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After three and a half months of downtime Demonoid’s tracker is now back online. The unexpected revival of the tracker is the first sign of life in weeks and suggests that the Demonoid team is working to bring the full site back online. While the index and forum remain offline, the many thousands of torrents tracked by Demonoid have been brought back to life.
When Demonoid went down at the end of July the site’s admin blamed a DDoS attack. This initial attack resulted in a series of problems that were not easy to fix.
However, at the time the tech admin of the site was determined to get the site back online.
“You know how it goes with Demonoid. It might take a while but it will come back,” the admin told us.
This was easier said than done though, and things went from bad to worse when Demonoid’s hosting provider Colocall pulled the plug following pressure from Interpol. But despite the site’s entanglement in a criminal investigation, Demonoid’s users never gave up hope that the site would return.
Today, this hope appears to be justified as the first step towards a comeback was been made. A few hours ago Demonoid’s tracker was kicked back into action.
It may not come as a surprise that Demonoid is no longer with its former hosting company in the Ukraine. It appears that they have moved to Hong Kong instead, judging from the IP-address linked to the tracker.
While the news of the revived tracker will delight many Demonoid users, it may take some time before the site itself returns, if that’s the plan. In 2007 and 2009 Demonoid suffered similar downtime episodes and at the time the tracker reappeared several weeks before the site.
When the DDoS hit Demonoid late July the site also suffered from an “exploit of sorts” which caused some damage. It is unclear whether this has been resolved at this point. The admin told us at the time that if the site did indeed return, it might move over to the new code they had been testing for a while.
Time will tell if that’s indeed the case.
TorrentFreak has asked Demonoid’s tech admin for a comment on the tracker comeback and the possible return of the website, and we’ll update this article once we receive a response.
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[url]https://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-is-back-bittorrent-tracker-is-now-online-121112/[/url]
yay
demonoid was a decent site, it was a shame when it went down
Demonoid was worse then TPB, more fakes and more malware.
Hell yes. More linux distros for me.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38426776]Demonoid was worse then TPB, more fakes and more malware.[/QUOTE]
We talking about the same Demonoid here?
Meh, whatever I wanted from Demonoid I could always find a healthier version on TBP.
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[QUOTE=Scot;38426985]Meh, whatever I wanted from Demonoid I could always find a healthier version on TBP.[/QUOTE]
There was a lot of rare stuff I got from Demonoid. I also like the mascot for Demonoid, looks cute.
[QUOTE=Scot;38426985]Meh, whatever I wanted from Demonoid I could always find a healthier version on TBP.[/QUOTE]
I dunno, there were plenty of things I've gotten from Demonoid that were lacking or had no seeds on TPB.
[editline]12th November 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;38427043]There was a lot of rare stuff I got from Demonoid. I also like the mascot for Demonoid, looks cute.[/QUOTE]
this too
There's more rare things on Demonoid, while on TPB there's lots of common things.
Thing I really miss is the simple browsing from demoind.
Demonoid had all the stuff I couldn't find on piratebay, and I felt more safe there for some reason too.
[QUOTE=BenJammin';38427871]and I felt more safe there for some reason too.[/QUOTE]
because it's partially a private tracker?
[QUOTE=koeniginator;38427884]because it's partially a private tracker?[/QUOTE]
If you can call demonoid private then you could call me the king of nigeria
Demonoid is nowhere near private, if it was private people would actually have decent up/down ratios.
Don't you need an account to upload?
For those looking for other good free sites, I quite enjoy kat.ph myself.
edit: for linux distros of course
about fucking time
Am I the only person who thinks this is a bit fishy? They were taken down after a government raid - what're the chances that someone else is hosting the tracker and logging connections?
I'm surprised there's no warez bans hittin yet,but torrents really are a GREAT way to get linux distro's like Backtrack
[QUOTE=Muthenfrucheir;38431060]I'm surprised there's no warez bans hittin yet,but torrents really are a GREAT way to get linux distro's like Backtrack[/QUOTE]
Because a p2p protocol != warez. Torrents don't pirate things, pirates do
[QUOTE=DarkMonkey;38432926]Because a p2p protocol != warez. Torrents don't pirate things, pirates do[/QUOTE]
But TPB is for...well, piracy.
[QUOTE=Agent766;38428162]Don't you need an account to upload?[/QUOTE]
You need an account, but accounts are given out randomly in waves, not by a strict interview process like what.cd
[QUOTE=supersnail11;38432956]But TPB is for...well, piracy.[/QUOTE]
musicians legitimately distribute their music through TPB to get a larger fanbase.
[QUOTE=supersnail11;38432956]But TPB is for...well, piracy.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-ssh.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=supersnail11;38432956]But TPB is for...well, piracy.[/QUOTE]
Not everything on it is, there's been loads of artists that put their albums up for free.
The only good thing about Demonoid is that it had stuff you couldn't find anywhere else, good to see it will make a return.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38428111]Demonoid is nowhere near private, if it was private people would actually have decent up/down ratios.[/QUOTE]
I'll have you know that for all the linux distros I got I had at least 2x the upload.
I always had better seeding capabilities.
[QUOTE=koeniginator;38427884]because it's partially a private tracker?[/QUOTE]
it's as private as bakabt
aka not private
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;38437049]it's as private as bakabt
aka not private[/QUOTE]
Well it's good enough the filter out the absolute trash that's plaguing fully public trackers.
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