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Magnet links are especially interesting in this context as they're essentially a 20-byte number, and contain no data about what they link to aside from the hash
by stonegray 4y ago
Magnet links are especially interesting in this context as they're essentially a 20-byte number, and contain no data about what they link to aside from the hash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number
- beardog 4y agoMagnet links can specify a name for the download ('dn'), tracker addreses to find peers ('tr') (but DHT can be used these days), and actual links to the files on the web via web seeds. However they can be as bare-bones as you say.