Re: Kazaa eats resources?

In article <vf9544606bf1fe@corp.supernews.com>,
"sli" <sli@pyro.net> wrote:

>WinMX is a reliable file sharing program with no spyware.
>http://www.winmx.com/

DC++ is also a nice Pirate-2-Pirate software. It is released under
GPL and has FULL source code available, so you can really trust it.

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Sami Sihvonen <sami@sihvonen.info> wrote in
news:bd5a8g.3vvp97p.1@sami.sihvonen.info:

> In article <vf9544606bf1fe@corp.supernews.com>,
> "sli" <sli@pyro.net> wrote:
>
>>WinMX is a reliable file sharing program with no spyware.
>>http://www.winmx.com/
>
> DC++ is also a nice Pirate-2-Pirate software. It is released under
> GPL and has FULL source code available, so you can really trust it.
>

Here's a rundown on what's available and how clean it is:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/p2p/

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:52:20 +0200, SleeperMan wrote:

> <robin2803@hotmail.com> wrote:
><snipped a bunch, sorry>
> BY the way, i tried tis WinMX and i'm under impression that a man can find
> even more there than it's available on Kazaa (Lite). It's just I CAN'T FIND
> ANY DAMN HELP FILE!!! It says it's under construction - what do i know what
> all those letters and shorts mean...like AFS, AEQ, 15m - 10 etc... Also i'm
> under impression that many other files is going through my computer to other
> users, as traffic always flows as long as i run WinMX...even if i don't
> download nothing.
>
> But i will see about this DC++ stuff...
>
> So, thanks, Sami for this.

Please check the help file. You can kill the node and mask your
connection speed very, very easily. This is the only P2P app I will let my
sons run when they visit (they go nutz 'cause I have a 6mb/s connection)
and I am paranoid about running a Windows partition to start with.

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In article <C9yJa.2235$yw5.30305@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>,
Robin T Cox <robin2803@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> DC++ is also a nice Pirate-2-Pirate software. It is released under
>> GPL and has FULL source code available, so you can really trust it.
>Here's a rundown on what's available and how clean it is:
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/p2p/

And here is the real thing:
http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/

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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:48:44 +0200, SleeperMan wrote:

> <not@thisplace.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:52:20 +0200, SleeperMan wrote:
>>
>>> <robin2803@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> <snipped a bunch, sorry>
>>><another big-assed snip>
>>
>> Please check the help file. You can kill the node and mask your
>> connection speed very, very easily. This is the only P2P app I will
>> let my sons run when they visit (they go nutz 'cause I have a 6mb/s
>> connection) and I am paranoid about running a Windows partition to
>> start with.
>
> Like i said, help file is down at the moment, but i found some web site with
> some info to start with. Now i know basics of this network (i hope).
> I'm just not sure yet how to deal with firewall. At the moment i allowed all
> activities for WinMX, i just don't know, if it's a good idea. (I use Agnitum
> free version).
>
> 6M, ah? well, it is a blast...i have 1 M at the moment (ADSL), and i could
> go all the way up to 4, (or 8 if i would be a company - i don't know why
> this restriction), but it costs, so i'll just stick to 1 M for now.

There is a very decent help file that comes with the program. Yeah, well,
Shaw Cable Canada pretty much rules, despite how much we users whine.
As for your firewall, that is something you should ask the developer.
Myself, I use a dedicated LINUX box as firewall and router. A 486 DX-100,
if you can believe it. Looks terrible, works like a hot-damn.

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In article <pan.2003.06.23.09.53.40.183884@thisplace.org>,
"Roger Ramjet" <not@thisplace.org> wrote:

>Myself, I use a dedicated LINUX box as firewall and router. A 486 DX-100,
>if you can believe it. Looks terrible, works like a hot-damn.

Well, I have 486DX/50-MHz with 12 MB of RAM and 500 MB of harddisk space
running Slackware GNU/Linux v7.0 with kernel 2.4.19 as firewall for my
personal home LAN. It has so much extra power left, it also works as a
printer server for old dot matrix printer whichs prints my logfiles...

My line out is 1MB/1MB ADSL only, since that costs only 20 USD per month
here in Finland. If I need to do any serious downloading I will do it at
work, where I have 155 Mbps ATM-network available and my laptop logged
in to it. When in home I just put the files that I want into my "Star
downloader" as a URL to be download and when my laptop is logged into
fast ATM-connection then it downloads them.

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