Now that we know our favorite DJs, let's see the best clubs where we party like hell ! :wub: B)

I like very much the electronic music and therefore the DJs who make our lives sweeter. So let's see who is the best! :rolleyes:

Eight Cool New uTorrent Features Coming Soon In May this year the BitTorrent Inc. added a section to their site which enabled the community to vote for new features they would like to see included in uTorrent. Voting has been furious and dozens of new tweaks and additions have been made. Here’s the next eight major additions uTorrent users can look forward to. uTorrent is one of the most widely used pieces of BitTorrent software and is the client of choice for more than 50 million users worldwide. In May, BitTorrent Inc. introduced its Idea Bank section, which allows uTorrent users to submit and vote for features, tweaks and ideas they would like to see implemented in their favorite client. Since its introduction hundreds of suggestions have been submitted to the Idea Bank and these have been voted on by thousands of users. Already nearly 60 proposals have been accepted and implemented by the team and many more are pending. Below is an explanation of the Top 8 most voted-for-and-accepted additions coming to a uTorrent client near you soon. 1. uTorrent for Linux As reported in June, uTorrent for Linux is finally on the way. With more than 5300 votes, this is the most popular suggestion received thus far. “We’re making good progress on the Linux client,” reports site admin Firon. “Sit tight and we’ll have a client out soon enough.” 2. More detailed priorities for multiple files in torrent downloads For torrents that contain multiple files, such as one for a music album with 10 tracks, at the moment it’s possible to force uTorrent to prioritize the download of those tracks, albeit primitively. Currently there are just three settings – low, medium and high. “We’ll either add up to 16 priorities or have a per-torrent option to auto-prioritize the files in order,” explains Firon. “Though not the pieces, so we’ll still do rarest first.” 3. Send an email when a download completes With increasing bandwidth and users increasing their set up knowledge, BitTorrent downloads are completing faster than ever before. However, with increased speeds comes an increased appetite for higher quality and therefore larger downloads, xvid versus DVD-size videos for example. Inevitably this means that users will be away from their machines when certain downloads complete. With email notifications, completion will be reported immediately. “The current plan to implement this is to simply have a generalized, global option to auto-run an app after the torrent completes,” says Firon. “We’ll add a few variables to the existing run after function and make it global, so you can script it to your heart’s content.” 4. Only share files while the computer is idle While some users will be sharing files all the time, many will want to use their full bandwidth for other duties while they’re sat at their desk. Inevitably full-scale BitTorrent up and downloading will affect performance unless the client is carefully configured. This solution will mean that only when a user is finished his work will file-sharing kick in. Firon reports that the feature will likely include a configurable idle period. 5. Scan for viruses when a download completes Although there is less chance of picking up a virus when using uTorrent combined with a reputable torrent indexing site than other protocols, no method of file-sharing is immune to these threats. An automatic virus check will ensure that nothing slips through the net. “The current plan to implement this is to simply have a generalized, global option to auto-run an app after the torrent completes,” says Firon. “We’ll add a few variables to the existing run after function and make it global, so you can script it to your heart’s content.” 6. Password lock uTorrent Anyone with a shared computer or one within reach of an inquisitive child will be familiar with the fear associated with potential download interference. With the use of a password, torrent transfers can continue unabated and in privacy, no matter who is at the machine. “This will be integrated with the boss key functionality, so you can use the boss key to ‘lock’ µTorrent,” explains Firon. “When you press it again, it will ask you for a password.” 7. Move torrent files and data with one click Anyone who has needed to move their downloaded .torrent files and the associated data to a new place on their computer will know what a drawn out manual procedure it can become when lots of files are involved. “Yes, managing files kinda sucks in µTorrent right now,” admits Firon. “We’ll try to get this done for 2.2 as well to make it easier. Set download location will probably be renamed and will move the content for you, all in one step. Oh, and we’ll make ‘Relocate’ on the Files tab work the same way.” 8. UNRAR and move files support Anyone downloading large files split into multiple .RARs will be familiar with the associated unpacking, deleting and moving procedures. This new feature will allow those who don’t want this manual distraction to streamline the process. “The current plan to implement this is to simply have a generalized, global option to auto-run an app after the torrent completes,” says Firon. “We’ll add a few variables to the existing run after function and make it global, so you can script it to your heart’s content.” 9. uTorrent will become Open Source!! BitTorrent Inc. are certainly listening to their users and the Idea Bank is a great idea in itself, but don’t expect every suggestion to be implemented. Especially this one….

Ok guys here the poll.....wish I could have gotten more but thanks for those who did compete........I hope you kinda of enjoyed this whole idea/concept #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Many 'a horny people out there indeed. :lol: That aside, great information post. Should help out a lot, +rep.

