I thought that without a connection and being found only in a search, they could not see your IP. Though Switeck said...Originally posted by REALITY+23 May 2003 - 00:59--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (REALITY @ 23 May 2003 - 00:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Jibbler@23 May 2003 - 00:40
If a given file shows up in a simple search, does that make you guilty of filesharing, even if the file has never been downloaded?
Well, how is this then, on a simple search you can see all the IP's that easily?[/b][/quote]They CAN'T using Kazaa/Kazaa Lite++ alone -- it requires something LIKE Kazaa Search or DatReader. They probably have their own specialized programs to do so, but are partially foiled by Kazaa's annoying habit of giving the local ips out in the searches/download DAT files. This is why Kazaa Lite++ has a 'feature' of removing local ips from DAT files on exit... because those ips are USELESS for actually finding someone to download from them.they can link your ip to a file WITHOUT making a direct connection to you.
They may not know the ip until they do the trick that I do -- message someone while watching TCPview to see what ip connection is made and then broken during the message transfer. Even blocking them with Peer Guardian in that case isn't enough to prevent a connection from being ATTEMPTED, which is spottable/loggable with the right software. TCPview is hit-or-miss on very short-lived connects. But Peer Guardian SHOULD be enough to convince them that they no longer have the right IP, due to connection failure -- it will appear the same as a user which has messaging disabled.It IS a flaw specifically in Kazaa.Switeck also mentioned...
Odd, whay is this, since I am behind a router 192. but when I use many services my true IP always shows, even when using IRC. Is this a flaw of KaZaa only.But if you're behind a router, the ip they get will probably be 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x due to how Kazaa works (a bug/severe limitation of sorts.)
Random Nut or one of the other Kazaa Lite++ developers would have to give you some more info about how they could convert your local ip to your real internet ip.
(This is mostly speculation on my part
The reason why RIAA/MPAA/BSA/whoever CAN find someone who's using a router is because they have a direct internet ip address.
Thus for even a semi-effective anti-piracy spying, they'd need big blocks of ip addresses and many computers -- or a really powerful mainframe and very specialized software... possibly even fasttrack protocol and encryption codes. Also they could only do 1 search at a time -- unless their tools have advanced beyond that -- because Kazaa/KL++ only allows 1 search at a time.
At least in v2.0.0 and older, I used to be able to download files using a file resumer program if I knew the exact ip address and hash of the file. They may use something similar as well...I think that was only possible with older versions of Kazaa.In addition I read an article that if someone had your IP, they could see your shared files without using nodes or KaZaa to do so, though the privacy patch may stop this.
Peer Guardian would DEFINITELY block that.
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