut down/sued as they would with a standard HTML web server. It's only a matter of time before they realize that.

Why shouldn't this become the new downloading standard?
Again...don't be ignorant. To the benefit of both servers and users, multi-source downloads are here to stay.

[edit]
I'm not sure if I made it clear:
I know that there are many, many, many abusers out there.
Don't worry, they'll get busted.
[/edit]

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: Ichinisan
Each person running a tracker with illegal content takes the same risk of being shut down/sued as they would with a standard HTML web server. It's only a matter of time before they realize that.

Why shouldn't this become the new downloading standard?
Again...don't be ignorant. To the benefit of both servers and users, multi-source downloads are here to stay.

[edit]
I'm not sure if I made it clear:
I know that there are many, many, many abusers out there.
Don't worry, they'll get busted.
[/edit]

Sorry if I started this flame, but I don't mean to disagree with you. I completely agree that multi-source DLing rocks. I've used BT to grab HL2 demo vids, etc.

 

[Ichinisan]

The 30-min HL2 video was *freaking awesome*

...I'm going to try configuring IIS when I get home from work.

 

[ElDonAntonio]

The TCP/IP protocol is used for all sorts of illegal activities. Should we lock every thread that has anything to do with TCP/IP? It wouldn't make for a very lively Internet...

 

[PrincessGuard]

When you do a GET on a web server, it will respond with a Content-Type field in the HTTP header. This is the MIME type. The client uses this information to decide how to handle the file.

Clicking on a .torrent link causes the web server to respond with Content-Type: application/x-bittorrent. IE recognizes this (assuming you installed BitTorrent) and will automatically open the BitTorrent client to handle it.

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: ElDonAntonio
The TCP/IP protocol is used for all sorts of illegal activities. Should we lock every thread that has anything to do with TCP/IP? It wouldn't make for a very lively Internet...

UDP fo life!!