Questions about Transmission's peer_id and User-Agent

[howl]

Hi, I have found this http agent "Transmission/1.54 ()" is strange that the build number is missing. I think is a modified client but not sure. can any developer confirm the chances to see a Transmission version identifiying itself like this?

[Jordan]

Hi, I have found this http agent "Transmission/1.54 ()" is strange that the build number is missing. I think is a modified client but not sure. can any developer confirm the chances to see a Transmission version identifiying itself like this?

It's definitely a user-built client. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a modified client but it's a red flag. Are the ul/dl counts suspicious? Also what is the peer id?

[howl]

ul/dl seems to be normal for 100/100 mb bandwidth, and his/her ip is in the range of servers that have 100/100. The reported completed size is right and the peerid -TR1540-************ So it doesn't seem to be faking reports.

The thing I don't know is why to change the user agent because I think is not necesary.

Thanks a lot for your support.

[Jordan]

Howl: no, I mean please paste the entire 20 byte peer-id

[howl]

-TR1540-l0swjwcp9mqq Pasted

[livings124]

My guess is they built it manually, so it didn't have the svn revision number.

[howl]

But building if from the source package (tar.bz2) or (tar.xz) should have the revision number of the stable release no?

[livings124]

It should, yes.

[howl]

I'm going to reuse it. The question is about user agent and 1.90 stable. It has changed to "Transmission/1.90" (without the revision number)? I couldn't find anything about it in the trac wiki, http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/PeerId

Thanks.

[Jordan]

I trimmed it out in a fit of removing unnecessary bytes from tracker announces. If you were actually using it, I can add it back in for 1.91.

[howl]

No prob, we could adapt to the new convention, the development ones will continue with the + character?

[Jordan]

Yes, development ones will still have the +

[howl]

Thanks for your support.