just out of curiosity, i see many screenshots here without using the "black marker pen" to "highlight" the torrents perhaps a little caution is in order? what with these efforts by the ISP to spoil the fun?

btw, the proxy server/faking the user-agent does solve tracker status problem but not speed.

nice1.

a proxy server is a proxy, like someone is your proxy when you use him to represent you. your bt client is you. PAW is your proxy to the Internet to the ISP to etc. etc. when you use it, it represent you to your outside connections. it is an additional software between your bt client AND the ISP and...the trackers.

proxy servers were (when having multiple phone line/modems/accounts were expensive) used to allow one and more workstations to connect the Internet through a single Internet connection which runs the proxy server. workstations uses its proxy setting to point to the proxy server and the proxy server connect out. when data flows in the proxyserver check whom it is for and sent it there = back and forth, back and forth. the bt client is not "directly" connected to the net, the proxy-server is.

becoz tmnet is blocking by user-agent you make use of PAW to FAKE the user-agent info, so that the ISP think it is eg. IE user-agent and NOT bt. you should use a string that is an actual user-agent information because the ISP cannot block browser's user-agent!

in order to use the proxy note down what default ip and port it is using, or set your own. then change your bt client to use proxy with these 2 values. there is no need to set user/password on the proxy if you are the only one using it. you must not change your bt client's port to the port used by the proxy eg proxy port = 8088 (whatever) and bt port = 60666 not 8088! so eg. in bt client's config the proxy = 192.168.1.6 port = 8088. proxy type should be HTTP unless it is SOCKS.

to test if the proxy works using a browser, go to the "connection" inside options/preferences under network/advanced/ whatever, look for proxy. use the values you noted before. if you don't do this you probably can surf but we want to test the connection through the proxy server, so change the values in the browser's proxy settings. now if you can surf the proxy is working and so should your bt client.

proxy server usually have traffic logs. check it out.

the main point is not the proxying bt client but the faking the user-agent info. a proxy server allows you to fake this info. it is all there in the first post/page.

obligatory disclaimer: i'm not using PAW or proximotron or a win32 proxy with the ability to "customise" user-agent.

hope that helps

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Jan 26 2007, 07:05 PM

if this is addressed to me. i would say...you have not given enough info. but given that your isp is tmnet or as it is referred here lovinglly as tmnut, i would say the chances is yes, you probably need to do this. sometimes scarywater trackers are finniky if i remember but that was quite a while ago. but generally scarywater was pretty fast and there are so many of them. i have zero experience with bittornado, but if the bt client can set proxy config then the chances are it will work with this solution (see 1st post!)

@hahn87

after installing and running privoxy it appears in the system-tray, right-click, edit->Default Actions (open in notepad) OR from privoxy window Options>Edit Default Actions.

find for "user-agent" (no quotes), there are several, skip those until at about line 580 (somewhere in the middle) edit to look like:

+hide-user-agent{Mozilla (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i586)} \

don't delete the " \" at the end.

privoxy uses default 127.0.0.1 and port 8118, so go to your bt client and enter this as your proxy. look at privoxy log and your tracker info should appear there.

now, set your browser, say IE and change its proxy setting to 127.0.0.1 and port 8118 and browse. check privoxy log to confirm.

to confim that you have change your user-agent go to:
http://www.webprodevelopment.com/Web_Toys/..._My_User_Agent/

if it reports your customized user-agent. success. bt client should now connect to trackers.

privoxy is a bit complicated and more powerful - but basically you only need to change that one line to fake the user-agent (and set proxy values to your bt client) and you are good to go.

i'm not sure why but i am (also) getting international peers/seeds

is using a proxy server solves only HALF the problem?

the other half is the international peers' traffic which may or may not be faking their user-agent.

is this why international peers cannot connect? could someone inform them? to fake their user-agent and use forced encryption?

edit: and another thing: most (all?) the bt CONTENT are internationally sourced right? so how is it possible if all international peers/seeds are blocked for local bt-users to dl "foreign" content to share-share among local bt-users? SOMEONE must be connecting to foreign peers and downloading. is tmnut rotating this "new feature"? to keep the number small without completely cutting off the head of the golden goose?

