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~ File Sharing ~
September 2004 |
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The way to go when you don't know how to search, or when you
want to search some private paths of the web... :-)
I wont comment on the following programs, note that, as usual on the web,
the simple fact that you know the names of these
applications will give you a 'competitive advantage' vis-à-vis less competent
searchers, hehe :-)
Note also how easy it is -through these names- to find sites discussing their
relative advantages, for instance bearshare
napster lime wire...
or, even better:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=bearshare+napster+lime+wire+%2Badvantage*
or
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=bearshare+napster+limewire+%2Bcomparison
as ~Veliti~ proposed, or also: +"better
than Napster" OR +"better than bearshare"
This said, you should never forget that most 'file sharing' appz do actively
"phone home" all your data and searches...
bearshare
napster limewire +spyware
so make sure your equipped to deal with
these minor annoyances.
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Edonkey Search Engines
[Jigle] | [FileDonkey] | [Acoon.de]
Gnutella
[Bitzi]
Multiple
[HASH]
Returns results for both web and edonkey in the same query.
Banner infested, load up anti ad tools before visting.
Searchs both Kazaa and edonkey. No convenient form as the site is using dynamically served PHP session IDs.
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A short list of alternative clients.
| Name |
Platform |
License |
Comment |
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Freeware (GPL) |
Open source direct connect client. Has been known to have malware in the past if users didn't upgrade ancient versions. | |
| Windows |
Freeware (GPL) |
Open source edonkey client. Banned on a lot of edonkey hubs for sharing hubs with other users (annoys private hub owners). | |
Windows/Linux/OSX |
Freeware (MIT) |
A tool designed to distribute large files over slow
networks. Drawbacks or maybe enhancements to some people is that you
have to search the web to find shared files. |
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Anything with a java interpreter. |
Freeware |
A p2p tool for sharing legal music, many bootlegs
of well known bands can be found here. |
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Windows |
Freeware |
Version of kazaa using fake DLLs to remove the spyware,
also has other enhancements. |
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GNU/Linux and UNIX Variants |
Freeware (GPL) |
Direct connect library and QT/KDE GUI frontend.
Other frontends to the lib for GTK can be found on freshmeat.net. |
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All major platforms. |
Freeware (GPL) |
Multiple networks client, banned in a LOT of places. |
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Resources tend to come and go in the quicksand world of p2p. These are some of the more stable sites out there.
ZeroPaid - File Sharing Portal
Slyck - File Sharing Portal
Unite The Cows - File Sharing & Backup Portal
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Mainly directed towards protection.
| Name | Platform | License | Comment |
Windows |
Freeware |
Powerful firewall which, disallows any network activity at the application level stopping all spyware or other nasties unless you specifically allow them out. | |
Windows |
Freeware |
Searches for spyware on your system in disk/registry/etc for spyware, sadly not getting updated much these days. | |
Windows |
Freeware |
Collection of fake spyware DLLs to replace the real ones with and keep apps working. | |
Windows |
Freeware |
Anti Spyware tool, similar to ad aware. |
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[azfishre.htm]: Review of file-sharing programs "There are numerous file-sharing programs and utilites out there available. They are like strong weed, the more the goverment, big corporations, etc try to kill them, the more will appear, and they will be harder and harder to kill"
by Angela Zaharia, part of the [P2P] and of the [essays] sections -
[p2P_shin.htm]: The crazy world of P2P applications or How I learned to hate KaZaA but love eMule
and/or
These people must think we all are complete idiots(and they just might be right!"
by shinohara, September 2004, part of the [P2P] and of the [essays] sections
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File searching, P2P (25/03/03 20:25:19)