Please help this newbie -- what does it mean that a seeder is "interested" or "choked"? I can't find anything in the documentation explaining this.
Thanks in advance.
interested/choked - definition please
Re: interested/choked - definition please
http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html
"Connections contain two bits of state on either end: choked or not, and interested or not. Choking is a notification that no data will be sent until unchoking happens. The reasoning and common techniques behind choking are explained later in this document."
"Connections contain two bits of state on either end: choked or not, and interested or not. Choking is a notification that no data will be sent until unchoking happens. The reasoning and common techniques behind choking are explained later in this document."