Usenet vs. Torrents ( security)

[cinephilia]

Usenet vs Torrents

SSL vs Public IP

Usenet WINS!!!

many private trackers support SSL...

You must have a very slow connection..

i'd rather say he's member of a good 0day tracker

[mikeHD]

many private trackers support SSL...

But you're still connecting to other peers even if you announce on an SSL conneciton. Unless you use a proxy service, your IP is publicly available to any member of that private tracker. The more secure you believe that site is, the better, but with usenet, your IP is never exposed to any third party.

[iLOVENZB]

many private trackers support SSL...

Possible but your IP is still public.

I was on ScL and I was leeching and I could see many IP's I used IPAF and managed to find their:

IP Address Hostname, IP Country, IP Country Code, IP Continent, IP Region, Guessed City, IP Latitude, IP Longitude, ISP.

Not safe at all .

[technodrome]

but many of good trackers are much safer than anything.. U only have to get in a high level tracker..

[iLOVENZB]

but many of good trackers are much safer than anything.. U only have to get in a high level tracker..

Yes, but then people will spread the word of these trackers causing unwanted attention, then you'll have Anti-piracy bodies getting invited for these trackers and then they'll get your IP's.

[Buschwusch]

but many of good trackers are much safer than anything.. U only have to get in a high level tracker..

yeah, and that's not too easy ;-)
atleast if you want a good tracker.
i'll give usenet a try...

[222MHz]

the best part of torrents is also it's worst part... Torrents are for school kids w/o access to a credit card...

[SonsOfLiberty]

but many of good trackers are much safer than anything.. U only have to get in a high level tracker..

yeah, and that's not too easy ;-)
atleast if you want a good tracker.
i'll give usenet a try...

Even so, they log everything about you, there are no impending cases against Newsgroup providers, one most ISP's offer them for free, and next other providers fall under "common carrier law". So, if a private site gets busted and they got logs, guess what your tagged

[masscrazy]

But i have found torrents to be so much better. Organised, easy to use, exact same speeds, just not as safe but thats the only downside oh and the little thing known as uploading/seeding back. But its worth it.

You must have a very slow connection.. And when you sit in a torrent swarm you might as well have a name tag on that says "Hello, My name is Bob"

The only thing I torrent is basically what it was initially designed for... Easing loads for servers.. In my case OpenSource.. I seed a couple of distros 24/7 for forever now.. How about those ratios.. I upped Debian Stable at 25Kb/s for 2 years..

Nope, i have a 12-13Mb connection i get 1.6MB/1.7MB/s. Torrents the speed (with good seeds ofcourse) stays at a CONSTANT 1.66-1.7MB. Usenet it fluctuates. Sometimes i get the full 1.6MB/s, usually around 1.4MB. Also i get different speeds on different clients, which is odd.

but many of good trackers are much safer than anything.. U only have to get in a high level tracker..

Im lucky i got the level 10 tracker, and last 5-6months of freeleech has been delightful, got 150gb buffer with my crappy upload. Ha, and i just noticed it has SSL and im already using it access the site.

many private trackers support SSL..

[mikeHD]

the best part of torrents is also it's worst part... Torrents are for school kids w/o access to a credit card...

That's often overlooked, but it is true. I used torrents for a while, but when I realized I could rise above the fray for the price of one movie ticket, I never looked back.