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Jan 31 2007, 10:37 AM

you need to be a lot more clear. we cannot see what you see on your pc.

there is a gui, double click on the startGUI.bat.

running?
change your ie proxy setting to 127.0.0.1 port 8080
and try browsing.

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Jan 31 2007, 11:31 AM

it is very easy. PAW require java, i suppose if you ever used azureus you have java jre installed. if not go get it.

PAW is a sourceforge project (open sauce! yum!) unzip PAW into folder. look for the conf edit:FOLDER. edit the "headers-request" file so it looks like :

#---------------------------------------------------------------#
# Request Headers
#---------------------------------------------------------------#
# Allows the manipulation of request headers.
# Headers left blank will be deleted from the
# request.
#---------------------------------------------------------------#
# Mask as Mozilla
#User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2

#Mask as Netscape Navigator 4
#User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (Win98; U)

# Mask as Microsoft IE 6.0
#User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0)

# Mask as Microsoft IE 5.5
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) ### this one <---!!!

# Do not submit cookies
#Cookie:I don't like Cookies

double-click "startServer.bat" and you should see a cmd window with some words in it. do not close this window!

change your bt client to use proxy 127.0.0.1 and port 8080.

double-click "startGUI.bat" and if you havent change admin password you should auto login. click on the "eye" icon to look at the logs.

it should be working. i dont use bitcomet so i dunno anything about it, sorry. i suggest utorrent because it is working for me.

cheers.

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Jan 31 2007, 11:55 AM

secure-tunnel cost money right? and it is a "modification" too ain't it?

i think we're already paying enuf for "broad"band tmnut style.

i don't think it is right to spend more money to "solve" tmnut doings - i can use this money for thatching my leaking roofs first. ?

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Added on January 31, 2007, 12:57 pm404 ? file not found? file does not exist? sorry, i think not?

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Jan 31 2007, 12:57 PM

that could be correct. i checked through my PAW's log. nothing like that.
i have :
LOG: 3 8080-127.0.0.1-223: Error: 408 Request Time-out: Read timed out

are they ALL like that? or only ONE particular torrent?

if ALL then something else is wrong. if ONE then it is "file not found".

no, it does not allow all peers/leeches of all torrents dl. i DO get a few outside peers/leeches that can dl/ul - but these torrents are not "popular" ones, so they have very few seeds/peers as it is.

i don't think which the user-agent matters. tho' i have tried a few types and they are more or less the same result. most of them are in this bad way too - stuck and going nowhere.

have you or anyone or is anyone already using bt client forced encryption with proxy server?

go here to read more on encryption
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=5742&p=1
(sort of "old" discussion but may be relevant?)

use enable outgoing encryption and allow legacy for flexibility.

if ISP is really "heavy" on blocking bt then force+disable legacy - not sure if tmnut is "heavy" - seems pretty heavy to me - but my max speed is possible (not throttled) if the "conditions" are right.

i'm only suggesting encryption so that we would connect to "E" clients which may prevent tmnut from detecting it and improve traffic between here and "foreign" peers. my foreign leechers/peers with "some" traffic all have the "E" flag on.

ot: too bad utorrent has sold out to cohen (the bt inventor!) who is pro r*AA and m*AA, and anti-encryption.

looks like good news (at least for some) but who knows about tmnut turning back the screws.

if you haven't digest this something to chew on in the meanwhile:
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Avoid_traffic_shaping

and
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_ISPs

both tmnut and jaring ARE in the list of Bad ISPs. (do i hear "malaysia boleh!" ?)

check out the "level of encryption" to avoid being traffic shaped. tmnut's is a "?" while jaring is "2+".

applies to azureus only. for utorrent (i think) do not have option for level "1".

if you read the title of columns as the "screws" you can see that:
1. jaring users get two screws (col 1 & 5)
2. tmnut users get one screw but should be 2 (col 1 AND 5, needs update!)

and there are a lot of more screws in their arsenal...

