Note: You can also create a torrent from local files in SurgeTorrent if the files exist or if you have uploaded them using ftp or some other mechanism. This is simpler as it is just done from the web admin menu directly.
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SurgeTorrent lets you create a torrent description file, and hosts the tracker and torrent file, but if you wish your torrent to be listed in a public database you must take one extra step and 'tell the world' about your torrent, here's how to do that...
First create the torrent in SurgeTorrent
Then choose a site to publish your torrent on, we recommend http://www.mininova.org then 'register' an account on that service (it's free) then click on 'upload torrent file' from the top menu on mini nova. You don't need to publish your torrent on every 'search' engine as they will automatically index from each other.
To use SurgeTorrent as a proxy/cache you find the torrent url you wish to download, in the SurgeTorrent admin tool click on 'Fetch file(s) by... URL" and paste in the url, then click on the download link next to the list of torrents and that will create a 'local high speed' download torrent to get the file onto your PC directly from the SurgeTorrent proxy. This is a special link that prevents any outgoing or peer to peer sharing between your PC and other torrent clients.
If you wish you can place a filter file 'ipfilter.dat' in the SurgeTorrent home directory, and restart SurgeTorrent, then it will avoid any connections from/to any ip range in the filter file in question. This can enhance your privacy to some extent. Good compatible filters can be downloaded from here: http://blocklistpro.com/download-center/ip-filters/ we recommend the nipfilter or pipfilter files, unzip the file after downloading it!