Port forwarding is not something that needs to be configured on most computer systems. It basically describes the concept of forwarding connections to a specific local computer system. Usually a computer router, firewall or other hardware device that is managing or controlling traffic is involved in the process and needs to be configured to forward [...]
P2P: The Owner Free File System
Peer to peer networks are often associated with the dark side of the Internet as they became widely known for containing large amounts of copyrighted files accessible to anyone with the right client software. File sharing on standard p2p networks like Bittorrent is not anonymous as IPs are visible once a connection has been established. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jan 12th, 2009
- Comments: 8
Downloading Torrents with Transmission
Torrents are a regular part of a geeks life. Whether it is downloading ISO images, your favorite non-licensed anime, or large-scale backups, torrents are a simple way to manage massive downloads. But how do you manage torrents in Linux? There are a number of possible clients, some command-line and some full-on graphical clients. The torrent [...]
Joe Biden: Piracy’s New Enemy
Now that the US elections are over and the results are out, it’s worthwhile looking at how the winners fare with technology. Everyone knows that Barack Obama actively used the Internet while campaigning but what are his views on other things technology related? Most notably, how do the new guys plan to tackle issues like [...]
FrostWire, free and fast Gnutella
LimeWire is a popular P2P client which uses the Gnutella network. Unfortunately, it limits the amount of ultrapeers to whom connections can be made, in effect reducing the amount of search results and the number of people from whom downloads can be made. LimeWire only removes these limitations if its Pro version is bought at [...]
The Big Guys get it Wrong Once Again, Prosecute Innocent People
Ever since the RIAA and other big guns decided to pull up people for illegal file-sharing of copyrighted material, the news has been full of cases involving these crimes. From individuals to site owners providing links to copyrighted content, it seems no one is safe.
I don’t intend to start a debate on whether or not [...]
Faroo P2P Web Search
The idea of Faroo is simple. Faroo uses P2P technology to crawl the World Wide Web instead of using an infrastructure with thousands of servers and worldwide datacenters. If you think about it, users are already visiting websites all the time and the basic idea is to utilize those information to build and maintain an [...]