New member: As a new member of a site, do not start with downloading DVDR/Blueray/PC ISO, if you do that your ratio will suffer alot. Start with smaller torrents until you have some Upload to rely on. Do not download a file because it has many leechers, there can be users who is only seeding/leeching a small part of this torrent, so if you download the whole torrent your ratio will suffer big. You can't start with downloading torrents that you want, start with popular torrents that can help you with your ratio, when you have a good ratio you can start downloading what you want. Freeleech: Freelech means that your download doesn't count, only your upload. Freelech does not exist on every tracker, but if you see a new freeleech torrent, be quick to download it because many other people will and that makes you get alot of upload. P0rn00: XXX movies or pictures etc is always a great way to improve your ratio, it doesn't matter which tracker you are on, XXX is always popular because there's many horny people out there, and many people download it just to improve their ratio. Waiting time/Outside seeding: If you are a new member on a site like Torrentleech you will get a waiting time for new torrents, that means you can only download torrents that are old on the tracker. It is hard to seed an old torrent because most of them has like 1000 seeders and only 3 leechers. If this happens to you, then outside seeding is a good idea, outside seeding means that you download the same file but on another tracker, for example: If you see that Avatar.DVDR.2009. has been added recently to the tracker, then try finding the same torrent on another tracker, download the torrent from there and then when you are done, download the same torrent from the tracker that you have a waiting time on, your torrent-client will recognize the file and start uploading immideately. Parts of the torrent: If you see a torrent that you know is popular, try downloading just a few MB of it, like just a few RAR parts of a movie, that will make you get alot of upload when you have just downloaded som MBs. WARNING: Every tracker does not allow this so read the FAQ and rules before doing this. Your torrent client: It's important to put the right preferences for your client. You can for example change your speed settings. 1. Lower your download speed, this way makes you be in the "Swarm" for a longer time and you get more attractive to transfer data from. 2. Have your download speed on highest possible. That makes you download the torrent faster and after that you can share the torrent with others, if you do this you will probably be done before everyone else and be one of the firsts to upload. Donate/Bonus: If it is an emergency you can always donate to the tracker, it use to be something like 10$ = 10 GB upload. 20$ = 20 GB upload and so on.. Most trackers has started with something called bonus points, if you seed a torrent you will get points that you can later buy upload from. For example Bit-HDTV, if you are seeding a torrent you will get 1 bonus point per hour, so if you seed for 1000 hours you will get 1000 points. (If you have donated you will get 2 points per hour). And then you can buy things like 10 GB upload for it (Costs 1250 points) or 20 GB upload (2000 points). RSS: RSS is a good way if you want to get to torrents as fast as possible. You can put your RSS on the tracker on something special like LOST episodes, when someone uploads a lost episode your torrent-client will immedeately download it and you will be able to seed it fast. This is a good way if your not by the computer so often and wants every torrent of something, like Lost. The most trackers has RSS and there use to be some good guides if you press the RSS or FAQ button on the trackers web-page. If you still want some more information you can try contacting staff, but remember to write that you have looked in rules, FAQ and the forum, because if you don't they will probably ignore your message. I hope this guide will be to any use for someone, have a good day everyone :)

What trackers do you currently have access to?

Not playing very many games anymore. I play League of Legends the most, runescape occasionally (botting so I can sell :)) and that is pretty much it. Not enough time for games anymore.

Right now only downloading a few things.. Green Zone TS XViD - IMAGiNE AVG Internet Security 9 0 [AimHarder] [XrU] Updatable

i am using kaspersky for years and its the best i think. :) Never take much system resources as well :lol:

The Roots - Dear God 2.0 & The Roots and Double Trouble with Mos Def.

I just wondered how many of you guys still use public trackers?. What public trackers do you use if any?. What's your favorite/most used?. Do you prefer public to private trackers?. I am just interested in what you guys prefer.I know there are still some half decent public trackers around that i occasionally use,btjunkie is ok for me and you can also find torrents on public trackers that private trackers don't have. What's your opinion about security with both private and public?. Do you think that private trackers are safer?. Lots of people are believing that private are safer when i personally have to disagree, are we really safer??? MPAA and others are lurking around everywhere. Plick

I suppose this would also depend on whether you use torrents for music, movies, tv, elearning etc. But what tracker do you enjoy/use the most?

