These files are the cause of torrents that are stuck at 99%
Quote from your link: “If used incorrectly or maliciously symlinks and padding files can result in internally inconsistent torrents which cannot finish downloading because they contain conflicting hash information.”
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These files are the cause of torrents that are stuck at 99%
Quote from your link: “If used incorrectly or maliciously symlinks and padding files can result in internally inconsistent torrents which cannot finish downloading because they contain conflicting hash information.”
Exactly, that’s why clients with BEP-47 support should:
I doubt that there are decent torrent clients implemented BEP-47 without this sanitization, if any.