NAME

Net::BitTorrent::Todo - TODO list for Perl module Net::BitTorrent

High priorities

• Get help

Short term goals

• Complete test suite

  Create a series of bad .torrent files to test N::B::Session with:

  • invalid pieces string

    • string length does not % 40 evenly

    • string is shorter than 40 chars

    • piece_length * num_pieces is nowhere near total_size_of_torrent

  • private .torrent

  • private .torrent without trackers should cause some sort of warning

• Improve detection of bad .torrent metadata.

• Per-session transfer limits

Long term goals

• Net::BitTorrent::Notes - Description of N::B's internals

  • Data layout

  • Behavior

  • Shortfalls

• improve file handling

  • large torrents (> 4G) typically require 64bit math

  • .piece file to store incoming blocks

• Wire protocol encryption (?)

  • Not internal. A callback, perhaps.

• scripts/gui-client.pl?

  • very light gui example using Wx

• Internal bans for 'bad' peers

  • Penalty (and eventual ban) for peers who always seem involved with bad pieces

• PoCo::BitTorrent

  • Not to be confused with the other PoCo::BitTorrent

• DHT/PEX

  Working but disabled by default

• UDP trackers

• Fast Peers

  Partial support currently

Duke Nukem: Forever

• perlcritic severity=stern

• non-blocking hash_check()

  • This is actually possible now with a bit of work.

  • Single class

  • No extensions

  • Trimmed API