dcnblues
join:2002-09-19
Irving, TX
| reply to warlock56
Re: File sharing too risky?
Newsgroups are great, except for one problem. Not all ISP's carry the 'alt.binary' groups (where all file attachments are supposed to go) AND not all ISP's 'keep' all the messages -- in fact, some deliberately set the expire timeouts low so that if server space is at a premium, a large binary file message will get deleted to make room for several small text messages that are as little as 5 minutes 'newer'.
So newsgroup sharing becomes a 'scavenger hunt' exercise, where you can get MOST of a file youw ant, but have to go hunting for the one message (or four) that will complete the 'collection' and enable you to reassemble your file.
The pay-to-play newsgroup services like Supernews are much better... but their rates are almost as high per month as ISP access (sometimes more, depending on how much data you pull).
But yes, they are reasonably anonymous...keep in mind that posts to USENET go through SMTP (email outbound) so are subject to the same anonymity restrictions (branded with originating IP etc). Most privacy-savvy users can get around this using SMTP proxies and forged headers, but the average Joe probably will not know how to go about doing this. |
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Cheetah9
join:2001-01-07
Bethel Park, PA | And then you have companies like Covad who get their feeds from Supernews, but then put unrealistically LOW speed caps on your downloads. That really sucks!
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DONKEYKONG01
join:2003-03-21
Metairie, LA | Speed cap sucks, I would be very unhappy. |
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CoxCable4
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to dcnblues
said by dcnblues  :
Newsgroups are great, except for one problem. Not all ISP's carry the 'alt.binary' groups (where all file attachments are supposed to go)
man, you know how much bandwidth those alt.binaries newsgroups use? meh, I know an isp that uses 98% of it's 100mbps line just from newsgroups. but i'm not complaining =) don't hate; share warez |
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