Creating A Private Torrent
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I know this isn't Gaytorrent.ru related, but I thought maybe someone could help walk me through a process.
I am currently in the process of archiving a form of media with someone across the country. As it stands, I have currently archived 89GB of data, with a perceived calculation that the finished project will be 180GB. These are files that I do not want shared with the public, just this individual. Am I able to do so through torrenting?
I have in the past downloaded files through uTorrent by only using the hash, but I am unsure if hooking a torrent up to a website is needed (tracker?). If this is possible, can the torrent then be deleted after the person gets the files, so they do not begin to float around in cyberspace?
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My understanding of what trackers are used for is so websites and the general public and connect and find torrents.
Technically speaking, I think you could generate your .torrent file, send that to your friend and they should be able to connect directly into you and download that without you having to publish the .torrent file anywhere online.
I might be wrong but no harm in seeing if it works. You will have to generate a .torrent file anyways if you plan on uploading it to a tracker. The .torrent file tells the network what files should be shared and where they are located on your computer.
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This is what I was hoping for.
How do you create a .torrent file?
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Let's try again. I wrote a reply last night and at the exact point I posted it the site went down…was it my fault?
Creating a torrent is easy, most torrent clients have a 'Create torrent'. Using them is more difficult.
All torrents need a tracker URL somewhere. Either you enter one when you create a torrent or the tracker site inserts its own when the posted torrent is downloaded for seeding.
If you don't post your torrent to a tracker site it will have no tracker URL. The torrent file not only tells which files you want to share but where on the network those files can be found using a tracker. No tracker, no sharing.
However uTorrent has a built-in private tracker function Creating a private torrent - I have never tried it and it looks like a lot of messing and there are pitfalls. NOTE: the tutorial uses an old version of uTorrent, I do not know if it still works.
There are other ways of sharing your files using such sites as Dropbox or Google Cloud - unless you can post smaller amounts of data you may have to use a premium service. Have a look at Gigatribe
You could try sending your files via Skype, I have seen no size restriction there but I suspect it would be slow.
You could burn your files to blank DVDs but you would end up with a lot of them.
Or if you are a real masochist, you could split your files and send them via email…in 10MB lumps (the max size most ISPs allow for attachments.
Hope that is some help
