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	\| name = opentracker		\| name = opentracker
	\| logo = Opentracker logo.svg		\| logo = Opentracker logo.svg
	\| developer = Dirk Engling ("erdgeist")		\| developer = {{URL\|https://erdgeist.org/\|Dirk Engling}} ("erdgeist")
	\| programming language = ]		\| programming language = ]
	\| operating_system = ] (], ], ...)		\| operating_system = ] (], ], ...)
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	\| title=UDP tracker protocol		\| title=UDP tracker protocol
	\| date=March 19, 2006		\| date=March 19, 2006
		⚫	\| publisher=XBT Tracker
⚫	~~\| publisher=]~~}}</ref> It supports ], ] compression of full scrapes, and ]s of torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker,<ref>~~{{cite web~~
			\| access-date=June 1, 2009
			\| archive-date=July 27, 2010
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727015406/http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/udp_tracker_protocol.html
			\| url-status=live
		⚫	}}</ref> It supports ], ] compression of full scrapes, and ]s of torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker,<ref>
			{{cite web
	\| url=http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html		\| url=http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html
	\| title=Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent		\| title=Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent
	\| first=Ben \| last=Maurer		\| first=Ben
			\| last=Maurer
			\| date=February 7, 2007
	\| date=February 7, 2007}}</ref> opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of ].
			\| access-date=June 1, 2009
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309212046/http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html
			\| archive-date=March 9, 2009
			\| url-status=dead
			\| df=mdy-all
			}}
			</ref> opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Perfect Deniability {{!}} Stories from an Opentracker\|url=http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/02/12/perfect-deniability/\|access-date=2020-08-06\|website=opentracker.blog.h3q.com\|archive-date=December 26, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226212522/http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/02/12/perfect-deniability/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> for the purpose of ].

	== Technology ==		== Technology ==
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	\| url=http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/		\| url=http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/
	\| title=The IPv6 situation		\| title=The IPv6 situation
	\| first=Dirk ("erdgeist") \| last=Engling		\| first=Dirk ("erdgeist")
			\| last=Engling
			\| date=December 28, 2007
⚫	~~\| date=December 28, 2007~~}}</ref> or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.
			\| access-date=January 8, 2013
			\| archive-date=February 4, 2013
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204033601/http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/
			\| url-status=live
		⚫	}}</ref> or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.

	== Adoption ==		== Adoption ==
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	\| url=http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/		\| url=http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/
	\| title=The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker		\| title=The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker
	\| first=Ernesto \| last=Van Der Sar		\| first=Ernesto
			\| last=Van Der Sar
	\| date=December 8, 2007		\| date=December 8, 2007
	\| publisher=]~~}}</ref>~~		\| publisher=]
			\| access-date=June 1, 2009
			\| archive-date=January 31, 2010
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131084738/http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-switches-to-opentracker-071208/
			\| url-status=live
			}}</ref>

	The ] uses it to distribute their own TV shows.<ref>{{cite web		The ] uses it to distribute their own TV shows.<ref>{{cite web
	\| url=http://nrkbeta.no/2009/03/08/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/		\| url=http://nrkbeta.no/2009/03/08/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/
	\| title=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker		\| title=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker
	\| author= Eirik Solheim		\| author=Eirik Solheim
	\| date=March 8, 2009		\| date=March 8, 2009
			\| access-date=January 8, 2013
⚫	\| publisher=~~}}</ref>~~
			\| archive-date=February 3, 2013
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203152057/http://nrkbeta.no/2009/03/08/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/
			\| url-status=live
			}}</ref>

	Popular public torrent trackers opentrackr<ref>{{cite web		Popular public torrent trackers opentrackr<ref>{{cite web
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	\| title=OpenTrackr.org - Free to use torrent tracker		\| title=OpenTrackr.org - Free to use torrent tracker
	\| date=February 10, 2019		\| date=February 10, 2019
			\| access-date=April 21, 2024
⚫	~~\| publisher=~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
			\| archive-date=April 3, 2024
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403212048/http://opentrackr.org/
			\| url-status=live
		⚫	}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
	\| url=https://twitter.com/opentrackr/status/1081698792376844289		\| url=https://twitter.com/opentrackr/status/1081698792376844289
	\| title=OpenTrackr on Twitter		\| title=OpenTrackr on Twitter
	\| date=February 10, 2019		\| date=February 10, 2019
	~~\| publisher=~~}}</ref> and coppersurfer<ref>{{cite web		}}</ref> and coppersurfer<ref name=":0">{{cite web
	\| url=http://coppersurfer.tk/		\| url=http://coppersurfer.tk/
	\| title=Open torrent tracker coppersurfer		\| title=Open torrent tracker coppersurfer
	\| date=February 10, 2019		\| date=February 10, 2019
			\| access-date=April 21, 2024
⚫	~~\| publisher=~~}}</ref> are known to use opentracker.
			\| archive-date=October 22, 2020
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022155941/http://coppersurfer.tk/
			\| url-status=live
		⚫	}}</ref> are known to use opentracker.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* ]		* ]
	* ]

	== References ==		== References ==
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	\| title=Installing opentracker + mrtg install + Tcp stack tweaking debian		\| title=Installing opentracker + mrtg install + Tcp stack tweaking debian
	\| date=February 12, 2010		\| date=February 12, 2010
	\| author=WaRlOrD}}		\| author=WaRlOrD
			\| access-date=January 8, 2013
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317000138/https://forum.suprbay.org/showthread.php?tid=58785
			\| archive-date=March 17, 2012
			\| url-status=dead
			\| df=mdy-all
			}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Latest revision as of 17:43, 21 April 2024

For the open source versions of BeOS' desktop management tools, see OpenTracker.

opentracker
[REDACTED]
Developer(s)	Dirk Engling ("erdgeist")
Repository	erdgeist.org/gitweb/opentracker
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like (Linux, BSD, ...)
Size	~95 KiB
Type	BitTorrent tracker
License	Beerware
Website	erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/

Opentracker is a free (licensed as beerware) BitTorrent peer tracker software (a special kind of HTTP or UDP server software) that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.

Features

Several instances of opentracker may be run in a cluster, with all of them synchronizing with each other. Besides the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) opentracker may also be connected to via User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which creates less than half of the tracker traffic HTTP creates. It supports IPv6, gzip compression of full scrapes, and blacklists of torrents. Because there have already been cases of people being accused of copyright violation by the fact that their IP address was listed on a BitTorrent tracker, opentracker may mix in random IP address numbers for the purpose of plausible deniability.

Technology

It runs completely in RAM, accounting for much of its speed advantage over other tracker software. It is written in C and based on the library libowfat that manages network connections. For some new functionality like the UDP support with IPv6 or the syncing of several instances of BitTorrent tracker software, new extensions to the BitTorrent protocol were made.

Adoption

The world's largest tracker at The Pirate Bay switched from their selfmade software Hypercube to opentracker in the end of 2007.

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation uses it to distribute their own TV shows.

Popular public torrent trackers opentrackr and coppersurfer are known to use opentracker.

References

"UDP tracker protocol". XBT Tracker. March 19, 2006. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
Maurer, Ben (February 7, 2007). "Big Media DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
"Perfect Deniability | Stories from an Opentracker". opentracker.blog.h3q.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
^ "Open torrent tracker coppersurfer". February 10, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
Engling, Dirk ("erdgeist") (December 28, 2007). "The IPv6 situation". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (December 8, 2007). "The Pirate Bay Now Running on Opentracker". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
Eirik Solheim (March 8, 2009). "Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker". Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
"OpenTrackr.org - Free to use torrent tracker". February 10, 2019. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
"OpenTrackr on Twitter". February 10, 2019.

External links

Official website
Stories from an Opentracker (blog)
Git repository
24c3: Tracker fahrn – lecture of the software author at the 24th Chaos Communication Congress

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