T411

t411
Web address t411.me
Slogan The yellow pages of the torrent
Type of site
 Torrent index
Registration Yes
Available in 5 Languages, primarily French
Users 5 million
Launched 2008
Alexa rank
 Increase 3,523 (1 April 2015)[1]
Current status Online

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

History

In 2006 a BitTorrent tracker named QuebecTorrent[4] (in reference to Quebec) was created. In July 2008, QuebecTorrent was shutdown by the Canadian authorities.[5] Shortly after being shutdown a clone of the original website was created and named Torrent411. Torrent411 was developed by part of the team that created QuebecTorrent and they maintain the website, torrents, and members.[2] · [4] · .[6] The website's slogan is "Les pages jaunes du torrent",[7] or "The Yellow Pages of the Torrent" in English; the 411 in Torrent411 refers to the Yellow Pages telephone number in Canada; which acts a telephone directly look-up tool for residents of 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 1 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 « Torrent411 : le clone de QuebecTorrent maintenant ouvert » on Adviso.ca
  3. ↑ "t411.me Site Overview". alexa.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "QuebecTorrent devient Torrent411". branchez-vous.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  5. ↑ « QuebecTorrent.com n'est plu » on Zataz
  6. ↑ « QuebecTorrent renaît de ses cendres » on leblogueduql.org
  7. ↑ "Torrent411.com - Les Pages Jaunes du Torrent!". torrent411.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. ↑ According to statistics from t411.me
  9. ↑ "Maintenance du tracker". Retrieved 1 November 2014.