@mymy2010 said in Tracker: [Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates]:

i found the solution:

add the following line into .rtorrent.rc file.
network.http.ssl_verify_peer.set=0

after saving the file, restart rtorrent service

So you know: the SSL issue is Internet-wide and is caused by the expiration of an older CA (Certificate Authority) cert. It's exacerbated by some cross-signing of other CA and ICA (intermediate certificate authority) certs, but generally one VERY OLD CA cert expired and it's having unintended effects widely!

But the answer is to fix your Windows (or Mac)... your torrent client lets your OS "trust" (or not) the SSL certs... if your Windows (or Mac or Linux or phone!) trusted CA certs are out-of-date, you're getting these kinds of errors. Fix the "Trusted Store" in your OS, then reboot (it mostly only reads the Trusted Store at boot time so you need to reboot to "reload" them...

Disabling the SSL checking will work - but it also opens you up to malicious attacks through your torrent client. Low risk, perhaps - but a risk. Once you fix your SSL Trusted Store, turn the checking back on in your client!

@mansen said in Torrent server down?:

@bi4smooth I'm on a Mac and use Transmission. I'm not abandoning it, but it's not working currently and I don't know how to get it up and running. The app is too widely used for this problem not to get fixed at some point -- but I don't know how to do it (it's likely not too hard, you just have to know how to manipulate SSL conditions within which it operates).

So meanwhile, I'll use qBittorent for a while. I like a lot of what it offers but it looks like Windows software and not an elegant Mac app, which Transmission most certainly is. qBt is def more powerful but Transmission is simple, attractive and gets the job done. Usually...

When Transmission is operational again, I'll switch back. With fond sentiments towards qBt which is an excellent client.

Glad to hear you love your Transmission... far be it from me to tell ANYONE what client to use! Indeed, my post was trying to say "NOT SO FAST"

FWIW: I like qBitTorrent because I can use it on my PC, my Mac, and my Linux - all with mostly the same look/feel. LOL Exactly what you dislike about it! Different strokes! Viva la Difference! (Anglicized, yes)

If you look hard in the Transmission settings, you SHOULD find an SSL (or rather, an ignore SSL errors) setting. My Mac is broken right now, so I can't give you point and click instructions, but I'm confident it is there.

Finally, as @raphjd said above, the tracker issue is an SSL problem - unrelated to the Forum's "self-correcting bounce" (my term)... but the SSL issue is NOT solely related to this site or the LetsEncrypt SSL distributor/issuer... the CA (Certificate Authority) certificates are issued (unlike your own SSL cert) for YEARS! Decades, even!

This is going to be a problem for a LOT of early IoT devices - some of whom simply cannot be updated easily (if at all).

In the meantime, check out this Apple site - I didn't read deeply into it (I didn't follow the links - and with my Mac being down, I can't check out its veracity), but it purports to allow you to update the CA Store on your Apple devices...

@dontforgethe said in Is upload counted from an android phone:

@bi4smooth haha i guessed bittorrent but im really not clued up on torrents at all

Ok ok... so in general, you cannot seed a torrent from anything other than a desktop-style client. Web-based (browser plugins) torrent CLIENTS are just that: clients (download) only! Browsers can't just SEND data off of your computer to anyone who asks for it! (If so, please send my your account names and passwords?)... browsers are designed to send a little, download a lot! not the other way around.... same for phones and tablets.... there's not a lot of storage there, so send a little, take a lot - but mostly to show on the screen, not store!

There ARE exceptions - there are things called "seed-bots" and other cloud-based "incantations" that will also work... but in general, for the hardware you likely have at home, you need to run a full-blown torrent app (like qBitTorrent or uTorrent) to be able to successfully download (leech) AND upload (seed)!

@mansen said in Torrent server down?:

@vatdweller Yes, I've been using Transmission. I'll try the other. That is ... very weird. Why would this happen?

Before you start throwing your client "under the bus", please note that a LOT of sites on the Internet are being affected by a CA cert expiration at one of the largest SSL certificate providers. It's not that it wasn't planned for, just that a lot of Windows systems didn't get the update!

Not to get too technical, but that's a parent of a parent of the SSL cert (and there MAY be additional levels!) expiring... making a LOT of things on the Internet that depend on SSL for security to fail.

Read more HERE.

Some torrent clients will "fail" if the SSL cert isn't authentic, others will ignore (qBittorrent has a switch)...

Fix your Windows before you DITCH a perfectly good torrent client!

NOTE: The SAME condition exists on MACs, Linux systems, even cloud systems! The issue is in the SSL infrastructure, NOT in the OS itself!

@dontforgethe said in Is upload counted from an android phone:

Just wondering if upload is registered if seeding torrents from an android phone

I'd love to see the app on the Android phone (or any Android device) that will SEED a torrent file. I've seen them that will SNATCH (download) a file from a torrent site (e.g. from multiple sources via torrenting), but NEVER have I seen one that will SEED!

Could you post the name of the app? I know others who would love to look it over!

JUST A GUESS - but based on the times listed in the torrents posted, I'd hazard a guess that the system is on UTC.

@amphboy said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

idk, I uploaded a few onlyfans content packs on a PUBLIC gay tracker and they were wildly popular and havent been taken down for weeks. Surprising me theyre being taken down here

The fact is, when a DMCA request is made, it has to be taken down... if you post them where there are LOTS of OTHER OF posts, yeah, they're going to get noticed more!

It seems to me, OF is targeting us for the same reason Jesse James once said he robbed banks (that's where they keep the money!)...

In other words - they're targeting us because there is SO MUCH content here...

But guys, remember that OF is there for the MODELS to MAKE MONEY... sharing it here is NOT making them any money...

I'm all for sharing porn - but I'm also all for these models making a fair amount of money for their efforts... those two things are in conflict here, and the DMCA comes down in favor of the models...

@raphjd said in UK Labour MP threatens to "revenge porn" a woman:

@bi4smooth

Feminists and their simps are not sane.

Revenge porn happens against men too, but the law is written in a gendered manner, as are many non-gendered issues.

Maybe the law in the UK....

@mkpacman71 said in Just joined and need to up my ratio:

@chubbytossbm Also - don't forget to vote on categories for your downloaded torrents. You get points that can be turned in to increase your ratio

LOTS of things you do can earn you Seed Bonus Points (SBP) -- like just SEEDING torrents!.... Plus, don't forget about the First Time Uploader's bonus - 600 SBP can be turned in for 10GB upload credit!

@kuroanagi said in Torrent server down?:

My torrents are not downloading, either. I'm using qbitorrent and it says the status of the tracker is "not working". This started happening yesterday.

i saw an outage as well, but it appears live now.

@raphjd said in UK Labour MP threatens to "revenge porn" a woman:

https://vote-watch.com/2021/09/27/labour-mp-claudia-webbe-threatened-to-send-naked-photos-to-children-court-hears/

According to feminists and their simps, only men ever do this.

This should be a criminal act - in the same way threatening to beat up someone is ASSAULT and actually doing it is BATTERY.

As for your asinine conclusion that feminists (or any other sane people) thinks in terms of ALL and ONLY, well, that's just you being you...

@zavax said in How is it decided who has the duplicated torrent?:

I just had a torrent I uploaded a couple months ago deleted for being a duplicate just after someone else uploaded the same movie this morning. My upload was first yet the new uploader's file was allowed to be loaded and mine deleted. Not sure how or why the system works this way.

I think you're likely mistaken...

Purely from observation: when a duplicate is detected, the DUPE is removed - but since people will have SEEN it, and maybe WANTED IT, the mods push-up the original... so it LOOKS new. Usually, they also FREELEECH it for a while... I think thats how they keep the "pool" of freeleech torrents "full"

To confirm, on most FREELEECH torrents, you will see a RECYCLE logo on the torrent name, and an "Original Upload" line in the description...

I'm pretty sure those are the torrents that were duped.

Then again, mods are people too... if you think YOUR torrent was newer, write the helpdesk and ask!

@raphjd said in (Dem) NY Gov Kathy Hochul calls for the vaccinated to "be my apostles":

@bi4smooth

But you voted for Biden/Harris and in case you forgot, they ran on the DNC ticket.

You're right - 40 years of supporting Republican candidates - up and down the ballot, and when I vote non-Trump, I'm EXPELLED from the party!

EXACTLY what you would expect from a fascist, Russian TOOL!

@raphjd said in (Dem) NY Gov Kathy Hochul calls for the vaccinated to "be my apostles":

@bi4smooth

You Democrats just can't stop dragging Trump into every conversation.

ROFL - you Trumpites can't stop calling any non-Trumpite Republican a RINO or a Democrat!

You're a 'RITO' - Republican in Trump Only

@chubbytossbm said in Just joined and need to up my ratio:

I tried picking a new torrent with the intent of seeding it, but then it dried up and I barely got to upload anything. Can anyone recommend tips on getting my ratio better? I hate being a leech.

