i l l m a t i c Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 A professor of computer science at Princeton University has written the world's smallest peer-to-peer file sharing system to demonstrate the futility of trying to ban the technology. The application, written by Edward Felten in just 15 lines of code in the Python programming language, will not work on a large scale like Kazaa, but can form small P2P networks which can then be interlinked. The code can be seen here. "My goal in creating this program is not to facilitate copyright infringement," said Felten. "The program is useful mainly as a proof of concept. P2P apps can be very simple, and any moderately skilled programmer can write one, so attempts to ban their creation would be fruitless." In 2001 Felten hit the headlines when he was threatened with legal action by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA had designed new watermarking technologies under its Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) and invited hackers to try and break it. Felten proved that the technologies were fundamentally flawed. However, before Felten could present the research he was forced to withdraw after threats were made against him and his employers. SDMI was withdrawn shortly afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 It would have been nice if you linked to something. You didn't even mention the name of the program in there. Here is the link to TinyP2P: http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/tinyp2p.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Is python more simple then C++? If so, please post a link to a tuturial site, I would love to learn more coding so I can begin debugging games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 You need python.exe to run it. I looked up this man's work, he has written heaps of papers,mainly on java. He also wrote this: This paper describes an Internet security attack that could endanger the privacy of World Wide Web users and the integrity of their data. The attack can be carried out on today's systems, endangering users of the most common Web browsers, including Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Web spoofing allows an attacker to create a "shadow copy" of the entire World Wide Web. Accesses to the shadow Web are funneled through the attacker's machine, allowing the attacker to monitor all of the victim's activities including any passwords or account numbers the victim enters. The attacker can also cause false or misleading data to be sent to Web servers in the victim's name, or to the victim in the name of any Web server. In short, the attacker observes and controls everything the victim does on the Web. We have implemented a demonstration version of this attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 It's great when he said that most attempts to stop P2P and BT are futile, and then went ahead and proved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 No one answered my question!! Gaa! O well, if the shadow internet does come onto me, im using Mr.RecoveryDisc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i l l m a t i c Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 It would have been nice if you linked to something. You didn't even mention the name of the program in there. Here is the link to TinyP2P: http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/tinyp2p.html<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Doh, forgot to give the link, good lookin out gryph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Great, thanks guys , I have a dream, were people can answer my question, and not ignore me, I have a dream...gaa forget it, anyways, I want to have this guys brains! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Great, thanks guys , I have a dream, were people can answer my question, and not ignore me, I have a dream...gaa forget it, anyways, I want to have this guys brains!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't think many people are proficient in Python. If they were, they would have replied. Since no one knew, no one said anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Great, thanks guys , I have a dream, were people can answer my question, and not ignore me, I have a dream...gaa forget it, anyways, I want to have this guys brains!I don't think many people are proficient in Python. If they were, they would have replied. Since no one knew, no one said anything.That how things usually goes around here. If you can't contribute to the tread, don't say anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Great, thanks guys , I have a dream, were people can answer my question, and not ignore me, I have a dream...gaa forget it, anyways, I want to have this guys brains!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't think many people are proficient in Python. If they were, they would have replied. Since no one knew, no one said anything.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That how things usually goes around here. If you can't contribute to the tread, don't say anything.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>geez drake there is this thing called google. search man, search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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