FSC is a different tracker when talking about community. Your invitations are rare and the tracker always tries to remain anonymous. There is hardly information about this tracker on the Internet. They do not use email on Registration like other tracker does. You will set a combination code when sign up, then you will use this code when recover. Ratio provides a system called differential ratio Share Index (SI). For every 24 hours logged in, you earn 0.10 ratio on each torrent. Basically, to achieve a ratio of any torrent, you need not send any byte, simply stay connected for 10 days. Torrent Categories Browse Page Tracker Stats Rules User Classes Forums

HD-Torrents Link to the site It's a really good HD tracker. Sign up is closed now. You can register either by collecting an invite or by donation. Invites are not hard to find. Seeding is easy. There are many silver torrents( 50% download is counted). The minimum ratio that has to be maintained is 0.7. The bonus system is also a good backup - it gives 10gb upload credit only for 350 bonus points. This site has really good collection of HD movies and videos. The HQ music section is also good. Requests are filled on a regular basis. This site is good for any HD fan. There are some internal encoders and the rips are good in quality. Pro: Seeding is easy Great speed Active & helpful forum Cons: Nothing really Date of review: 16.01.2010 Logo Here is the information about the bonus system: Some screen shots from the tracker: Home: Torrent Categories: Browse Page: Forums: Rules: 1.General Rules: 2.Uploading Rules: 3.General Forum Guidelines: 4.Torrents Comments Guidelines: 5.Invitation Rules: 6.Free: User Classes: Donate: Special about the tracker: There is a offers section in this tracker. A screen shot is given below. If you are searching for a good HD tracker then go get an account here and I am sure that you will enjoy this site.:001_smile:

:( So, reading the sad news: will you donate?

Hi all, Just wanted to know How do you store ur digital content like movies music games etc Personally i have 1. 100+ DL dvDs for Movies 2. 5 DL DvDs for Music 3. 20 DL Dvds For Games 4. 5 More DL dvds For Others + i have My internal & External HDDs [500 Gigs each]

Which torrent client do you use?

AL: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. FTM: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. FTM: Available in the Waffles Power User forums. HDBits: Available in the Waffles Power User forums. iFi: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. iTS: Unlimited invites available in the Waffles Power User forums. Music Vids: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. Strict rules for Power Users, Elite and above just have to ask. Ptn: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. Must answer a questionnaire and they are pretty selective about who they invite. SCC: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. ScL: 50 Invites available at Pornbits.org forums. Need to be the top user class there (Hustler: 250GB Upload, 1.5 Ratio, 4 Weeks) or have been a member for 20 Weeks and have a ratio above 7. ScL: Unlimited invites available in the Power User forum at BitMe, but if you're only a user you can still pm him directly and you may be able to get one, userid is "76753" ScL: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. SDBits: HDbits.org has one invite per user for SDbits, link can be found in few different forum sections I found it in "Recycle Bin" section. SDBits: Available in the Waffles Power User forums. TiT: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. TiT: Available in the Waffles Power User forums. Waffles: Unlimited invites available in the ScT forums. What.cd: Unlimited invites available in the SCC forums. x264: Unlimited invites available in the What.cd Power User forums. demonoid:it have invite forum cinemageddon:it also have invite and request forum for powerusers x264:it also have old invite forum bitgamer:it have invite and request thread where invites are given and recieved for power users and above only Info Sourced from tracker-invites.org If you know any information about community reps in tracker forums you can post here

Nice tutorial for beginners :) +Rep Added ! Tutorial posted at the main page too: http://portal.invitescene.com/index.php?categoryid=10 Regards, Admin.

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I'm tired of people always do the same mistakes in the ga's therefor I want to give u an hint to how it should be.: ok first of all, no one gets impressed if u say u have been looking for that tracker for years or so. be honest! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- example: hello. I would like to apply for the SC* ga. I think it's a nice tracker and I would love to join this tracker. I will keep using it, and I have looked at the review on it. I use all my trackers I get, and I wouldn't ask for this tracker if I would be ready to use it! here are my speedtest: berlin:http://www.speedtest.net/result/334038444.png] helsinki: http://www.speedtest.net/result/334038209.png here u have 2 ratio proofs: revtt TL if u want me to send any profile links let me know. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- this is how an apply should look like. and ALL! proofs should be up to date at least this weeks date. don't say that u are sending some proofs or anything like that on an pm. only send if they ask for direktlinks or something ells. and the proofs should look like mine, (with the person who does the ga's name in the seachbar) and the speedtest should be in kB and not in kb how to change it --> and if u only have 40 post in 3-4 month time, don't even try to get trackers like sct scl bmtv and other hard to get trackers. u will prob only be ignored. don't add rep to the person who has the ga before u have gotten the invite. and last but not least. NEVER! ask the person who does the ga if he have decided yet. let he deiced, and if he don't find anyone he thinks are worthy giving the invite to... than it's his/here choice! I hope u will follow this simple help how to do an apply (don't copy the text when u are applying, use ure own words) and last tip, be active in the irc and get many friends. than it will be easier to get ure trackers u want. if u have an acc that is well buffered like 200 gb up and only 3 gb download, explain why u haven't use ure acc. I for ex. do a lot of downloading when there are freeleechs or download lots of freeleechs stuff like on sct. there I only have 1 gb down or so because I have download only freeleechs stuff. use this information well !

