Rules
Null Authority lists approved legal open source torrents. Only admins and moderators may add or approve entries.
BitTorrent is not anonymous. This service is not a proxy, VPN, Tor exit, seedbox, file host, or public publishing platform.
Allowed content
Listed torrents need clear public project identity and redistribution rights.
- Legal open source releases.
- Privacy and security tools from legitimate upstream projects.
- Cryptography projects and reproducible builds.
- Legal mirrors with clear license or redistribution basis.
- Lawful security research datasets with clear redistribution rights.
Forbidden content
Unclear rights, unlawful purpose, or high abuse risk are not accepted.
- Piracy or copyrighted media without redistribution rights.
- Cracks, malware samples, exploit packs, credential dumps, phishing material, or spam material.
- Illegal datasets or datasets with unclear redistribution rights.
- Trademark or copyright infringement.
- Uploads or submissions with unclear licenses or unverifiable upstream origin.
Forbidden service behavior
Public access is limited to browsing approved entries and downloading approved .torrent files.
- No public uploads or unrestricted submissions.
- No arbitrary file hosting or payload hosting.
- No seedbox service, proxy, VPN, Tor exit, or anonymization service.
- No ratio tracking, public accounts, comments, forums, or social features.
Hosted data
Null Authority does not host payload files. It hosts catalog metadata, .torrent files, signatures, public keys, and project links.
Report abuse
Send abuse, legal, safety, or rights reports to null-authority@protonmail.com. Credible reports are reviewed as soon as possible, aiming for within 72 hours.
Include the project URL or slug, BitTorrent info hash if available, report reason, and relevant legal or security context.