2. Definition of BitTorrent™
The word BitTorrent could refer to three
things; BitTorrent as a company, protocol, and
software. This presentation will only discuss
the following:
Protocol
Software
4. What is BitTorrent Protocol ?
P2P(Peer To Peer) file transfer protocol
Transfer of large files
Files are shared by many users
Active participation of all users
Huge success in file sharing domain since 2003
Created by Bram Cohen in April 2001, released
July 2001
6. Client
A BitTorrent client is any program that implements the
BitTorrent protocol. Each client is capable of preparing,
requesting, and transmitting any type of computer file over a
network, using the protocol.
7. Peer
These are the clients who are
responsible for the file transfer.
Peers = leechers + seeds.
Downloading speed of any file using
torrent depends on number of peers.
10. Tracker
A BitTorrent tracker, for those of you that don't
remember, is a server that regulates the communication
between those downloading and uploading torrents.
11. General Idea of BitTorrent
File is broken in to many different pieces
Each piece is downloaded in a “rarest” first
order
As peers get more pieces they seed those
until 100% - then they become a seed
17. What is a torrent file ? (“ .torrent “ )
Torrent file is a computer file that contains details about
files and folders that can be downloaded from the torrent
network .
A torrent file is opend with only a torrent client .
30. Killing is illegal ; Knives are not .
Shortly, yes if you are downloading commercial content.
For example, say if you download “ google chrome “ via
torrent, you are not doing anything illegal.
Imagine you are downloading also an another commercial
content. For example “ A Malayalam movie released in 2015
“ via torrent, you are doing something illegal.