Bit torrent by SANDA SOLUTIONS
- 1. Seminar on BIT TORRENT THE REVOLUTION IN THE FIELD OF FILE SHARING Presented by SUBRATA SANDA
- 2. TALK FLOW WHAT IS BIT TORRENT ? LANGUAGE OF BIT TORRENT TRADITIONAL CLIENT-SERVER DOWNLOADING PEER TO PEER FILE SHARING WHAT BIT TORRENT DOES ? COMPLETE WORKING OF BIT TORRENT INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING BIT TORRENT DOWNLOAD THE BITTORRENT CLIENT SOFTWARE CONCLUSION
- 3. WHAT ACTUALLY BITTORRENT IS? BitTorrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum Internet bandwidth. It costs nothing to use and includes no spyware or pop-up advertising. Unlike other download methods, BitTorrent maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you want and downloading these pieces simultaneously from people who already have them. This process makes popular and very large files, such as videos and television programs, download much faster than is possible with other protocols.
- 4. Language Of Bit Torrent Like most Internet phenomena, Bit Torrent has its own jargon. Some of the more common terms related to BitTorrent include: Leeches - People who download files but do not share files on their own computer with others Seed or seeder - A computer with a complete copy of a BitTorrent file (At least one seed computer is necessary for a BitTorrent download to operate.)
- 5. Swarm - A group of computers simultaneously sending (uploading) or receiving (downloading) the same file. . torrent - A pointer file that directs your computer to the file you want to download. Tracker - A server that manages the BitTorrent file-transfer process. Language Of Bit Torrent….
- 7. PIECES
- 8. PEERS
- 9. SPEED
- 10. coloured bars beneath all of the clients represent individual pieces of the file.
- 11. Traditional Client-Server Downloading To understand how BitTorrent works and why it is different from other file-serving methods, let's examine what happens when you download a file from a Web site. It works something like this: You open a webpage and click a link to download a file to your computer. The Web browser software on your computer (the client) tells the server (a central computer that holds the Web page and the file you want to download) to transfer a copy of the file to your computer. The transfer is handled by a protocol (a set of rules), such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).
- 12. T R A D I T I O N A L D O W N L O A D I N G
- 13. Peer-to-peer File Sharing Peer-to-peer file sharing is different from traditional file downloading. In peer-to-peer sharing, you use a software program (rather than your Web browser) to locate computers that have the file you want. Because these are ordinary computers like yours, as opposed to servers, they are called peers. The process works like this: You run peer-to-peer file-sharing software (for example, a Gnutella program ) on your computer and send out a request for the file you want to download. To locate the file, the software queries other computers that are connected to the Internet and running the file-sharing software. When the software finds a computer that has the file you want on its hard drive , the download begins.
- 14. Peer-to-peer File Sharing Others using the file-sharing software can obtain files they want from your computer's hard drive. The file-transfer load is distributed between the computers exchanging files, but file searches and transfers from your computer to others can cause bottlenecks. Some people download files and immediately disconnect without allowing others to obtain files from their system, which is called leeching. This limits the number of computers the software can search for the servers.
- 15. F I L E S H A R I N G
- 16. What BitTorrent Does Unlike some other peer-to-peer downloading methods, Bit Torrent is a protocol that offloads some of the file tracking work to a central server (called a tracker). Another difference is that it uses a principal called tit- for-tat . This means that in order to receive files, you have to give them. This solves the problem of leeching – one of developer Bram Cohen's primary goals. With Bit Torrent, the more files you share with others, the faster your downloads are. Finally, to make better use of available Internet bandwidth (the pipeline for data transmission), BitTorrent downloads different pieces of the file you want simultaneously from multiple computers.
- 17. Torrent Tracker
- 18. Complete Working Of BitTorrent You open a Web page and click on a link for the file you want. Bit Torrent client software communicates with a tracker to find other computers running BitTorrent that have the complete file (seed computers) and those with a portion of the file (peers that are usually in the process of downloading the file). The tracker identifies the swarm, which is the connected computers that have all of or a portion of the file and are in the process of sending or receiving it. The tracker helps the client software trade pieces of the file you want with other computers in the swarm. Your computer receives multiple pieces of the file simultaneously.
- 19. Working Of BitTorrent(cont.) If you continue to run the Bit Torrent client software after your download is complete, others can receive .torrent files from your computer; your future download rates improve because you are ranked higher in the "tit-for-tat" system. Downloading pieces of the file at the same time helps solve a common problem with other peer-to-peer download methods: Peers upload at a much slower rate than they download. By downloading multiple pieces at the same time, the overall speed is greatly improved. The more computers involved in the swarm, the faster the file transfer occurs because there are more sources of each piece of the file. For this reason, Bit Torrent is especially useful for large, popular files.
- 20. Installing And Configuring Bit Torrent To use BitTorrent for file downloads, you need to install the BitTorrent client software. You may also need to tweak your firewall and network router (if you use these) to accept BitTorrent files. We'll give you all the details to get started. But first, here's a synopsis of the steps: Download and install the BitTorrent client software. Check and configure firewall and/or router for BitTorrent (if applicable). Find files to download. Download and open the .torrent pointer file. Let BitTorrent give and receive pieces of the file. Stay connected after the download completes to share your .torrent files with others.
- 21. Download the BitTorrent Client Software BitTorrent is open-source software, which means the program is available to you and to software developers for free. Therefore, some developers have created their own versions of BitTorrent software, and you can choose from a number of client programs. (Note: This article assumes you are using the official version. To start off, go to BitTorrent.com and click the link for the client software that matches your operating system . After you download the client software, double-click on the desktop icon to install it. The installation program is quick, and it displays this window when it is complete: You'll also see Bram Cohen's Web page, where you can send donations to support development of BitTorrent. Mr. Cohen develops and distributes BitTorrent as open-source software at no cost to users or other developers.
- 22. Conclusion So we have studied all details regarding Bit Torrent protocol, client and softwares. Torrents have become the best method of Downloading large files like complete movies and games. But the problem is that all the illegal stuffs like unlicensed movies softwares games etc so piracy is increased and this is the only Problems.
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