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Why is DHT simultaneously a problem and not a problem for private trackers? (zerobytes.monster)
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The original post: /r/torrents by /u/krustyarmor on 2025-03-01 15:34:55.

My private tracker says clients with DHT enabled are banned. The client on my seedbox has had DHT enabled for many years now. The tracker has never complained or taken any action. Why is DHT deemed bad enough to mention in their ToS, but not bad enough to bother taking any action against?

(For context, 99% of my downloads are from the same private tracker. I don't recall ever intentionally using DHT to torrent but have also never tried to avoid it. Tbh, I'm not even entirely sure how it works, but presumably the people running the tracker do.)

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