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Feb 1 2007, 04:57 PM

well, yes, and the other point is how to avoid being screwed for now.

sometimes i wonder why all your expectations are so sky high given the wide "support" for "malaysia boleh" and the constant condemnation of tmnut? why don't some of you go work for tmnut and improve the situation if you can. if some can be made to improve by beating them up i would be the first to take the beatings.

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Feb 1 2007, 06:04 PM

probably you've set "the figures" too high (max global connections, no. of peers per torrent, etc.

if you're using a proxy server perhaps it is saying it cannot find the tracker because your modem has "jammed" after "a while".

at first your "unrealistic" bt client's settings will work for "some time" but not after "a while" and the modem needs to be reset. settle for more "reasonable" bt settings.

i'm only guessing here coz you need to be more clear in your post, like how many downloads are running at the same time? is this the ONLY zero dl? what are your settings for max global connection, no. of connection per torrent? what bt client you're using? can you surf when bt downloading zero?

you don't have to ADD a user-agent string for PAW. after starting paw, run the startGUI.bat. login. click the "o-" thing next to Files to "open" the list of files you may edit. select "headers-request". DETETE ONE of the "#" marks like so:

# Mask as Microsoft IE 6.0
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0)

meaning your user-agent is Mozilla/4.0.

next SAVE by clicking on the GREEN floppy disk ICON next to the TITLE "headers-request" at the top.

you may or may not have to quit and restart paw server for changes to take effect.

quit and restart anyway to make sure. go the same place as before and confirm that your un-commented user-agent is ok.

also, if it is not too troublesome read page 1 of this thread.

yes, now click the green-floppy icon at the top to save your changes if you haven't already.

if you have followed the OTHER instructions/steps closely and correctly, when you run startGUI.bat, login, and click on the "EYE" icon you should see logs of your bt trackers.

using PAW (or some other proxy server) is to change/fake your bt user-agent to a "typical" browser's user-agent. tmnut will think you are browsing and NOT doing bt and not block you.

on ANOTHER LEVEL, you may require to use some form of ENCRYPTION settings on your bt client - i only use 2, azureus and utorrent, both are capable of using bt encryption. the REASON for using encryption is to become UNDETECTED by tmnut if they examine packets. unencrypted packets are easy to detect what they are. to decrypt encrypted packets are a HUGE waste of time so they (probably) won't do it.

because you have to run startServer.bat BEFORE running startGUI.bat

once the server is started do NOT close the "cmd" window or you'll terminate the PAW server.

edit: after using the GUI to view/edit you may "X" the PAW Gui. you may minimize the PAW server "cmd" window.

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Feb 6 2007, 11:26 AM

if the GUI doesn't work for you. go directly to the

\paw-release-0.27\conf\headers-request

file. you may need to quit PAW before editing.

or try this alternative:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ackage_id=17198

nice manual included

after installation:
1. browse to http://127.0.0.1:8088/
2. click "configure web interface"
3. login as root, password geheim (can be changed)
4. under "global settings"
- tick server.http.proxy
- tick server.filter.http
- key in your favourite user-agent such as : Mozilla/4.1 (kompatible; MSIE 4.0; WindowsNT 5.0) or whatever
5. click the "save settings" button

you may have to shutdown/start the proxy server after changes.

notes :
- require java jre installed.
- you *may* need to edit the Jhttpp2.bat file's last line to look like:

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\java.exe -jar Jhttpp2.jar

instead of just :



caveat: i've not fully tested this.

This post has been edited by beelzebob13: Feb 10 2007, 12:29 PM