glapido Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hello,Among the peers in my peer client list, there's one IP that shows [fake] uTorrent / 2.2.1.0, as show in the image below:What does it mean? Can it hurt the other peers downloading process, somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 It means someone's running a client that is pretending (badly) to be uTorrent 2.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glapido Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 But could that, somehow, negatively affect the pieces being delivered by that client?My concern is that the file other peers are downloading could be, somehow, hurt by some fake pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Pieces that don't match the torrent's included hash data will end up being discarded, regardless of the client of origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glapido Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 So, if I correctly understood, there's no way of adding bad pieces to a good torrent swarm, right? Fake pieces can only be downloaded by someone if the torrent is itself a fake one, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 That's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glapido Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Ok, thanks for the prompt response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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