Timeline for Identifying torrented files by reversing info_hash
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 14:21 | comment | added | Navin | @Sevaara No, that doesn't mean it is the hash of any torrent file. Note that you can change the torrent file (add trackers) without changing the infohash :) | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:17 | comment | added | Sevaara | The info_hash is actually the SHA1 of the torrent file. Each ‘%’ is appended with 2 characters, meaning that it is a hex value. Then there are stray characters that don't fit the '%XX' format, convert those to hex and combine everything ('%' removed), then Google it. Google will return a bunch of torrent sites with that torrent present. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 9:19 | history | answered | Navin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |