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t411
Type of site
Torrent index
Available in5 Languages, primarily French
URLt411.me
RegistrationYes
Users5 millions
Launched2008
Current statusOnline

t411 or Torrent411 is a semi-private BitTorrent tracker website founded in 2008[2]. According to Alexa Internet, it is the 86th most visited website in France in December 2014, and the first in its category[3].

History

In 2006 is created a BitTorrent tracker named QuebecTorrent[4] (in reference to Quebec). In July 2008, QuebecTorrent is closed by the canadian authorities[5]. Shortly after be closed, a clone of the original website is created, named Torrent411, that maintains the website, torrents, members and part of the team that was on QuebecTorrent[2] · [4] · [6]. The site's slogan is then « Les pages jaunes du torrent »[7] (litt. "The yellow pages of the torrent", 411 is the Yellow Pages telephone number in Canada.

In August 2011, Torrent411 moved to the new domain name t411.me, to avoid possible censure by VeriSign, the US company that manages the .com top-level domain.

In June 2013, T411 has surpassed the 5 million members[8], confirming its position as the first francophone tracker.

In October 29, 2014, the site suffered a massive DDOS attack[9].

References

  1. ^ "t411.me Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b « Torrent411 : le clone de QuebecTorrent maintenant ouvert » on Adviso.ca
  3. ^ t411.me on Alexa.com
  4. ^ a b « QuebecTorrent devient Torrent411 » on branchez-vous.com, archived on Internet Archive
  5. ^ « QuebecTorrent.com n'est plu » on Zataz
  6. ^ « QuebecTorrent renaît de ses cendres » on leblogueduql.org
  7. ^ Main Page of T411 in August 2008, archived on Internet Archive
  8. ^ According to statistics from t411.me
  9. ^ "Maintenance du tracker". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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