isisism Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I would really like to try this out, but I'm skeptical since it keeps trying to have an outgoing connection when I start it, before I even have any torrents going!The two places it wants to connect, send UDP datagram to are:nami.bittorrent.com [38.114.167.69], port 6881OrgName: Performance Systems International Inc.OrgID: PSIAddress: 1015 31st St NWCity: WashingtonStateProv: DCPostalCode: 20007Country: USComment: rwhois.cogentco.comRegDate: Updated: 2005-07-13us.quality-hosting.co.uk [207.142.136.45], port 80OrgName: AGIS OrgID: AGISAddress: 1015 31st St NWCity: WashingtonStateProv: DCPostalCode: 20007Country: USDoesn't seem safe to me. Is there an explanation for this? It has never happened with any other client I've used and I've used about a half dozen others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazuaki Shimazaki Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Yes, there is often a little flow in uTorrent even when you aren't doing torrents. Are you sure it isn't the DHT system using a bit of flow to maintain its list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isisism Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I have no idea. All I know is it's never happened before. I have no idea what the DHT system is. What list would that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 UDP = DHThttp://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#What_is_DHT.3F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazuaki Shimazaki Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I have no idea. All I know is it's never happened before. I have no idea what the DHT system is. What list would that be?DHT is a sort of backup tracker. To put it in simplest terms, it goes on the Internet and pokes around for other uTorrent users (in theory, it should also link with BitTorrent official client and BitComet clients because they are all on the same "Mainline DHT", but not the Azureus guys since they use their own system ... shame) and puts them on a list.By having a list of those guys, you have a chance of keeping your download running when the official tracker dies (which happens a lot with me), because it can connect to those guys. Obviously, to make and maintain that list, it needs to have a little flow.What other clients have you played with? Not to question you, but it is hard to believe you played with lots of clients and never bumped into DHT before. IIRC, BitComet, for one, also has a tiny bit flow, which is probably also for the DHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormhole Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 isnt the 2nd url used to check if there's a new version of µtorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 also, all of these questions have been answered in the FAQ, please read it next time.http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#Help.21_.C2.B5Torrent_is_sending_e-mails.2Faccessing_the_web.2Fetc.21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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