BitTorrent Blog
Mitigating DRDoS Vulnerability in the BitTorrent Ecosystem
Recently, Florian Adamsky presented a paper at a USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies. The paper reported on a study his team conducted on the possibility of exploiting BitTorrent protocols for Distributed Reflective Denial of Service Attacks (DRDoS). The risk being that an attacker could exploit a user unknowingly and have them direct traffic to a…
Bleep update: Forward Secrecy for Offline Messages
Our engineers have recently updated the Bleep core engine to address offline forward secrecy. We’ve discussed forward secrecy before, but this is a major overhaul to the fundamental way we package and transmit messages. It also introduces something that no one else has figured out how to do (as far as we know): providing forward…
Bundle Staff Picks: July 2015 Edition
From Mr. Carmack to MT. OSSA: 30 days in 10 downloads.
First Look: Nano Man – Utility Fog
Watch the first installment from documentary filmmaker Jeremy Kenyon Locker Corbell’s investigative series on UFO culture and all things ExtraOrdinary.
The BitTorrent Interview: Slash on “Live At The Roxy”
Earlier this week, Slash released Live At Roxy Theatre on BitTorrent Bundle. The 90+ minute HD video release captures Slash in his finest form, returning to the Sunset Strip and the legendary Roxy to perform for a sold out crowd. We caught up with Slash this week as he was out on his latest European…
Staff Picks: Best of Bundle, May 2015 Edition
Echoes in the valley, cosmic alchemy, and other true stories from the last 30 days in BitTorrent Bundle. Herewith, the best of May in ten downloadable objects. Untold: Echo in the Valley Deluxe Jack Dunning’s work under Untold spans the sprawling evolution of electronic, and foreshadows its future; the bruised echoes of another world. 2014’s…
Bleep Now Publicly Available Across All Major Platforms
Private Messaging App Rolls Out for iOS and Adds “Whisper” Messages Since our open alpha release last September, a lot has happened in the private messaging space. Services have come and gone, some have been breached and patched, and in many cases, users have been left feeling violated, or at the very least, changed what…
The BitTorrent Interview: H8 Society
The creators of the digital novel, out today on Bundle, talk about music, memory, and new modes of storytelling. H8 Society is the story of two rival gangs hellbent on taking over the world. It’s about the power of love to overtake hate. And it’s about finding the answer to a forever old question. Can…
Staff Picks: Best of Bundle, April 2015 Edition
Graphic novels, free weed, and other true stories from the last 30 days in BitTorrent Bundle. Dynamite Entertainment: The Dynamite Mega Bundle! Over 200 comic books and 4,000 pages of 100% required reading, with contributions from George R.R. Martin, Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Alan Moore, and more — including titles like Bob’s Burgers, The Wheel…