Re: [7] [Libbt-devel] added header files that will be installed

[Kevin S. <ke...@an...>]

Peter Stuge wrote:

>On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:09:28AM +0100, Alien wrote:
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>>bt.h also includes bttypes.h so it's easier not to make mistakes
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>>From btTorrent:
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>    int listenport;             /* is this required??? */
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>No, listenport is not required, if we're going to do the networking
>in libbt I strongly suggest that we only use a single port per
>application, and by default one in the dynamic port range as defined
>by IANA, 49152 through 65536. Start from the bottom and try
>allocating upwards.
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People who operate firewalls generally prefer to know what it is that 
they are opening up a hole for.  Follow the protocol spec, use the 
specified port range.

>And most importantly a dynamic port fits the application. This is not
>a server that peers will try to connect blindly to as a result of a
>user command, instead peer lists come from the tracker and so ports
>do not matter.
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Bram has a lot of experience with actual deployments.  Pretend that he 
knows what he is doing.

>--8<-- docs/protocol.txt, about communication between peers
>Next comes the 20 byte sha1 hash of the bencoded form of the 'info'
>value from the metainfo file. (This is the same value which is
>announced as info_hash to the tracker, only here it's raw instead of
>quoted here). If both sides don't send the same value, they sever the
>connection. The one possible exception is if a downloader wants to do
>multiple downloads over a single port, they may wait for incoming
>connections to give a download hash first, and respond with the same
>one if it's in their list.
>-->8--
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>This sounds good to me.
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>//Peter
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