BitTorrent exploit allows ratio cheating
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 09/19/2005 03:22 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ] · 4208 views
An vulnerability has been found which would allow users to "cheat" a BitTorrent tracker into thinking the user had a more favourable ratio than he actually did.
Many of today's BitTorrent trackers rely on a ratio system to ensure leechers (P2P users who download data but do not share) to a minimum. The ratio system basically tracks a user's upload and download amounts and ensures a fair minimum upload ratio is maintained. Now it looks like an exploit has been found which would allow users to "cheat" a tracker into thinking the user had a more favourable ratio than he actually did.
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Many of today's BitTorrent trackers rely on a ratio system to ensure leechers (P2P users who download data but do not share) to a minimum. The ratio system basically tracks a user's upload and download amounts and ensures a fair minimum upload ratio is maintained. Now it looks like an exploit has been found which would allow users to "cheat" a tracker into thinking the user had a more favourable ratio than he actually did.
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razor_ro Member Posts: 53 Joined: 2002-07-03 |
#62497 Posted on: 09/19/2005 04:53 PM
soo, why would anyone do this? idiots!! defeats the whole purpose!! would be the downfall of bittorrent!! all you gotta do is , download something and aslong as you share it 1:1 then you've done your share!! not that hard people!! |
