Eclipse blocking torrents? - Page 2

Feek · 26-09-2007, 20:02

Aye, I'm loathe to do it

Feek · 26-09-2007, 20:27

Seems confirmed.

http://tinyurl.com/2pptpn

/edit - And I've logged a call with their support people. They have an FUP which I'm not breaking because it specifies 50Gb, I pay the absolute maximum and they're treating me like a ****.

Mark · 26-09-2007, 20:35

Oh dear. Hope this isn't another PlusNet-esque saga in the making. I remember the forum rants when PN started throttling P2P like crazy.

Sadly I see this is a no-win situation. The biggest downloaders will always head for the ISP with the least caps, and then the ISP has to apply caps or die. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

Daz · 26-09-2007, 20:46

Could you find a torrent client that supports altering its user agent? Or if you're feeling uber, find the source to one and alter it yourself?

Not sure how the trackers would take it but if they're only filtering by user agent that would do it.

Mark · 26-09-2007, 20:47

Ooh, sneaky, but a good plan.

Feek · 26-09-2007, 21:09

That's something I wondered and I grabbed the source for 3.1.0 of ABC earlier, but I can't find the user agent string.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/source_codes/abc.cfm

Daz · 26-09-2007, 21:14

Code:

C:\Users\Daz\Desktop\3.1.0>grep -i -r agent *
BitTornado/BT1/HTTPDownloader.py:                                {'User-Agent': VERSION})
BitTornado/HTTPHandler.py:                          self.headers.get('user-agent','-') )
BitTornado/HTTPHandler.py:            responsecode, length, referrer, useragent):
BitTornado/HTTPHandler.py:            minute, second, header, responsecode, length, referrer, useragent)
BitTornado/zurllib.py:                                { 'User-Agent': VERSION,

Somewhere in HTTPHandler by the looks of it. I'd look further but I need a bath. I smell

Mark · 26-09-2007, 21:19

You need to change product_name at the top of BitTornado/__init__.py

PS - Someone else with Cygwin, perchance?

Flibster · 26-09-2007, 21:57

Currently getting 350kb on a torrent on eclipse. Using Azureus 2.something...

Simon/~Flibster

Daz · 26-09-2007, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

You need to change product_name at the top of BitTornado/__init__.py

PS - Someone else with Cygwin, perchance?

Not on the laptop, just UnxUtils in my PATH, which I put on all my doze installs

26-09-2007, 20:02	#11
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Aye, I'm loathe to do it __________________

26-09-2007, 20:27	#12
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Seems confirmed. http://tinyurl.com/2pptpn /edit - And I've logged a call with their support people. They have an FUP which I'm not breaking because it specifies 50Gb, I pay the absolute maximum and they're treating me like a ***. __________________ Last edited by Feek; 26-09-2007 at 20:35.*

26-09-2007, 20:46	#14
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Could you find a torrent client that supports altering its user agent? Or if you're feeling uber, find the source to one and alter it yourself? Not sure how the trackers would take it but if they're only filtering by user agent that would do it. __________________ apt-get moo

26-09-2007, 21:09	#16
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	That's something I wondered and I grabbed the source for 3.1.0 of ABC earlier, but I can't find the user agent string. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/source_codes/abc.cfm __________________ Last edited by Feek; 26-09-2007 at 21:11.

26-09-2007, 21:57	#19
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Currently getting 350kb on a torrent on eclipse. Using Azureus 2.something... Simon/~Flibster __________________

26-09-2007, 20:35	#13
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Oh dear. Hope this isn't another PlusNet-esque saga in the making. I remember the forum rants when PN started throttling P2P like crazy. Sadly I see this is a no-win situation. The biggest downloaders will always head for the ISP with the least caps, and then the ISP has to apply caps or die. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

26-09-2007, 20:47	#15
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Ooh, sneaky, but a good plan.

26-09-2007, 21:19	#18
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	You need to change product_name at the top of BitTornado/__init__.py PS - Someone else with Cygwin, perchance?