How to download with RSSFeed Scanner on a site that requires a login

1. Site that require a login many times use cookies to store your session so that after you login your credentials are remembered as you browse the site. The bit torrent site you are using requires a login and does not use cookies this method won’t help
2. Download Firefox if you don’t have it.
3. Download the Web Developer Toolbar for firefox. This is handy for all kinds of hacks!!!
4. Once installed, visit your favorite bit torrent site with firefox and login
5. Click the cookies tab on the developer toolbar and choose “View Cookie Information”
6. Now a list of cookies will come up each with various data fields. Among all the various cookies we need to find th one used by the site that is your user name or uid. There is no standard name. For demonoid.com the user id is stored in a cookie called “uid” and the password hash is stored in a cookie named “uhsh”
7. copy and paste the user and password name and value pairs into the form:
   name=value;name=value
   In the case of demonoid.com it was of the form:
   uid=XXXXXX;uhsh=YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
   The hash was even longer then that actually and had many HTML encoded charaters as a password hash tends to be.
8. Go into azureus’s RSSFeed Scanner and select or add a url in the option tab.
9. Check the option for passing cookies “Pass Cookies’s” and paste your string in the box.
10. Click the status tab and double click one of the files to see if you can download it. With any luck it will start downloading.

A Note About Cookie Expiration

Some cookies maybe set to expire rather quickly after login. You can check the expire time when you view your cookie in step 6. If the expiration is anytime in the near furture you will have to redo this hack again after that date. Luckily demonoid.com was set for 2011 so I’ve still got some time

Other Sites Cookie Info

As there may be some interest in having this info readily available I will compile a list of cookie info from other bit torrent sites as I find them or you submit them.

Demonoid.com
uid=XXXXXX;uhsh=YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

The idea here is that typically when you are climbing with a top rope setup, you climb the rock while tied into a rope that goes through an anchor at the top of the pitch. On the other end of the rope there is a person called a belayer who takes in rope as you climb so if you are to fall you would be gently caught by the rope instead of the ground.

Well to solo you need to belay yourself by feeding your own rope. This is of course problematic because you normally need two hands to belay and well, that doesn’t leave you with many hands to climb. After looking online at how others approached the problem I realized that much like a releasable tele binding, there is many ways to tackle this problem, and there is no clear best method. Actually that’s not true. The best method and I quote “is not to solo at all.”

(I just killed a fly with my bare hand)

As others have been so kind to post there thoughts on the topic I thought I would put in my two cents and describe my rig. For those of you who just typed “top rope solo” in Google and found this entry, please don’t rope solo unless you feel comfortable doing it and this is by no means the “right” way to TR solo because everyone will have their own method that works best for them. Furthermore I am going to assume you know the basics of rope soloing and just provide a review of gear used and helpful tips.

First and foremost you NEED a multi-directional ground anchor. I didn’t use one at first, and the rope drag was insane! I originally tied into the end as if I was doing a regular TR climb and while it worked and was relatively safe, I was more prone to falling since it required extreme effort to get the rope through my belay device.

Next most important thing: wear a helmet! This should be obvious.

Third, no matter which method you choose, use figure 8′s on a bight to tie in every once in a while and always before a crux. This is the most bomber protection you can have regardless of your belay setup.

On to the belay. So many others have talked about playing with ascenders. While they do keep you from sliding down the rope, they are not designed to take falls, they wear on the rope, and they can come off the rope. Furthermore, should you need to down climb you’ll be putting yourself in harms way when you need to release the device. While this might be the cheapest option it certainly seems like the worst to me.

Others have talked about the soloist and silent partner. These are good commercial options designed for soloing but have there own drawbacks. The soloist won’t catch you on head first falls and the silent partner requires rope feeding.

I decided instead to use a gri-gri. I know they are expensive and I actually swore I would never use one but since I found one on the ground for free I decided it would be best suited for the job. While they are not designed for soloing, they provide a reliable lock when falling and allow easy feeding of rope.

I first rappeled the route placing slinged cams to control fall direction with the rope. Then setup a bomber ground anchor and tied in one end of the rope. The other end of the rope went through the gri-gri with the climber end going up to the anchor. I also brought a few slings along for prusiks for backup if needed. Once off the deck a bit I tied my first 8 on a bite and clipped in below the belay devices. As the climb continued I would replace the figure 8 backups as needed. The beauty of using the gri-gri is that once you reach the top you can simply rappel back down with out changing devices.

Overall my experience felt safe and quite peaceful to be alone. Much like lead climbing, with soloing you take things slower and focus on not falling. This makes the climbs more rewarding. Since I really didn’t want to fall this time, I only climbed 5.8-5.9 routes where I had places to tie safety knots. Harder climbs are doable with some planning.