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How to find torrent name

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Hi. Can I find the name of the torrents are downloading with any technique ?

asked 10 Mar '13, 04:06

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That depends:

If you have the packets where someone is loading the torrent description file (usually via web browser or via magnet link), you can find the file name inside that file. A file format description can be found on the internet, e.g. at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file. It won't work if the description file is transferred via HTTPS, of course.

If the torrent program is already loading the actual content, then no, I don't think you can. Nowadays, in most cases torrent transfers are also encrypted for obvious reasons, so you'll only see meaningless bytes being transferred on whatever port the torrent program uses.

answered 10 Mar '13, 05:56

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edited 10 Mar '13, 06:01