[[meta title="apt-p2p 0.1.5: IMPORTANT update to expunge bittorrent nodes"]]

I have just uploaded an important update to [apt-p2p][10] that is
**highly** recommended for all users.

At some point over the last 48 hours bittorrent nodes have started to
infiltrate the apt-p2p DHT. The (mainline) [bittorrent DHT][20] is very
similar in [protocol to apt-p2p][30], and so the nodes are able to
partially communicate and pollute each others routing table. I didn't
think this would ever happen, as there wouldn't seem to be a reason for
them to ever come into contact, but somehow it did.

I've made some minor changes that exploit the differences between the
two protocols to exclude bittorrent nodes from the apt-p2p routing
table, and to drop any requests from bittorrent nodes (which should
prevent apt-p2p nodes from polluting the bittorrent DHT). However, it is
**very** important that all users upgrade to this new version to
prevent any further mixing of the DHTs.

[10]: http://www.camrdale.org/apt-p2p.html
[20]: http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
[30]: http://www.camrdale.org/apt-p2p/protocol.html

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