Originally Posted by
Wwwildthing
1) The 'files' are spread across dozens (if not hundreds) of servers. Removing it from one server, does not remove it from the rest.
How many *backend* providers have more than 300 days binary retention? I count just three. And maybe 3 or 4 others that have 150-300 days retention. (Most usenet "providers" being actually resellers who access the same few backend servers.) High-retention usenet servers are quite rare.
Originally Posted by
Wwwildthing
2) Posters have been hiding their idenity since Day One. That was about 10 years before the Internet became available to the public.
I could be mistaken, but I believe that in the early years (before about 1995 when pay-providers emerged) all usenet posts included an IP address.
Originally Posted by
Wwwildthing
"[email protected]" is the message-ID - that's what identifies the posted article.
77.247.178.113 is the IP address of www.NFOrce.nl- not the poster -- But you are correct, NFOrce.nl is indeed "somewhere in the Netherlands" 
I thought it was common knowledge that most people who post on usenet use a fake email address these days. (unless they want a mailbox buried in spam.)
FYI: Here's the *complete* information that I get on that same poster:
Code:
Path: s03-b37!num01.iad!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed2.ip.tiscali.net!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.wiretrip.org!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.201.147.80.MISMATCH!news.astraweb.com!border3.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail
From: [email protected] (teh)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.multimedia, alt.binaries.tv
Subject: #a.b.mm@efnet - req 83751 - Total.Rugby.02.07.09.WS.PDTV.XviD-FTP - [04/28] - ftp-tr020709.nfo (1/1)
X-Newsposter: newsmangler 0.02 (python-vanilla) - http://www.madcowdisease.org/mcd/newsmangler
Date: 03 Jul 2009 17:04:08 GMT
Lines: 31
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Organization: Unlimited download news at news.astraweb.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: 3359c7bd.news.astraweb.com
X-Trace: DXC=hH2BYmdKhM6J5c6\GR85Z>L?0kYOcDh@:Ykk[:k07I@;6BKBbG`K@B8Oce7HWKnCC=OIV^[?9;h12B7>@J1GSf]3
Xref: Hurricane-Charley alt.binaries.multimedia:394249165 alt.binaries.tv:311272920
X-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:04:09 UTC (s03-b37)
Unlike ISP servers, most pay-to-subscribe usenet providers don't publish the poster's IP address - but they keep internal records of all posters' identities (to track down spammers, etc). Therefore, usenet posters are generally not anonymous.
Originally Posted by
Wwwildthing
Again, the 'headers' are sent in plain text and clearly readable by any usenet client. Encrypting the nzb's (which are created from the header information) would serve no purpose.
Again, I'll quote ericab's suggestion that I commented on earlier:
Originally Posted by
ericab
but even dmca's wont stop us from sharing; we'll just
obfruscate the rar/zip filenames, and password protect them, if it really comes down to it.
Headers are worthless if the subject/file you're looking for has a cryptic name -- and especially so if the file is password protected.
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