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I definitely want to get it, most of my friends have already pre-ordered it for the PC. Just depends how cash is :)

This guide will help you setup your newly purchased server with uTorrent, FTP server, Firefox, and more. Instructions for rtorrent and Torrentflux are also available, but we recommend uTorrent as it is the most user-friendly, and reported to work well even with only 256MB of RAM. The general principal of this guide will be to setup your server in a secure manner, and perhaps will get you to learn a bit about the Linux system along the way. Questions, comments, corrections, and suggestions are welcomed. The guide is still incomplete, it's a work in progress, but I thought it's long enough now to post. Programs needed: Putty WinSCP VNC Viewer FTP Client (Recommended: CuteFTP) Index: 1. Initial Login 2. Initial Setup 3. Install Softwares 4. Create User 5. Setup VNC Desktop 6. Setup uTorrent & WebUI 7. Setup VSFTPD 8. Security: - Change FTP & SSH Ports - Secure VNC through a SSH Tunnel - Configure Firewall with Firestarter - Encrypt the Hard Drive with Truecrypt - TBA - Secure SSH 9. Miscellaneous: - Firefox & Flash - Install rtorrent - Install Torrentflux - TBA - Configure the Fluxbox Menu - Configure Multiple IP Addresses - Using vnstat to monitor bandwidth usage 10. FAQ 11. History 1. Initial login So you've finally received the email after waiting so impatiently for your server. Now what to do? Run Putty, of course. Enter the IP Address of your server like shown, click Open. Enter the root login information as provided in the email, and you should be able to login to your server. You are now in a Putty terminal, connected to your server through a secure protocol called SSH. Tips for Putty: - Highlight text to copy from Putty - Right-click to paste to Putty 2. Initial Setup The CLI The Command Line Interface (what you see in front of you as you successfully login through Putty) is what we'll use throughout this guide to setup your server. Some simple commands you can type to get familiar: - Shows the present working directory. # pwd - Lists the files and folders in the present directory. # ls - Like "ls", but also lists all hidden files and folders. You'll see that files and folders starting with "." (like .ssh/) are hidden. # ls -a - Change directory to the root directory. NOTE: /root is the home folder of the root user. # cd / - Change directory to the home folder. Since you are login as root, you are now back in /root/. # cd ~/ Go HERE for a comprehensive list of basic commands you can do. Change root password We want to change the most important password of the server, so your provider doesn't know it. A strong password is highly recommended. # passwd New password: Verify: Delete SSH key authentication Certain providers create SSH authentication keys that will allow them to login to your server as root without actually knowing the password. We want to delete the authorized_keys2 file if it's there: # ls .ssh authorized_keys2 # rm .ssh/authorized_keys2 Note: Try the auto-complete feature by just typing "rm .ssh/au", then press Tab, and the rest of the filename will fill automatically. Note: Key authentication can be a secure method of login, since you'd need an actual key file on your computer to authenticate against the server. See Section 8 for instructions. Nano - The text editor In Linux, you'll find yourself editing a lot of text files. Nano is a simple CLI text editor that you'll be using throughout this guide. # nano You are now in nano. The text you see on the bottom of the terminal is the various commands. For our purpose, all you need to know is "WriteOut" and "Exit", which is save and quit. The "^" character denotes the Ctrl key. So to save a file, press Ctrl+O, and to quit is Ctrl+X. Just exit nano for now. Disable SELinux (Not applicable to Debian/Ubuntu systems, AFAIK) Some servers come with SELinux enabled which will cause some problems later on, specifically with FTP setup (user login & SSH/TLS setup). Please comment if you have a workaround without turning SELinux off. But for now, we'll just disable it if it's enabled. Check SELinux status: # cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux You should see results similar to: # This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. # disabled - SELinux is fully disabled. SELINUX=disabled # SELINUXTYPE= type of policy in use. Possible values are: # targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected. # strict - Full SELinux protection. SELINUXTYPE=targeted # SETLOCALDEFS= Check local definition changes SETLOCALDEFS=0 If you see the line SELINUX=disabled or you don't have this file, move on to the next section. If your output says SELINUX=enforcing or SELINUX=permissive, we'll disable it: # nano /etc/sysconfig/selinux change "SELINUX=..." to "SELINUX=disabled". Save & exit. You'll need to restart the server for this change to take effect. This should be the one and only time you will have to restart your server. # reboot Wait a few minutes (and maybe cross your fingers ) as your server restarts. Now login again through Putty. System Updates Linux distributions use package management systems to easily install and maintain softwares. Fedora Core and