torrents.ru -> rutracker.org

[kukushka]

due to a problem with their domain registration company, t.ru is now being redirected to rutracker.org, news on the main page suggests for users to change their announce strings in torrents or redownload them and to logon to a new domain. they have no idea at the moment if problems with t.ru name will be resolved..

ps if domain has been suspended, how did they managed to do a redirect? :huh:

[pretend]

ps if domain has been suspended, how did they managed to do a redirect? :huh:

DNS caching. It takes some time to stop working completely.

[dvdasacd]

oh dear...hope it's resolved soon. *love t.ru*

[pretend]

Not a big deal. Domain name is replaced all over the site (even in posts).

[anon]

Thanks for the tip-off. Torrents.ru is one of the sites that load along Opera when I turn my PC on, but I hadn't noticed the new name until now. I guess the old one will live on in their logo :happy:

[kukushka]

update: it was done by a (correction) public prosecutor's office


Not a big deal. Domain name is replaced all over the site (even in posts).
there's a lot of noobs at the site who don't know anything about torrenting but where to press a key to watch a movie couple of hours later, so there will be definitely a one-time blow to peer quantity and if serious hunt has been started after t.ru, it can end up badly like it was for interfilm

[new_member]

update: it was done by a court decision

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/02/18/trackers1/

[kukushka]

one of the workarounds is patching hosts file:

195.82.146.50 ns.torrents.ru
195.82.146.52 pm.torrents.ru
195.82.146.114 torrents.ru
195.82.146.115 post.torrents.ru
195.82.146.116 static.torrents.ru
195.82.146.120 bt.torrents.ru
195.82.146.121 bt2.torrents.ru
195.82.146.122 bt3.torrents.ru
195.82.146.123 bt4.torrents.ru

[anon]

Or use an alternative DNS service like OpenDNS - they got a hold of the new IPs already :happy:

[QPD]

do they have open sign ups?

[anon]

Every day from 8 to 10am, Moscow time...

[QPD]

good to know! ;)

[kukushka]

Or use an alternative DNS service like OpenDNS - they got a hold of the new IPs already :happy:
it's just to keep old torrents seeding without changing hosts in the client or typing a usual address in browser...

[anon]

I know, I was just giving another tip that can help with this and other DNS issues trackers may have in the future. :)

[Rart]

There's a brief tidbit here on what happened:

http://torrentfreak.com/huge-russian-bittorrent-site-has-domain-suspended-100218/

RU-Center, Russia’s largest domain name registrar and web-hosting provider, today pulled the plug on the Torrents.ru domain name, suspending it with immediate effect.


Andrey Vorobiev, Director of Public Relations at RU-Center said that the domain was blocked on the orders of the Investigative Division of the regional prosecutor’s office in Chertanovskaya, Moscow, but could not disclose the reasons.

In the meantime, the operators of Torrents.ru have been working on some counter-measures to mitigate the effects of the suspension.

And a youtube video, albeit in Russian:

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[cinephilia]

bad news :(

[flashKA]

it's not working the tracker already :cry:
i mean torrents.ru & rutracker.org

the best tracker on the world gone !

p.s.hope they will find solution and fight like thepiratebay to give us pleasure

[pretend]

Damn you guys stop panic, it's up ^_^

[anon]

it's not working the tracker already :cry:
i mean torrents.ru & rutracker.org

the best tracker on the world gone !

It's not gone, it's already up now. :happy:

[TraLaLa]

this has become a global event, very sad indeed i hope i wont see the day we must pay " for everything lol

[anon]

i hope i wont see the day we must pay " for everything lol

I doubt that'll come anytime soon.

[kukushka]

since peers went down a bit, they declared freeleech til the end of the month!

[cinephilia]

torrents.ru is still down from here :(


edit: didn't notice they changed the url