A good amount of modern clients encrypt their traffic to attempt to get
around deep packet inspection by isps etc.
I suggest you download utorrent and generate some traffic with and
without the encryption and compare.
Uttorrent->options->preferences->bittorrent->encryption.
I would also point out most trackers have strict rules about what client
software type and version are permitted to connect.
If you want a pure client to test with (with source code) try the
original python client.
-Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirk True
Sent: 12 August 2009 23:09
To: wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Wireshark-users] Sniffing BitTorrent traffic?
Hi all,
I'm looking at sniffing the requests that various BitTorrent clients
make in order to improve my prototype client. I started off using
Wireshark but I can't get it to reliably recognize BitTorrent messages.
Interestingly the messages my prototype BitTorrent client generates are
parseable in Wireshark while those interchanged between Transmission are
not.
Ideas?
Thanks,
Kirk
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