Look for newly minted freeleech torrents - they generate a LOT of traffic! If you "get in early" you can seed the masses who come after. (Not much value - for ratio - in downloading and seeding older freeleech torrents, as there are so many seeders, you won't get much action...)

Just my opinion... hope you get your money's worth!

@raphjd said in (Dem) NY Gov Kathy Hochul calls for the vaccinated to "be my apostles":

Youtube Video

You are surprised when Dems - especially those who never were actually ELECTED to their positions - say stupid things?

This lady (no offense to her womanhood) was put into office as an after-thought when the Dems were still fawning over their "chosen son" Cuomo. She was no more prepared to actually BE the Gov of NY than Dan Quayle was to be President when Bush 41 was President! (Or, Harris is today!)

If the hope is that NY voters will turn on the Dems, I hope you've been practicing holding your breath! That day may come, but that day isn't close yet! (Some causes are too-far-gone LOL)

The real question is just how liberal will the next NY Governor be after the 2022 election cycle? NY isn't quite as "foregone" a conclusion as California is as-far-as-electing "the Democrat"... but it's close!

But hey - we used to think GA was a LOCK for the Republican Party! This 2022 election cycle is going to be a DOOZY there next year! ESP with cry-baby Trump coming out AGAINST a reliable, reasonable, Republican Incumbent!

@freddie7 said in search issues:

rafael alencar"

As has been noted in other threads: put multi-word searches in quotes...

not rafael alencar, but rather "rafael alencar"

@raphjd said in Where are the Biden supporters?!:

@bi4smooth

I'm still waiting for you and your fellow Democrats to criticize Biden and Co.

The forums are silent when it comes to you people criticizing Biden.

Maybe you guys are criticizing the DNC in some secret bunker hearings with Shifty Schiff or whatnot, but you aren't doing it here.

LOL - I've written PLENTY of anti-Dem posts here... including warnings MONTHS ago about the coming inflation (which you now see being reported not just in cars and homes, but in pork-bellies [aka: bacon], beef, chicken, and soon to be your favorite vegetables too!)

I've been reading warnings that holiday decorations are going to be pricier this year in the US... but, it's not going to stop there! Higher prices are here for gas, and almost everything else... and most of America is lassez-faire about it all! After all, they HAVE more money, so they don't mind spending it! But their extra money is temporary! The Gov't cannot just keep handing it out!

I am so tired of politicians (on both sides) playing to the DUMBEST elements of their respective parties...

STUPID PEOPLE SHOULD NOT RULE THE WORLD

@eobox91103 said in Question About Using Bonus Points:

@bi4smooth said in Question About Using Bonus Points:

So far as I can tell, if you STOP SEEDING, the site will eventually STOP listing the torrent as "downloading" - e.g. you CAN abandon a download - but to do so, you have to REALLY abandon it...

Just remember that "stop seeding" means removing the torrent from your client's torrent list. You can keep the files you've downloaded, and even keep the .torrent file on your computer if you want to come back to it in the future. In uTorrent, this means right-clicking on the torrent in question, and either selecting "remove" (which keeps the .torrent file, but it's inactive), or choose "remove and delete the torrent [and perhaps the downloaded files if you don't want them]."

Full disclosure: Brother bi4smooth has convinced me that uTorrent is a POS and I'm going to migrate to qBitTorrent, but I don't know how that one works.

Thanks for the faith! I do love the qBitTorrent program - somewhere hidden in the forums is a how-to with LOTS of tips on setting it up specifically for here... I'll look for that link and post it here if I can find it....

To your point: the process is the same in qBitTorrent - you choose delete, then get an option (check-box) as to whether to delete the files associated with the torrent.

I will say, though, that the mods have FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE in the version of utorrent they promote on the QTM installation page...

But torrent programs are like shoes... everyone has their favorite, and as long as the job gets done, they generally aren't noticed much....

@poernerlook said in Question About Using Bonus Points:

@eobox91103 said in Question About Using Bonus Points:

but set your torrent client to only download maybe 10% of the files.

First of all, thanks for your reply and for the tip!
I tried once downloading only part of a torrent and it acted as if I'm still downloading the torrent even after I started seeding. Is there a way to fix that?

So far as I can tell, if you STOP SEEDING, the site will eventually STOP listing the torrent as "downloading" - e.g. you CAN abandon a download - but to do so, you have to REALLY abandon it...