CentOS use "yum", Debian and Ubuntu use "apt". Now, we'll add a few extra repositories (servers with additional softwares for your system) to yum and apt, and then do a system-wide update before continuing on with installing softwares. Each system has its own procedure, so follow the one you have accordingly. Fedora Core 4: # cd /etc # mv yum.conf yum.conf.bak # wget http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc4/samples/yum.conf # rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc4/yum # yum update Say yes when asked to update all softwares. Fedora Core 5: # cd /etc # mv yum.conf yum.conf.bak # wget http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc5/samples/yum.conf # rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc5/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm # yum update Say yes when asked to update all softwares. Fedora Core 6: # rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc6/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm # yum update Fedora Core 7-8: # yum update Say yes when asked to update all softwares. CentOS 4/5: # nano /etc/yum.repos.d/Extra.repo Copy & paste the following into the Extra.repo file: [dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/dag gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 [kbs-CentOS-Extras] name=CentOS.Karan.Org-EL$releasever - Stable gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt enabled=1 baseurl=http://centos.karan.org/el$releasever/extras/stable/$basearch/RPMS/ [kbs-CentOS-Misc] name=CentOS.Karan.Org-EL$releasever - Stable gpgkey=http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 baseurl=http://centos.karan.org/el$releasever/misc/stable/$basearch/RPMS/ Save & exit. # rpm --import http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt # rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt # yum update Say yes when asked to update all softwares. Debian & Ubuntu: # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade Say yes when asked to update all softwares. Optional configuration for Debian (will need it if you want Flash): We are gonna assume you are running Debian 4.0 (Etch), we can install the "backports" repository which will have more updated softwares than the stable tree. Edit the sources.list file: # nano /etc/apt/sources.list Insert the following line to the end: deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free Save and exit. Get the verification key: # wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add - Run update: # apt-get update You can also run "apt-get -t etch-backports upgrade", but it's not necessary. 3. Install Softwares The following softwares will be installed in one easy command: vncserver - Provides a GUI interface with a VNC Desktop (Virtual Network Computing) wine - Windows emulation software for uTorrent xterm - a GUI terminal fluxbox - a light-weight Windows Manager for your VNC Desktop vsftpd - a FTP server (File Transfer Protocol) firefox - a web browser vnstat - a bandwidth monitoring tool Fedora Core & CentOS: # yum install vnc-server wine xterm fluxbox vsftpd firefox vnstat Say yes when asked. You'll see many dependencies packages being installed as well. Debian & Ubuntu: # apt-get install vncserver wine xterm fluxbox vsftpd firefox vnstat # update-menus Say yes when asked. You'll see many dependencies packages being installed as well. Debian & Ubuntu systems don't download all the needed dependencies for vncserver, so we'll have to install them manually. # apt-get install xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi Optional for Debian: # apt-get -t etch-backports install fluxbox 4. Create User We do not want to use root as a user, since root is an administrative account with full control over your server, it is not meant to be used due to possible screwups and security purposes. Therefore, we'll create a new user to use. Note: Repeat Section 4 - 6 to create additional users. All users will be able to run their own instances of VNC desktop & uTorrent, as well as login with FTP. See Section 9 for instructions on how setup separated IP Addresses for multiple users. # useradd -m pirate Note: Replace pirate with any username you like. Create a password for this new account: # passwd pirate New password: Verify: Now we can login to Putty again with this new user account. Right-click on Putty's title bar, select "Duplicate Session", and login with pirate. You can close the old Putty window that is logged in under root. 5. Setup VNC Desktop Now that we are logged in as a new user. Notice first, where your home folder is located $ pwd /home/pirate Note: Notice the "$" sign used above. From now on, this means the command is executed under the user account. And "#" is for commands executed under the root account. We need to configure fluxbox to run when starting the VNC Desktop: $ mkdir .vnc $ nano .vnc/xstartup Insert the following into the xstartup file: fluxbox Save and exit. Make the xstartup file executable: $ chmod +x .vnc/xstartup That's all we needed in order to start up our VNC Desktop. Since this is the first time you start vncserver, you'll be asked to enter a new password for access to the VNC Desktop. For simplicity, you can just use the same password for your user account here. $ vncserver :1 New 