We've stacked a couple of "if"s on top of each other here, but just to follow the logic through... if it is DHT, then all you have to do is disable DHT.
DHT is a distributed peer network to pass search messages around, kind of like gnutella does. So if DHT is enabled then you are participating in ...
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- Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
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- Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
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Re: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
I guess it's possible that DHT or large peer connections might trigger off something, but those are behaviors shared by all torrent clients, and wouldn't be specific to Transmission.
If this is DHT, that's really interesting. I find it interesting then that the client with no torrents is ...
If this is DHT, that's really interesting. I find it interesting then that the client with no torrents is ...
- Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:38 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
This is what I see on my router outgoing log as soon as Transmission is running, yet I have no torrents at all in it. Sure I was running some torrents about a week ago... on a newly paved box without the torrents running, I shouldn't be announcing myself, so why this traffic? This is the outgoing ...
- Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
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Re: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
I get a crappy message from them like this:
Dear Mr ...
Rogers is concerned about your personal security. We're writing you today to advise you that one or more of the computers in your home connected to the Rogers Internet service appears to be infected with an "IRC Bot/Virus"
A computer ...
Dear Mr ...
Rogers is concerned about your personal security. We're writing you today to advise you that one or more of the computers in your home connected to the Rogers Internet service appears to be infected with an "IRC Bot/Virus"
A computer ...
- Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
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Can Transmission be seen acting like a botnet drone?
I'm coming from a Linux background and looking to use Transmission on my Mac Mini.
Recently I installed transmission on my Mac Mini, got it all working and started with 4-5 torrents going. Shortly after that I got an email from my provider (Rogers) that I had a IRC botnet/Virus drone acting on my ...
Recently I installed transmission on my Mac Mini, got it all working and started with 4-5 torrents going. Shortly after that I got an email from my provider (Rogers) that I had a IRC botnet/Virus drone acting on my ...