Changeset 11180 for dotorg

Timestamp:

10/15/09 16:29:02 (5 months ago)

Author:

bittorrent

Message:

Add a section on not hammering bad trackers

Files:

• dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0028.rst (modified) (2 diffs)

dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0028.rst

@@ -8 +8 @@
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 26-Nov-2008
-Post-History:
+Post-History: 15-Oct-2009: Add a section on not hammering bad trackers
 
 Tracker exchange extension
@@ -125 +125 @@
         { 'added': ['http://tracker.bittorrent.com/announce', 'http://tracker2.bittorrent.com'] }
 
+trackers
+========
+
+Trackers discovered through this protocol SHOULD be treated with a certain amount of
+suspicion. Since the source of a tracker exchange message cannot be trusted, an
+implementation SHOULD have a lower number of retries before giving up entirely.
+
+Also, as specified under the definitions_ section, a tracker that has not worked
+should never be propagated to other peers over the tracker exchange protocol.
+