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torsniff - a sniffer that sniffs torrents from BitTorrent network
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torsniff is a torrent sniffer, it sniffs torrents that people are using to download movies, music, docs, games and so on from BitTorrent network.
A torrent has valuable information, so you can use torsniff to build your own torrent database(e.g: The Pirate Bay), or to do data mining and analyzing.
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$ ./torsniff -hUsage: torsniff [flags]Flags: -a, --addr string listen on given address (default all, ipv4 and ipv6) -d, --dir string the directory to store the torrents (default "$HOME/torrents") -h, --help help for torsniff -f, --friends int max fiends to make with per second (default 500) -e, --peers int max peers to connect to download torrents (default 400) -p, --port uint16 listen on given port (default 6881) -t, --timeout duration max time allowed for downloading torrents (default 10s) -v, --verbose run in verbose mode (default true)Use default flags:
./torsniff
- A host having a public IP(recommended), or UDP port forwarding/port mapping in private network/NAT
- Allow UDP traffic get through firewall
- Your ISP/Hosting Provider allows BitTorrent traffic(torsniff works onvultr.com)
- DHT Protocol
- The BitTorrent Protocol Specification
- BitTorrent Extension Protocol
- Extension for Peers to Send Metadata Files
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