Caught Downloading - Page 2

Stan_Lite · 28-09-2006, 15:37

I've always used P2P until now but that's becoming a bit of a minefield.

I might give these newsgroups a go. I had a look at the site Matt linked to and it seems to have a hell of a lot of stuff.

Stan

Daz · 28-09-2006, 15:39

How come newsgroups haven’t been smacked down like torrents and other p2p networks have? For the convenience I wouldn’t be against paying for it, if there was no obvious danger of being bum raped by some company on a legal front.

Robert · 28-09-2006, 15:48

I use a private tracker (araditracker.com), so I think I'll be ok.

Desmo · 28-09-2006, 16:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daz

How come newsgroups haven’t been smacked down like torrents and other p2p networks have?

Because it would be like trying to shut down email, just not gonna happen

Zirax · 28-09-2006, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desmo

Because it would be like trying to shut down email, just not gonna happen

Also if my understanding is correct, the roots of newsgroups of old are firmly in the old BB's that predate most of the net.

CliffyG · 28-09-2006, 18:22

I like the idea of newsgroups but don't really want to pay for something I'll only use sporadically. What are PeerGuardian and Azureus with safepeer?

Zirax · 28-09-2006, 18:45

Ok, Peerguardian is a standalone app which acts like a firewall which prevents governments/riaa etc from connecting through your machine. No special configuration is really needed to get it to work. It runs with windows and updates every time you boot

Azureus is like utorrent in that its a bittorrent client. Safepeer is a plugin for azureus that does a similar job to peerguardian.

The "bad lists" for both of these are regularly updated with known ranges of organisations. For instance you could let college networks through, but block government ip's

CliffyG · 28-09-2006, 19:20

OK, think i'm sold, shame though as i really like uTorrent. Will look at getting it all setup for my next batch of downloading.

Zirax · 28-09-2006, 19:24

If you like utorrent, use Peerguardian. That will protect you from them all

CliffyG · 28-09-2006, 19:37

Ah misread the bit about peer guardian being stand alone. Have it running now, you think thats all i need to do then? I've turned off the Allow Incoming Legacy Connections in uTorrent so should be relatively safe there.

28-09-2006, 15:37	#11
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I've always used P2P until now but that's becoming a bit of a minefield. I might give these newsgroups a go. I had a look at the site Matt linked to and it seems to have a hell of a lot of stuff. Stan __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

28-09-2006, 15:39	#12
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	How come newsgroups haven’t been smacked down like torrents and other p2p networks have? For the convenience I wouldn’t be against paying for it, if there was no obvious danger of being bum raped by some company on a legal front. __________________ apt-get moo

28-09-2006, 18:22	#16
CliffyG Vodka Martini Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lower Cambourne Posts: 576	I like the idea of newsgroups but don't really want to pay for something I'll only use sporadically. What are PeerGuardian and Azureus with safepeer? __________________

28-09-2006, 19:20	#18
CliffyG Vodka Martini Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lower Cambourne Posts: 576	OK, think i'm sold, shame though as i really like uTorrent. Will look at getting it all setup for my next batch of downloading. __________________

28-09-2006, 19:37	#20
CliffyG Vodka Martini Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lower Cambourne Posts: 576	Ah misread the bit about peer guardian being stand alone. Have it running now, you think thats all i need to do then? I've turned off the Allow Incoming Legacy Connections in uTorrent so should be relatively safe there. __________________

28-09-2006, 15:48	#13
Robert Chump!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North West Posts: 993	I use a private tracker (araditracker.com), so I think I'll be ok.

28-09-2006, 18:45	#17
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Ok, Peerguardian is a standalone app which acts like a firewall which prevents governments/riaa etc from connecting through your machine. No special configuration is really needed to get it to work. It runs with windows and updates every time you boot Azureus is like utorrent in that its a bittorrent client. Safepeer is a plugin for azureus that does a similar job to peerguardian. The "bad lists" for both of these are regularly updated with known ranges of organisations. For instance you could let college networks through, but block government ip's

28-09-2006, 19:24	#19
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	If you like utorrent, use Peerguardian. That will protect you from them all