There is a lot of concern about the likes of RIAA and Government Agencies harvesting the addresses
of individuals who use p2p clients to share and download.
People are starting to realise that their privacy is at stake when using these clients.
In fact, the internet is full of news about people being prosecuted and threatened with legal
action.
An individual usually learns that there is a problem when he or she is sent a threatening letter
via their internet service provider. It is usually in the form of a log, which is provided by
a bot client which collects their IP details and shows what they are downloading and sharing via their p2p client.
Up to now there has been little that can be done, but at long last individuals are coming up with software that can block these Spy Harvesters run by Governments, Media Groups and others.
Many media companies have IP harvester bots which pretend to be sharing stuff but in reality are looking for IP addresses which are downloading their copyrighted material.
It makes no difference whether you have a fixed IP or a dynamic one.
If you have a dynamic IP address that changes constantly you can still get caught out easily.
This is because, each ISP Provider has a range of IP addresses which belong to them.
It is easy for the likes of RIAA etc, to report a dynamic address to the respective ISP, who will have a log of the times you were on line and the allocated IP that you were using within their range. Armed with this information you can be located easily.
Special firewalls, which contain the details of the IP ranges of these bots and spies can be used to great affect. What the software does is stop these clients from connecting to your own p2p client and finding out what you are sharing or what you are downloading.
Remember :
These firewall software are still in beta testing phases, but should improve over time.... !!!
The 2 listed below are freeware and are fully operational.
SHAREWALL :
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sharewall is windows based anti-intrusion system for tcp/ip connection. Sharewall has the feature to update from the Internet with a current list of bad IP address that are know to be affiliated with companies trying to log into your machines And see what types of music you are sharing with P2P communities. Currently in beta stage, The author wanted to get this out as soon as possible due to the strong demand for an easily configurable firewall client for this type of use.
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features :
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*client side firewall (tcp/ip)
*internet update of known bad ips
*p2p enimies
*spammers
*spyware
*add/delete custom addresses
*connection loggin
8compatible with (98/Me/2000/XP)
*low load usage
*user friendly interface
*free
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Read about
:
http://www.iwantcode.com/modules.php...sharewall_home
Direct download:
http://www.iwantcode.com/modules.php...op=getit&lid=4
Here is another one:
(seems to be even better and more aggressive):
PeerGuardian 2
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Read about
:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.leonard1/pg/index.htm
Direct Download;
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.leo...ian_v1.95b.zip
Latest list of Banned IP's eg RIAA etc:
http://www.simplyclick.org/uploadertest/pg2.asp
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