[Idea] Firefox BT client extension


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Just an idea I thought of... we have FTP client exensions and IRC chat client extensions, so why can't we have an extension that handles BitTorrent downloads?

Azureus is great and all but I can't use it on my old laptop.

Just a thought :D

EDIT: I kinda figured it's already been thought of, and in fact it has:

A work in progess - http://moztorrent.mozdev.org/

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I thought BitTorrent was dieing. I guess those reports were greatly premature or just plain wrong.

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dieing in the illegal warez download world :ninja: :shifty:

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dieing in the illegal warez download world  :ninja:  :shifty:

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That is probably the most Ignorant Comment i have heard in a while. If you look closely since SuperNova went down 50 other sites opened up, when EliteTorrents went down 20 more arose from the ashes, im not a warez supporter but Warez is something that cannot be fixed.

For as long as their are computer intelects who crack, their will always be warez.

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I wouldn't mind to see it become a part of web browsers like Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer (ah, who am I kidding) so that it will be given more legitimacy as a technology like RSS/XML, HTTP, FTP, and the rest of the buzzwords and acronyms.

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This sounds like a great idea, but I would be worried about the security issues.

Just consider this:

- When you first start downloading a torrent, the tracker gives you a nice list of IP addresses of possibly vulnerable machines.

- The new decentralization capabilities just adds to the list of IPs.

- By default, Bittorrent reports which client you are using to each peer. This just makes it easier to find vulnerable machines.

- A lot of people open the ports on their firewalls, which would make it even easier to infect some peers.

Really, I'm suprised I haven't heard of anything exploiting Bittorrent yet :ninja:

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*ahem* Allow me to interject.

Not all BT transfers are meant for illegal purposes!

and it's spelled DYING :)

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You are right, I used the wrong spelling. I use spell checker because my spelling is so bad, but it didn't catch that because there is a spelling that matches. Thanks for pointing that out. btw, I'm not against BT I just was saying that everyone had said it was DYING. Others opinions not mine. Get it? It was kind of sarcasm. I don't know either way, I don't use it.

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I checked this out, and its ner impossible as a pure extension.

A client cannot be built with xul. One way round this would be to have a run time environment (BT) and then have the xul extension be its gui.

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