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A short article on Torrents: Written By TuX (Site Admin)

We all have been witnessing the rise of the content distribution network – The Torrent.

It is a P2P sharing technology which enables users to share files with other users.

There are some things you need to know about before you can actually utilise the torrent network….

Seed is a user/computer which is allowing other users to download the file from it and it has finished downloading the file.

Peer is a user/computer which is downloading the file from other seeds/peers.

1. Torrent Files (.torrent extension)
2. Torrent Client (a program which can download files supporting the .torrent extension)
3. Torrent Tracker

Now we will explain you point by point so that you know about the background of the P2P network….

1. Torrent Files – The torrent files can be downloaded from many distribution sites such as bittorrent.com or ubuntu.org

(which provides ubuntu Operating System)

You can download .torrent files which are necessary to download the files. These files are small in size and some people

confuse them being actual files. So download .torrent files and keep it on your computer at a know location (e.g. Desktop)

2. Torrent Client – Many popular torrent clients are on the Internet.

The most popular are uTorrent and Azureus. uTorrent is a very lightweight client (download size is only 180KB) and uTorrent

offers good functionality and ease-of-use.

Azureus is for the power user and it offers a lot of tweaks and now comes with a new interface called Vuze which is like an

online media library which allows the users to watch or download videos and movies.

Both the torrent clients are free and the download links are provided at the end of article.

Many download managers and third party programs also have torrent file downloading capabilites but we recommend you to use

dedicated torrent downloader like the two listed above.

3. Torrent Tracker – This is the most confused concept amongst the torrent users who are currently using torrents.

A torrent tracker is a server which contains the addresses of the seeds/peers which are sharing a particular torrrent.

The tracker keeps a ‘track’ of the users which share the torrents. There are many torrent trackers on the internet. Some

trackers are provided by:

openbittorrent.com
publicbt.com

There are numerous other trackers and it is recommended to add more trackers so as to discover more peers as peers use many

different trackers.

Here is a screen-shot of uTorrent:

Here is a screen-shot of Azureus:

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Download uTorrent: >>Click Here to Download<<

Download Azureus: >>Click Here to Download<<

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Bluetooth – How to use and most importantly, use safely…..

Bluetooth today is found on almost all mobile phones sold around the world (except the ones which do not have color screens and are really cheap). Bluetooth is used for file-sharing between mobile phones as well as with PC’s.

But bluetooth is vulnerable as well as you have to keep in mind that one incorrect step might get your mobile phone hacked…..

There are many programs available on the internet which can hack into your phone via bluetooth and then the hacker can make calls / spy, read all your messages and phonebook etc. So, security while using bluetooth is an very important aspect….

Mobile phones with bluetooth have a visibility option as well as you are able to restrict the incoming connections by checking the names of the devices.

The following steps are important to keep your phone secure:

1. Visibility must be off when you are not using your phone to receive any files…

2. Also check out the name of the device you are going to connect. There might be many devices active, and choosing the wrong device might put your security at risk…

3. *Always* use a Pass-Key……Using a pass key authenticates and verifies the connection on both the ends so that no other device can connect to your phone until the passkey is correct…

So,take care while using bluetooth and stay secure….

Happy sharing…..
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