Torrent Poisoning
27.10.09  |  Hacking

=== Introduction ===
The BitTorrent protocol identifies peers using a tracker. Each peer announces itself to the tracker via HTTP.
Certain parameters in the announce request itself can be altered in order to fake the IP address of the peer.
This can be used to “poison” the torrent by adding thousands of fake peers.
=== The Principle ===
The announce [...]