'your.hostname:1 (pirate)' desktop is your.hostname:1 Starting applications specified in /home/pirate/.vnc/xstartup Log file is /home/pirate/.vnc/your.hostname:1.log The above command will be used whenever you want to start a new VNC Desktop, for instance if when your server crash and you need to start things up again. The command to stop the VNC Desktop is: WARNING: This command is here just so you know it, DON'T enter it next. $ vncserver -kill :1 Killing Xvnc process ID 3489 Launch VNC Viewer. Enter the address of your server in VNC Viewer as shown below. And remember, the address is "your.ip:1". RealVNC Viewer: TightVNC Viewer: At this point, if you are prompted for the VNC password, you've succeeded for the most part in setting up your Linux server. Note: To change the VNC password, type this command: $ vncpasswd Note: If you are setting up the 2nd VNC Desktop for another user, remember that you'll have to use a different display number. For example: "$ vncserver :2". Then connect to "your.ip:2" in VNC Viewer. Troubleshoot: If you are unsuccessful here in connecting to your VNC Desktop, please post in this thread the VNC Viewer error and the VNC log, which can be displayed by: $ cat .vnc/your.hostname.log Sample VNC connection error: Troubleshoot: Your server might came with a firewall installed, which would block the VNC connection attempt. We'll setup a firewall later in the guide, so for now we can disable this firewall if it exists. To find out, type the following in Putty while login as root to list the filter table of iptables: # iptables -t filter -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination The above output means there is no firewall. If your output has entries under the 3 chains (INPUT, FORWARD, OUTPUT) and/or has more chains, then we'll need to flush the iptables: # iptables -F List the table again to make sure it's empty. Then try to connect with VNC Viewer again. Troubleshoot: Your server may not have a proper hosts file setup which will result in this error (you can see it in the log): _X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for your.hostname: Name or service not known If you get this error, open the hosts file: $ su # nano /etc/hosts Make sure the file has the following two lines: 127.0.0.1 localhost your.ip your.hostname Replace "your.ip" & "your.hostname" with the ones for your server. If you don't know your hostname, type: # hostname Then restart the vncserver using the commands above. 6. Setup uTorrent & WebUI From now on, you can close the Putty program as we'll use the xterm terminal in the VNC Desktop. As you successfully login to your remote desktop, you'll see a blank screen with a taskbar on the bottom. Right-click anywhere on the desktop for the fluxbox menu, and find xterm (usually under Terminals). xterm is just another terminal like Putty. It's time to install uTorrent, in the new xterm window, type: $ wget http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.7/utorrent.exe if wget is not installed type: $ yum install wget The latest uTorrent (version 1.7.7) is now downloaded to your home folder. Start uTorrent: $ wine utorrent.exe Click No here. Suggested tips to configure uTorrent: - Use Speed Guide and set your connection to "xx/100Mbps" or "xx/10Mbps" depending on what you have - Choose any port above 45,000 - Enable Encryption - Disable DHT, Local Peer Discovery, Peer Exchange - No randomize ports, disable UPnP port mapping & NAT-PMP port mapping - Enable Web Interface, insert WebUI's un & pw - In Advanced Options, set gui.delete_to_trash to FALSE - Uncheck Minimize to tray & Close to tray Note: See the FAQ about Disk Overloaded Errors and how to work around it. To setup WebUI, first make sure you enable it in uTorrent Preferences. Remember the uTorrent port number, and the un & pw you set for WebUI. Download WebUI to your PC, extract out the webui.zip within. Open WinSCP and login to your server with sFTP, remember we are using the pirate account. Note: sFTP stands for secure File Transfer Protocol. You can use it to transfer data to and from your server securely, since it's using the SSH protocol. The drawback is sFTP is slower than normal FTP. See Section 7 for instructions on setting up a FTP server. WinSCP has the old Norton Commander look. On the left is the files browser on your computer, and the right list the files on your server. Notice the server's folder you are in is your home folder. Find the extracted webui.zip file on your PC and drag it over to your server in WinSCP. Now, back in VNC Desktop, open another xterm. Notice that the first xterm is being used to run uTorrent. So remember not to close it, since doing so will close uTorrent as well. $ ls utorrent.exe webui.zip You now can see your home folder having these two files. We need to move webui.zip elsewhere: $ mv webui.zip .wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/pirate/Application Data/uTorrent/ Remember, you can use auto-complete (Tab button if you forgot) to fill out the path faster than typing. All set. WebUI should now work. The address will be http://your.ip:xxxxx/gui Where xxxxx is the uTorrent's port number you setup previously. If successfully connected, the browser will prompt for your WebUI's un & pw that you set in uTorrent. We recommend that