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TorrentFlux v2.4 (With Encryption) Released

After a seven-month wait, TorrentFlux has finally been revamped to version 2.4. The extremely popular open-source PHP BitTorrent client has received a facelift and undergone some much-welcomed changes. But the greatest improvement is the encryption support that has been added to the BitTornado 0.3.18 client in TF.

To quote imrook, the developer of the encryption scheme for TF: “By default, crypto_allow and crypto_only are on and crypto_stealth is off.  You can change this on the administration settings page (see above).  Since I have enabled encryption, I haven’t had a single disconnection and my torrent speeds are faster than they were before (an obvious sign that my ISP was restricting BT traffic as well).”

Other Improvements to TorrentFlux v2.4 —

  • • Powered by BitTornado 0.3.18 to support encryption
  • • Removed TorrentSpy search plugin
  • • Cryptography functionality & enabled by default (by imrook)
  • • Added checks to prevent normal users from seeing sensitive information (by deadeyes)
  • • Updated MiniNova search plugin (by alx)
  • • Removed CVS files for BitTornado
  • • Converted \r\n to \n in all source files
  • • Bug fix for torrents dying after they’re started (tornado shell args not escaped)
  • • Postgres 8 sql install scripts
  • • Updated MySQL install scripts (TYPE clause depreciated for storage engine declarations)
  • • Fixed bug preventing torrents from starting in simple mode

  • 1. Bug fixes from Debian team

    \:  3.  • Recursive call error in SearchEngineBase  5.  • Python filename dependency  7.  • Parameter check in directory browser to prevent traversal above
download directory  9.  • Update settings fails with blank search filter For those who aren’t already familiar with TorrentFlux, you can manage all aspects of your Torrent transfers through the secure and convenient web interface from anywhere you can get Internet access! You can even set your system up to subscribe to (& auto-download) rss torrent feeds and start your transfers while you’re away (during the night, as other transfers finish, or however else you like if you write script!)

    Here’s a quick list of the features:

    • • Upload Torrents via URL or File Upload
    • • Start, Stop, and Delete Torrents with a click
    • • Advanced Torrent start options (encryption, ports, speeds, etc.)
    • • Multi-user interface
    • • RSS Feeds, download Torrents files with a click
    • • View Download Progress of all torrents at a glance
    • • View drive space at a glance
    • • View Torrent file meta information
    • • Built-in User management and Security
    • • Private Messaging
    • • Themes (selectable per user)
    • • Upload History
    • • Detailed User Administration
    • • Admin Searchable Logs
    • • Advanced Torrent Search (many major sites included)
    • • Cookie support at the user level for private trackers
    • • Queue Manager
    • • Maketorrent - supports making torrents
    • • Language Support

    We got v2.4 up and running in about five minutes on the Filesharefreak server (not that we’re about to use it here!). Download it from http://www.torrentflux.com.

    Here’s the info / install instructions:

    TorrentFlux: PHP Torrent Download Manager
    =================================================================
    TorrentFlux is a PHP based Torrent client that runs on a
    web server. Manage all of your Torrent downloads through a
    convenient web interface from anywhere.
    =================================================================
    TorrentFlux was written by Qrome
    (http://www.torrentflux.com/contact.php)

    For support visit the forums:
    (http://www.torrentflux.com/forum/)

    See the thanks list at the bottom.

    =================================================================
    TorrentFlux Version: 2.4
    =================================================================

    PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. IF YOU DO THIS,
    YOU WILL HAVE YOUR SITE UP AND RUNNING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

    —————————————————————–
    System Requirements
    —————————————————————–
    — A Linux Box (http://www.linux.com) Installed and working
    properly. (tested on Debian, RedHat, Fedora, and others)

    – Apache Web Server (http://www.apache.org)

    – PHP Apache module version 4.1.x or better with MySQL, Session,
    and PCRE support enabled (http://www.php.net)

    — MySQL database server (http://www.mysql.com) others also
    supported through ADODB.

    — Python 2.2 or higher

    – SELinux should be turned off or configured to allow
    TorrentFlux to work with files in the application Path.

    – Safe Mode must be turned off in the php.ini file.
    TorrentFlux reads, writes files that Safe Mode will restrict.

    – allow_url_fopen (in the php.ini) must be on for torrent
    fetching, RSS, and torrent searches. Second option is to
    have the CURL libs installed. If you only plan on uploading
    directly then these options do not matter.

    — CURL libs are required for some of the search engine modules
    but not required for general opperation.

    * BSD User notes: TorrentFlux uses the ps command to see what it
    is running. Usually BSD does not allow the results to be large
    enough for TF to work. To fix this, edit /etc/sysctl.conf to add
    the following line

    kern.ps_arg_cache_limit=1024

    Without this set, the OS truncates the output of ps to only 256
    characters.

    —————————————————————–
    Installing
    —————————————————————–
    *** Make sure the System Requirements are met.

