# intermodal: a 40' shipping container for the Internet ## Manual - [General](#general) - [Semantic Versioning](#semantic-versioning) - [Unstable Features](#unstable-features) - [Bittorrent](#bittorrent) - [BEP Support](#bep-support) - [References](#references) - [BitTorrent](#bittorrent) ## General ### Semantic Versioning Intermodal follows [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). In particular: - v0.0.X: Breaking changes may be introduced at any time. - v0.X.Y: Breaking changes may only be introduced with a minor version number bump. - vX.Y.Z: Breaking changes may only be introduced with a major version number bump ### Unstable Features To avoid premature stabilization and excessive version churn, unstable features are unavailable unless the `--unstable` / `-u` flag is passed, for example `imdl --unstable torrent create .`. Unstable features may be changed or removed at any time. ## Bittorrent ### BEP Support | Symbol | Meaning | |--------------------|---------------------------------------| | :white_check_mark: | Supported | | :x: | Unsupported (links to tracking issue) | | :heavy_minus_sign: | Not Applicable | | BEP | Status | Title | |:----------------------------------------------:|:-----------------------------------------------------:|:-----------------------------------------------------------------| | [00](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0000.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Index of BitTorrent Enhancement Proposals | | [01](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0001.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | The BitTorrent Enhancement Proposal Process | | [02](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0002.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Sample reStructured Text BEP Template | | [03](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html) | :white_check_mark: | The BitTorrent Protocol Specification | | [04](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0004.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Assigned Numbers | | [05](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/90) | DHT Protocol | | [06](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0006.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Fast Extension | | [07](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0007.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | IPv6 Tracker Extension | | [08](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0008.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Tracker Peer Obfuscation | | [09](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/91) | Extension for Peers to Send Metadata Files | | [10](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0010.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Extension Protocol | | [11](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0011.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Peer Exchange (PEX) | | [12](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html) | :white_check_mark: | Multitracker Metadata Extension | | [14](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0014.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Local Service Discovery | | [15](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | UDP Tracker Protocol for BitTorrent | | [16](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0016.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Superseeding | | [17](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/92) | HTTP Seeding | | [18](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0018.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Search Engine Specificiation | | [19](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/93) | WebSeed - HTTP/FTP Seeding (GetRight style) | | [20](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0020.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Peer ID Conventions | | [21](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0021.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Extension for partial seeds | | [22](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0022.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | BitTorrent Local Tracker Discovery Protocol | | [23](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0023.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Tracker Returns Compact Peer Lists | | [24](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0024.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Tracker Returns External IP | | [25](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0025.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | An Alternate BitTorrent Cache Discovery Protocol | | [26](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0026.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Zeroconf Peer Advertising and Discovery | | [27](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0027.html) | :white_check_mark: | Private Torrents | | [28](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0028.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Tracker exchange extension | | [29](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0029.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | uTorrent transport protocol | | [30](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0030.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/94) | Merkle hash torrent extension | | [31](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0031.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Failure Retry Extension | | [32](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0032.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | BitTorrent DHT Extensions for IPv6 | | [33](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0033.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | DHT Scrapes | | [34](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0034.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | DNS Tracker Preferences | | [35](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0035.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/96) | Torrent Signing | | [36](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0036.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Torrent RSS feeds | | [37](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0037.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Anonymous BitTorrent over proxies | | [38](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0038.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Finding Local Data Via Torrent File Hints | | [39](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0039.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/98) | Updating Torrents Via Feed URL | | [40](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0040.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Canonical Peer Priority | | [41](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0041.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | UDP Tracker Protocol Extensions | | [42](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0042.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | DHT Security extension | | [43](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0043.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Read-only DHT Nodes | | [44](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0044.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Storing arbitrary data in the DHT | | [45](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0045.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Multiple-address operation for the BitTorrent DHT | | [46](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Updating Torrents Via DHT Mutable Items | | [47](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0047.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/99) | Padding files and extended file attributes | | [48](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0048.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Tracker Protocol Extension: Scrape | | [49](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0049.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/100) | Distributed Torrent Feeds | | [50](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0050.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Publish/Subscribe Protocol | | [51](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0051.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | DHT Infohash Indexing | | [52](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0052.html) | [:x:](https://github.com/casey/intermodal/issues/101) | The BitTorrent Protocol Specification v2 | | [53](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0053.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Magnet URI extension - Select specific file indices for download | | [54](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0054.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | The lt_donthave extension | | [55](http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0055.html) | :heavy_minus_sign: | Holepunch extension | ## References ### BitTorrent | URL | Description | |:------------------------------------------------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | https://github.com/bittorrent/bittorrent.org | GitHub repository hosting protocol development discussion and contents of bittorrent.org. | | https://www.bittorrent.org | Official web site site hosting BEPs and other information about the protocol. | | https://wiki.theory.org/index.php/Main_Page | Wiki with lots of information about all aspects of the BitTorrent protocol and implementations. | | https://archive.org/details/2014_torrent_archive_organized) | Massive 158 GiB archive containing 5.5 million torrents, assembled in 2014. | | https://github.com/internetarchive/dweb-transport | Github repository hosting The Internet Archive's distributed web and BitTorrent-related software. |