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If anyone's having issues, I've mirrored it at https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/ https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/ edit

If anyone's having issues, I've mirrored it at https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/ https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/ edit: I'm the author, let me know if you have any questions.

lossolo 10y ago
Great work. Does it work under .NET Core ?
- jsingleton 10y ago
  From a quick look at the source [0], it looks like it supports Mono. I can't see anything stopping it being ported to Core, apart from JonSkeet.MiscUtil may not support Core. If you package this up as a NuGet package and support Core then can you please ping me and I'll add it to https://anclafs.com https://anclafs.com. [0] https://github.com/cheatdeath/research-bittorrent https://github.com/cheatdeath/research-bittorrent
  - nick_ 10y ago
    I've been prototyping a .NET Core port. JonSkeet.MiscUtil source code is fine for Core, but for the BitTorrent code we need to change the HttpWebRequest objects to HttpClient and rewrite the Begin/End/IAsyncResult/callback-style to async/await.
    - jsingleton 10y ago
      FYI Jon has said to avoid using MiscUtil. https://github.com/jpsingleton/ANCLAFS/issues/6#issuecomment-231041947 https://github.com/jpsingleton/ANCLAFS/issues/6#issuecomment...
- cheatdeath 10y ago
  I'm not that familiar with .NET Core. It doesn't look like MiscUtil is compatible with it. The executable project has some minor references to Mono.Posix just so it can catch kill signals while running in the Terminal and die gracefully. Both dependencies can be removed quite easily from the project.
nxzero 10y ago
Awesome post/code; might be worth noting that you're the author of the code/post and your willingness to address questions.
- cheatdeath 10y ago
  Will do, thanks for posting.
Sarkie 10y ago
404? https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/bittorrent.html https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/bittorr...
- cheatdeath 10y ago
  Sorry, I didn't update some of the links in the contents correctly when creating the mirror. They should be fixed now – everything is on one page.
skrowl 10y ago
Definitely having timeout issues on the OP link. Your €3/month hosting from blacknight.com isn't holding up to the HN load, apparently :) Thank you for the github link. Mods can we get OP link adjusted to the github link instead of what was submitted?
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cocotino 10y ago
Your name from WoW?
- cheatdeath 10y ago
  World of Warcraft? Haha no, I've been using that handle probably since that game came out but I've never played it.
sctb 10y ago
Thanks, we updated the link from http://seanjoflynn.com/research/bittorrent.html http://seanjoflynn.com/research/bittorrent.html.
nick_ 10y ago
Great to see an alternative to old MonoTorrent! I'm curious why you didn't use async/await instead of the Begin/End/IAsyncResult pattern?
- cheatdeath 10y ago
  Honestly I'm just not that familiar with async/await. I'll look into modifying it when I get around to making some other changes.
Zagitta 10y ago
I don't know if you've seen it already but some people on reddit talked about some improvements/tips here: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4rcss2/building_a_bittorrent_client_from_scratch_in_c/d50bfq3 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4rcss2/buildin... I agree with most of their sentiments, especially the parsing part could be made cleaner/more C#'ish :) Otherwise nice work and very interesting writeup!
- cheatdeath 10y ago
  Thanks for letting me know, looks like I'll have to find some time to implement some of these recommendations.

lossolo 10y ago

Great work. Does it work under .NET Core ?

jsingleton 10y ago
From a quick look at the source [0], it looks like it supports Mono. I can't see anything stopping it being ported to Core, apart from JonSkeet.MiscUtil may not support Core. If you package this up as a NuGet package and support Core then can you please ping me and I'll add it to https://anclafs.com https://anclafs.com. [0] https://github.com/cheatdeath/research-bittorrent https://github.com/cheatdeath/research-bittorrent
- nick_ 10y ago
  I've been prototyping a .NET Core port. JonSkeet.MiscUtil source code is fine for Core, but for the BitTorrent code we need to change the HttpWebRequest objects to HttpClient and rewrite the Begin/End/IAsyncResult/callback-style to async/await.
  - jsingleton 10y ago
    FYI Jon has said to avoid using MiscUtil. https://github.com/jpsingleton/ANCLAFS/issues/6#issuecomment-231041947 https://github.com/jpsingleton/ANCLAFS/issues/6#issuecomment...
cheatdeath 10y ago
I'm not that familiar with .NET Core. It doesn't look like MiscUtil is compatible with it. The executable project has some minor references to Mono.Posix just so it can catch kill signals while running in the Terminal and die gracefully. Both dependencies can be removed quite easily from the project.

nxzero 10y ago

Awesome post/code; might be worth noting that you're the author of the code/post and your willingness to address questions.

cheatdeath 10y ago
Will do, thanks for posting.

Sarkie 10y ago

404? https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/bittorrent.html https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/bittorr...

cheatdeath 10y ago
Sorry, I didn't update some of the links in the contents correctly when creating the mirror. They should be fixed now – everything is on one page.

skrowl 10y ago

Definitely having timeout issues on the OP link. Your €3/month hosting from blacknight.com isn't holding up to the HN load, apparently :) Thank you for the github link. Mods can we get OP link adjusted to the github link instead of what was submitted?

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cocotino 10y ago

Your name from WoW?

cheatdeath 10y ago
World of Warcraft? Haha no, I've been using that handle probably since that game came out but I've never played it.

sctb 10y ago

Thanks, we updated the link from http://seanjoflynn.com/research/bittorrent.html http://seanjoflynn.com/research/bittorrent.html.

nick_ 10y ago

Great to see an alternative to old MonoTorrent! I'm curious why you didn't use async/await instead of the Begin/End/IAsyncResult pattern?

cheatdeath 10y ago
Honestly I'm just not that familiar with async/await. I'll look into modifying it when I get around to making some other changes.

Zagitta 10y ago

I don't know if you've seen it already but some people on reddit talked about some improvements/tips here: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4rcss2/building_a_bittorrent_client_from_scratch_in_c/d50bfq3 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4rcss2/buildin... I agree with most of their sentiments, especially the parsing part could be made cleaner/more C#'ish :) Otherwise nice work and very interesting writeup!

cheatdeath 10y ago
Thanks for letting me know, looks like I'll have to find some time to implement some of these recommendations.