toddintr Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hi,I am seeing a lot of IPs with the name "available.above.net" and when these are in the list, the torrent just crawls. Usually there are tens of them, something like 50 or 60, all identical except the prefix where the IP # is given.I know this is not directly related to uTorrent, more related to torrents in general, but cut me some slack.Any information?Thanks --Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 search the forums for "fake torrent" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddintr Posted December 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 @DreadWingKnight: Thanks, I did the "fake torrent" search, however, no one seems to specifically complain about what I am seeing. However, I am seeing kind of what they are seeing as well, which is high number of peers, but very few that are actually connected.It may help to add to the speed guide information about anti-P2P groups and fake torrents - it might help cut down on questions.Thanks again -Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
License.To.Copy Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 I experience that "available.above.net" problem, on one of my uploaded torrents. I'm just curious what is it? If someone know what is it, please post... and if I discover I will post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 I know that .above.net are hostiles that connect to BitTorrent torrent swarms.Turn off Resolve IPs in the Peers window (using right click, uncheck).You can ban them using ipfilter.dat...and probably should! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddintr Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 @License: Thanks for posting a follow-up to this old thread, I am not glad that this is happening to you, but I am relieved that I am not the only one to have experienced it. I have only come across one other instance since my original posting, and I learned to abandon the torrent in such cases. I did not know about ipfilter.dat, will try that next time it happens. BTW, usually happens with a torrent for a highly popular new release.Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=23346 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddintr Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Thanks Ultima - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
License.To.Copy Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 I read some of those materials, and if I understood right behind "available.above.net" is RIAA, MPAA, MediaSentry ...With simple words: USA copyright associations fight war against piracy.Now I just have more questions: Is this war legal? Is it futile? Can trackers make protection from this? ...THX all for trying to resolve this mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invy Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 On the same subject, does anyone recognize seeing the following IP host often on torrents?:148.43.170.61.broad.bx.sn.dynamic.163data.com.cnUsually they have a china flag, and client reads either, bit[something], flashget, unknown xl, but NEVER Utorrent or Azureus. And I see FLOODS of these when I have DHT or encryption. The second I turn it off, 99% of them go away.Anyone have an idea what this is about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 That's because most chinese users don't know any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 They may be using BitComet's (or something similar's) NAT bypass and/or old encryption routines to get by their ISP's throttling/blocking of BitTorrent traffic.A tracker could be set up to automatically reject "bad" ip ranges and probably avoid 95+% of the available.above.net hostile ips. ...And the remaining <5% would probably be quickly found that way too.The way so many available.above.net hostile ips connect to a tracker may very well qualify as a Distributed Denial of Service attack, so yeah it may be illegal...depending on where the tracker is at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.