Topsite is a term from the Warez scene and describes ftp servers by Releasegroups for distribution and keeping by the Warez releases to be used. Topsites are usually with tying up in the range 100 MBit/s to several GBit/s attached to Internet. Storage location within the Terabyte range is the rule.

Overview

Security

Differently than the predecessors in the BBS scene Topsites are not applied. With the increasing number of police employments the obligation safety precautions developed to increase.

Affiliates

A Warez Group can get entrance to a Topsite as Affiliate, by adding the Site to its This happens normally in response for Download authorizations for its members. A Warez Group is to be increased typically Affiliate of several Topsites by the efficiency of the distribution of its releases to other Topsites (no Affiliate are). Topsites can accommodate and welcome/apply any number of Affiliates these - as a sign of quality - in the message, which a user receives when logging in.

Asset system

Most Topsites uses an asset system (system credit). Everyone, the something high-loaded gets assets e.g. in the relationship 1:3 (reason) over thereby again Downloads from the side to to transact.

Couriers

Courier describes a certain kind of a Topsite user, whom on the Topsites thereby the new releases earn themselves its access (also ACCESS) to uploaden and so-called Requests of other Usern to process. If a Courier gained access to a Topsite, the Couriers must get over mostly only one test period, in which a certain quantity must be geuploadet, within a short time. Couriers often make their job for respect, Credits, ACCESS other Topsites and fun. Couriers are often to individual groups united which support by friendship and comrade shank offer. Often the Releasegroups has some Couriers under itself to prevent in order to accelerate a spreading of their releases, although now many Groups Scripts use, in order safety gaps.

Software

Software the partial (after smaller modifications) also on Topsites to the employment comes.

Ftp server

• glFTPd
• glFTPd script archives
• iOFTPD
• RaidenFTPD
• DrFTPD
• WzdFTPD

See also

• Warez
• Releasegroup
• Operation Site down
• Software Piraterie

Related links

• Wired article: The shadow Internet (English)

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