[libtorrent] SSL Torrents

[Alexander L. <ale...@ap...>]

Hi there,

I created a torrent with a signature like so:

    def test_create_torrent_with_signature(self):
        fs = lt.file_storage()
        lt.add_files(fs, "mytorrent.content")

        t = lt.create_torrent(fs)
        t.add_tracker("udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce")
        t.set_creator("unit test")
        t.set_priv(True)
        t.set_root_cert(
            """-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
<base64 stuff>
-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----""")

        lt.set_piece_hashes(t, ".")

        f = open("mytorrent.torrent", "wb")
        f.write(lt.bencode(t.generate()))
        f.close()

I expected that a client without a valid certificate signed by that CA
would not be able to download that torrent.

However, the download succeeded without any issues.

I am using the libtorrent build 0.16 for Py2.7.

What am I missing? Is the SSL torrent feature disabled in that build? Is
there a mistake in the way I created the torrent?

Thanks,
Alex