Unknown Client in the Peers inspector tab? Post it here.

[martijnvv]

My todays id's.

-TB8226-
-TB8253-
-FL1100-
-BT791-%00

[martijnvv]

A weird one:
%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00

[cfpp2p]

My todays id's.

-TB8226-
-TB8253-
-FL1100-
-BT791-%00

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5711#comment:3

A weird one:
%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5117#comment:3
https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5443#comment:4
https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5154

[dwdockins]

I've opined this months ago for this post... can't put my finger on it just now amongst all these dozens of pages. Here is what my 'personal' guru told me -

99.99% of these weird client ids are connections external to the 'USA defined' network. When the pathway opens up, the international system generates a brand new cross-border identity, usually random, which masks the real client id. You can make lists of these confusing client ids until Kingdom Come, and you will ever do is keep adding items to the bottom of the list - it will never end.

So tell me, please... have ANY of these items EVER been identified? And what would / could you do with that information? To me, this thread seems like a lot of turmoil for an artificial problem that has no practical solution (or implementation).

But, hey! I could be wrong!

[x190]

But, hey! I could be wrong!

I won't argue with that. Most have been identified and then decoded to what is presented in Transmission. Of course, if you want to be anonymous, just id your client as %00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00.

Example code:

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static int
decodeBitCometClient (char * buf, size_t buflen, const uint8_t * id)
{
    int is_bitlord;
    int major, minor;
    const char * name;
    const char * mod = NULL;

    if (!memcmp (id, "exbc", 4)) mod = "";
    else if (!memcmp (id, "FUTB", 4)) mod = " (Solidox Mod) ";
    else if (!memcmp (id, "xUTB", 4)) mod = " (Mod 2) ";
    else return false;

    is_bitlord = !memcmp (id+6, "LORD", 4);
    name = (is_bitlord) ? "BitLord " : "BitComet ";
    major = id[4];
    minor = id[5];

    /**
     * Bitcomet, and older versions of BitLord, are of the form x.yy.
     * Bitcoment 1.0 and onwards are of the form x.y.
     */
    if (is_bitlord && major>0)
        tr_snprintf (buf, buflen, "%s%s%d.%d", name, mod, major, minor);
    else
        tr_snprintf (buf, buflen, "%s%s%d.%02d", name, mod, major, minor);

    return true;
}

Here's some kinky ones even I haven't heard of before:

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        else if (!memcmp (id+1, "bk", 2)) four_digits (buf, buflen, "BitKitten (libtorrent)", id+3);
        else if (!memcmp (id+1, "BS", 2)) four_digits (buf, buflen, "BTSlave", id+3);
        else if (!memcmp (id+1, "BW", 2)) four_digits (buf, buflen, "BitWombat", id+3);

[martijnvv]

A new one.
-BA3300-

[martijnvv]

%FF%FF%0D%FF%FF%FF%FFc
-uT0G00-

[x190]

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[martijnvv]

Noticed a new one today:
-XF8980-

[martijnvv]

-TB9895-

[martijnvv]

-TB7712-
-SKX>%FF%FF-

[martijnvv]

-IL502%FF-
-XF8920-

[x190]

'IL' - iLivid
http://www.ilivid.com/

'XF' - Xfplay
http://www.xfplay.com/

'TB' - Torch
http://www.torchbrowser.com/

https://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification#peer_id

[martijnvv]

%FFx[%FF+#<%FF
This is not even to be declared a real one, is it?

[x190]

%FFx[%FF+#<%FF
This is not even to be declared a real one, is it?

Anybody who can build their own client can use whatever id they want.

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5117