you set the WebUI's un & pw to be different from your user account. So if WebUI is compromised, your server is still safe. That's it. Now it's time to put your server to the test . We are gonna assume you know how to use uTorrent and/or WebUI. Read on if you want to setup a FTP server, Firefox & Flash, configure multiple IPs, configure firewall, and more. See the FAQ for some useful info as well. 7. Setup the FTP Server (VSFTPD) You can setup a FTP Server on your seedbox to transfer files to and from your home PC. This is quite advantageous since you most likely will be able to download files from your server to your PC at the maximum speed provided by your ISP, as well as reducing the need to use Bittorrent at home. We had already installed VSFTPD from Section 3. Configuring VSFTPD is simple, however we also want to configure VSFTPD to use TLS/SSH authentication. Note: Enabling TLS/SSH authentication will NOT work if SELinux is enabled. See Section 2 to check if SELinux is enabled. And if so, to disable it. Note: Users will NOT be able to login if SELinux is enabled. See Section 2 to check if SELinux is enabled, and if so, to disable it. Note: The root user is not allowed to login with FTP by default. In VNC Desktop: We need root privileges to configure VSFTPD. The command "su" will let us switch user. Type in xterm (remember not to use the one that's running uTorrent): $ su Password: # Here, we need to enter the root password to switch to the root user. Create a new SSH certificate for VSFTPD: # openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /root/vsftpd.pem -out /root/vsftpd.pem The command above will ask you a bunch of information. Insert whatever you like. Now it's time to configure VSFTPD through editing the vsftpd.conf file: Fedora Core & CentOS: # nano /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf Debian & Ubuntu: # nano /etc/vsftpd.conf Relevant changes: anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES Relevant additions to the end of the file: ssl_enable=YES force_local_logins_ssl=YES ssl_tlsv1=YES ssl_sslv2=YES ssl_sslv3=YES rsa_cert_file=/root/vsftpd.pem Save & exit. Start VSFTPD: # /etc/init.d/vsftpd start Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ] When making changes to vsftpd.conf, you'll need to restart VSFTPD, to do so: # /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart Shutting down vsftpd: [ OK ] Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ] To have VSFTPD autostart on boot: Fedora Core & CentOS: # chkconfig vsftpd on Debian & Ubuntu: # update-rc.d vsftpd defaults Now, you can try to login to your server using the FTP Client of your choice with your pirate account. Make sure to select the connection type as "FTP with TLS/SSH". Exit out of the root user in xterm: # exit $ Note: See Section 8 to change the default ports for the FTP & SSH services. If you need help with your Windows FTP Client, see fatcat69's FTP guide HERE. Note: CuteFTP is recommended for its ability to download 1 large file with multiple connections to maximize speed. Please post if you know of other clients that have this feature. 8. Security This section will deal with setting up various security features on your server. Change FTP & SSH Ports FTP & SSH use ports 21 & 22 respectively. These two ports are under constant brute force login attempts by bots trying to compromise systems. Therefore, we want to change them. Change FTP Port: $ su Fedora Core & CentOS: # nano /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf Debian & Ubuntu: # nano /etc/vsftpd.conf Add the following line to the end: listen_port=54321 Save and exit. Choose any port number you want. Remember, you'll have to specify this same number in your FTP Client. After this change, we'll need to restart VSFTPD: # /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart Shutting down vsftpd: [ OK ] Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ] # exit $ Change SSH Port: $ su # nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Change the following line: # Port 22 to Port 54322 Save and exit. Choose any port number you want. Remember, you'll have to specify this same number in Putty and WinSCP. # /etc/init.d/sshd restart Stopping sshd: [ OK ] Starting sshd: [ OK ] # exit $ Secure VNC through a SSH Tunnel Notice so far, we are using 4 network services/programs. They are SSH, FTP, VNC, and Bittorrent. SSH is a secure protocol. We've setup FTP to use a secure authentication method, although the transferring of data isn't so (Note: you can use SFTP for secure FTP transfers, but at the cost of speed). VNC isn't a secure service, so we'll use a SSH's feature called tunnel to encrypt the traffic. Your VNC Desktop is currently running on display :1 with the network port being 5901. With setting up a tunnel, this port isn't needed to be accessible from outside, since we are using the SSH protocol & port. So, let's restart vncserver with the "localhost" option. First, exit uTorrent in your existing VNC Desktop to ensure no issue with your active torrents. Then, in Putty: $ vncserver -kill :1 Killing Xvnc process ID 3489 This command will start a VNC Desktop that will only allow connection from the same machine: $ vncserver -localhost :1 Tip: For a bigger resolution VNC Desktop, you can add the "-geometry" syntax, like so: $ vncserver -localhost -geometry 1920x1080 :1 Note: If you already start vncserver without setting the geometry, then you'll need to kill it first. Replace 1920x1080 with any resolution you prefer. Close Putty and open a new Putty window on your PC, enter the IP & Port information for SSH. On the left window, go to Connections - SSH - Tunnels. Under "Add new forwarded port:", insert the following: Source port: 5900 Destination: localhost:5901 Click Add Go back to Session on the left window, we'll save the Putty settings for convenience. Under "Saved Sessions", insert any name you like, and click Save. From now on, to connect to your server with Putty, just double click on the Saved Session. The tunnel for VNC will also be loaded automatically as well. That's it, we've created a tunnel for VNC. The source port 5900 (which is conveniently the default port in VNC Viewer) is the port on your home PC, and the destination port is 5901 on your server, which is the port for your running VNC Desktop. Let's login. Open VNC Viewer, the address is simply "localhost" Note: Now that we've secured VNC, the next section will deal with securing the rest of your server. Notice that we currently have 3 active ports: 54321 for FTP, 54322 for SSH, and the uTorrent port, which we'll just use 54320 for convenience. Thus, when setting up the firewall next, we'll just have to add one entry, which is to allow ports 54320 - 54322. Configure Firewall with Firestarter Linux comes with a powerful tool called iptables to intercept and manipulate network packets. We'll setup iptables in this section to be the firewall for the server. Since manually configuring iptables is beyond the scope of this guide, we'll use a GUI frontend to iptables called Firestarter. Let's install Firestarter. Fedora Core & CentOS 4: $ su # yum install firestarter # exit $ CentOS 5: $ wget http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/firestarter-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm $ su # yum install firestarter-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm # exit $ Debian & Ubuntu: $ su # apt-get install firestarter # exit $ In your VNC Desktop, open a new xterm, start Firestarter: $ firestarter You need to provide the root password here, as Firestarter requires administrator privileges. Debian & Ubuntu: Firestarter requires the user to have sudo permission, which is a quicker way for users to execute root commands with out "su". So we'll have to give it: $ su # visudo You are now looking at the sudoers file using "vi" which is another text editor. Press "i" for Insert Mode to edit text, insert the following to the end, after the same line for "root": pirate ALL=(ALL) ALL Press "ESC" to quit Insert Mode. Type ":wq" to save and exit. Launch Firestarter: # exit $ sudo firestarter [sudo] password for pirate: Type your pirate's password here. The first time Firestarter runs, it'll run a short Setup Wizard, click through it following these settings: - Makes sure the network device is eth0 - No Internet Connection Sharing - Don't check "Start Firewall Now" We don't want to start the firewall yet because we haven't open the proper ports. Go to the "Policy" Tab, right-click under "Allow Service", select "Add Rule". In the Port field, insert the port range you need. So according to this guide, the range we'll need is 54320-54322. Note: If you don't want to use VNC through the SSH Tunnel, you'll need to add another rule for port 5901. Click Apply Policy. Then Start Firewall. Note: Remember that Firestarter is just a frontend to iptables, you don't have to leave it running. We recommend you close it to save resources. Also, the firewall will autostart on reboot. That's it for setting up the basic firewall. However, you'll notice that we can't login to the FTP server anymore. The reason is the FTP server uses random ports above 1024 for data connections. So we'll need to specify a port range for FTP connections, which we'll use port 54323 - 54340 for convenience. Edit the VSFTPD config file: $ su # nano /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf Note: for Debian & Ubuntu users, the config file is in a different location, type: # nano /etc/vsftpd.conf Insert the following lines to the end: pasv_min_port=54323 pasv_max_port=54340 Save and exit. Then, in Firestarter, edit the rule from 54320-54322 to 54320-54340. Click Apply Policy. Tip: To see all the entries Firestarter added to iptables, type the following in Putty when login as root: # iptables -t filter -L Tip: To monitor the firewall without running Firestarter, open a new xterm, type: $ su # tail -f /var/log/messages The above command actively updates the terminal when new entries are added to the system log. To exit from "tail", press Ctrl+C. The file "/var/log/messages" contains all events log for your server. It is wise to keep an eye on it from time to time to find out if anything is wrong. Tip: When you see constant attempts to connect to your server under one port like the screenshot below, you may not want iptables to log all the drop connections (the log file will grow too big). To do so, right-click on an entry under "Events" and select "Disable Events on Port". You can remove/add logged ports in Firestarter's Settings. MORE TO COME