BitTorrents Are Dangerous

**100I** · 23rd March 2007, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Hunchy

Dan yeah it works for all p2p. I don't have it on all the time, just if I'm going to bittorrent. I load up peerguardian, have it check for any updates, then fire up utorrent. And when I'm done I exit utorrent and peerguardian, rather than have them run all the time.

Also your IP address is exposed only when you're actually in a bittorrent swarm as a seeder or leecher. If you're running your bittorrent client & nothing's happening, ie you're not downloading anything or not uploading anything, there's no risk. But Windows is a fragile thing so I've got into the habit of shutting down any software I don't need right now.

Thanks Hunchy,
yes I'm the same & shut off anything I can if it's not in use, and usually elect not to let things autorun. Trouble is as the years march on it gets more complicated & I lose track of what's what. I look in task mgr now & I don't know half of what's critical & what's crapola.

Rovernaut · 24th March 2007, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

Thanks and done, ive been using bit torrent to get linux distros lately.

I wouldn't worry about Linux as they want people to distribute , share it, you wouldn't get in trouble it's GNU.

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone. Click on the link below to find out more about the operating system that is causing a revolution in the world of computers..)

Since it is free no one is losing $. Unless it is one of the few paid linux versions.

**p38arover** · 24th March 2007, 09:47 PM

I wonder how many govt. departments there are watching for those downloading very illegal porn, e.g., kiddy stuff?

Ron

Rovernaut · 25th March 2007, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

I wonder how many govt. departments there are watching for those downloading very illegal porn, e.g., kiddy stuff?

Ron

Maybe there are not enough..... I hate PEDOPHILE SCUM

.

Hunchy · 2nd April 2007, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

I wonder how many govt. departments there are watching for those downloading very illegal porn, e.g., kiddy stuff?

Ron

One product I deal with is a content filter, which is like NetNanny but designed to work on company/ government agency networks. Basically it checls every piece of Internet traffic coming in (& going out) & if it's something in one of 30-odd categories (think pr0n, terrorist, hate/ racial, etc) it will get blocked. Plus it will log the fact, for review by the powers.

If you're in a government department - federal, state and (most) local - you can bet money it's being monitored. It's not like they check everything you do, but if you're a habitual pr0n site visitor they will nail you.

BTW most content filters are very, very good at knowing what's bad and what's not. Medical sites are good, whereas the cheap retail versions (like NetNanny & others) can't figure our the difference between say a womens health site and a pr0n site.

So, long winded answer - but yeah, government use gets checked big time.

**p38arover** · 2nd April 2007, 05:08 PM

Anyone stupid enough to go to porn sites from work deserves what they get.

However, SurfPatrol (which we use) block a lot of medical sites so if one searches for something containing, say, the word "breast" it will be blocked.

Ron

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