25 Jun 2007 MichaelCrawford   » (Master)

Ask Advogato: Understanding BitTorrent Log Files?

I have a BitTorrent tracker for Creative Commons-licensed music. My HTTP logs tell me that about fourteen .torrent files are downloaded each day, but trackerlyze tells me that about 750 payload files are downloaded each day. This is supported by the enormous size of my log files.

But when I download my own torrents, I rarely see any other peers. The only seed is the one I operate.

I suspect my tracker is getting hijacked to serve for other files, but I am using the --allowed_dir command-line parameter to limit the .torrents to my own. Could it be broken?

Thanks for any advice you can give me -- michael@geometricvisions.com

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