Posted: 2/25/2015 6:57 PM
(Edited: 4/17/2016 8:37 PM)
Post subject: https for torrent webseeds is broken
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feos
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It's been quite some time since Archive started forcing https for item pages, and that's where we're copying links for publication mirrors and webseeds! So all torrents where "s" is not removed are broken, the server can not seed. That's hidden for cases when someone is seeding it locally, but that's no fix. So I observed my own publications, and was shocked to find out, that my first torrent with https webseed was back in 2013.11.13, and all the following ones were so! My guess it that I had an Archive.org bookmark as http, and it was sending me to item pages with that, then it started forcing https for them and it all broke. Then I looked into other publisher's latest encodes, and it appears some of them are in fact doing it right! They are using http! Guys, are you doing it manually each time you copy the direct link? Anyway, among the current publishers, myself, sheela901, fsvgm777, natt, even Ilari and Nach, are using https, which means we all would need to check when it all started and redo all the torrents we've done with https.
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Posted: 2/25/2015 7:12 PM
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Nach
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The program which I posted to this forum like two years back, is capable of fixing this in a matter of minutes. No need for alarm, just need to get a script running. For reasons like this, when I post stuff, people should test it, so we aren't forced into using software in emergencies when it's not ready yet. Thread #13031: Moving to additional trackers (Software to test within!)
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Posted: 2/25/2015 8:18 PM
Post subject: Re: https for torrent webseeds is broken
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AntyMew
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feos wrote:
Then I looked into other publisher's latest encodes, and it appears some of them are in fact doing it right! They are using http! Guys, are you doing it manually each time you copy the direct link?
Yep. I've probably forgotten a few times since I started to, though
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Posted: 4/17/2016 8:38 PM
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feos
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This has been solved. Thread unstickied.
Nach wrote:
Nach wrote:
I can add a full sweep of existing torrents with -u, and cause all new torrents uploaded to be ran through -u -p.
Done!
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.