    1. Untar the package into a directory then copy the contents of
    the “html” folder into your web site directory.

    tar -zxvf torrentflux.tar.gz

    2. Create a database and load the mysql_torrentflux.sql script.
    Database abstraction is supported starting in TorrentFlux 2.0
    using ADODB for PHP. You may specify type of database you want
    to use in the config.php, but the examples here use MySQL.

    mysqladmin create torrentflux

    “mysql_torrentflux.sql” contains the commands to build the table
    structure and the default data for the TorrentFlux. Run the
    script on your torrentflux database.

    mysql torrentflux < mysql_torrentflux.sql
    Or load the script with PHPMyAdmin (web interface)

    3. Edit ‘config.php’ for database settings. Database
    abstraction is supported starting in TorrentFlux 2.0 using
    ADODB for PHP. You may specify type of database you want to
    use, but the examples here use MySQL.

    4. IMPORTANT: The first time you access the application, you
    will be prompted for a user/password — this is when you will
    set the SUPER ADMIN user and password by what you enter. For
    example, you pull the site up for the first time, you will
    be prompted to login and if you put in user: ‘goombah’ and
    password: ‘iama’ then your super admin user account will
    be set to goombah/iama — cool? You are ready to access
    the application!

    5. On your first login, you will be taken to the admin settings
    page. This is where you will check all your TorrentFlux
    Settings (previous versions had these settings in the config.php).
    At the top of this page is “Path” — you will need to create
    a directory with read/write permissions for TorrentFlux to use.
    You can create a directory and chmod 777 it then specify this
    path on the Admin Settings page. When the path is valid and
    writable, there will be a green light next to it.

    While you are on the TorrentFlux Settings page, you may want to
    verify that you have green lights down the page (if not you will
    want to fix them).

    Enjoy!

    – TorrentFlux.com

    —————————————————————–
    Upgrading from Previous Versions of TorrentFlux
    —————————————————————–
    IMPORTANT: Remember to always backup your database before any
    upgrade — just in case. If you run into problems, a clean
    install never hurt anyone.

    1. Rename your config.php file to config.old.php or something
    like that so you can look at it when entering settings in the new
    config.php file.

    2. Copy all the new files over your old ones including the
    themes and subdirectories.

    3. Edit the new config.php to contain the settings needed.

    4. IMPORTANT: To upgrade a previous TorrentFlux installation
    to this new version you need to select the correct upgrade file
    from the upgrades directory. Place the upgrade file in your
    web root with your config.php file and launch your web browser
    to that file:

    http://www.yourdomain.com/upgrade23_24.php

    All the database changes will be added and updated automatically
    without touching your old data. You should delete the upgrade
    PHP file after it has run and performed the upgrade.

    5. It is important that you use the new TF_BitTornado along with
    the new btphptornado.py file. You should also clean up the old
    TF_BitTornado from your previous version of TorrentFlux.

    —————————————————————–
    Known Issues
    —————————————————————–
    Please check the forums at: http://www.torrentflux.com

    —————————————————————–
    Is TorrentFlux Open Source?
    —————————————————————–
    YES, use it, modify it, but please always give credit.
    Donations can be given through http://www.torrentflux.com

    TorrentFlux is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    TorrentFlux is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with TorrentFlux; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

    Visit TorrentFlux.com

    Contact benajnim with questions / comments — I may or may not respond. =)
    Visit the forum: http://www.torrentflux.com/forum/

    —————————————————————–
    Special Thanks To:
    —————————————————————–
    Thanks to all those who have helped with bits of code, ideas, and
    bug finding. Thanks to all those that post ideas in the forums,
    too many to name here. A special thanks to the following:

    –Qrome for leading the torch on this project during initial phases

    –Supporting Members — those that have donated time and money (or
    items from my wishlist — Huge thanks for all the testing and
    suggestions.

    –Eradan and the Lanbash team for ideas, support, and beta testing.

    –MMaster23 <MMaster23@Hotmail.com> converted the scripts to run

    under Windows. Email MMaster23 with questions only about the
    windows version. Yes, there is a Windows version too. =)

    –Comm who has picked up the windows port after MMaster23 and has
    been a great help in the forums and to the windows TF users.

    –IJs provided the nice blue icon for seeding and some code for
    displaying seeding status.

    –wrk for some additions for displaying distributed seeds and some
    other code additions.

    –Remko Jantzen for code snip on adding mime type images for file
    types in the directory view.

    –David Vignoni | ICON KING for the file icons used for mime
    types from NUVOLA ICON THEME for KDE 3.x
    (http://www.icon-king.com).

    –IhatemyISP for helping with the reading of the Torrent download
    size on the main page. Also helps provide support and cool TF
    hacks in the forums. He has been a great help in the forums.

    –kluzz for posting information in the TorrentFlux forum on taring
    directories on the fly for package downloading.

    –Infinity for integrating the ADODB database abstraction layer.

    –TreboniouS for suggesting showing server load from /proc/loadavg

    –remedy for adding code support for reading file size over 2.0 GB

    –kboy for his awesome work on the queue system and for helping to
    keep the torrent search current and fancy. ;) Big thanks for
    spending some time to make the code cleaner and getting rid of
    the annoying NOTICES in the apache log.

    –NovaKing for his great help with cookies and the RSS portion.

    –Cubby for the multi-select delete option on directory listing.

    … I could keep adding to this list, but the names are too many.
    Big Thanks to all you out there in the forums.

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