Private Bittorrent network

[Heeter]

Hi Guys,

I would like to know if it possible to setup a private bittorrent network. Maybe something that someone needs to type in a password to join. Certainly something that won't come up in search engines, as these are my own private files/pics. I have a genereal idea of how Bittorrent works, but nothing concrete.

Can this be done?

Thanks

Heeter

 

[muzikool]

Yes. You can make it so that the tracker will not connect unless the person is registered. I don't know the details on how this is accomplished, but I do know it can be done.

 

[Heeter]

Thanks MuzilKool,

I am trying to google search this but can't find what I am looking for.

Heeter

 

[Steevo]

Why torrent?

I am just curious, as a personal file server, with users set up individually and modern DSL speeds, is fast. (I did it from my home computer once)

 

[American Zombie]

If this is on Windows you could get BNBT EasyTracker then configure it for private.

Documentation that come with it shows how.

 

[Johnny]

That looks cool AZ. I'll be checking that out for myself ..

 

[vern]

What you'd want is a tracker based on the TorrentBits code. Many of the best private trackers I've used like TorrentBits, Elitetorrents, and a couple others that don't advertise themselves use it.

It's funny. Searching on google for "torrentbits tracker" gives an OSNN thread as it's first hit.

http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?t=73397

 

[Not Bman]

If this is on Windows you could get BNBT EasyTracker then configure it for private.

Documentation that come with it shows how.

so I can use this to make my own torrent server thing for use for the public?