Questions tagged [p2p]
A peer-to-peer (abbreviated to P2P) computer network is one in which each computer in the network can act as a client or server for the other computers in the network, allowing shared access to various resources such as files, peripherals, and sensors without the need for a central server.
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How effectively can ISPs detect illegal file sharing?
Recently the USA passed a law requiring ISPs to spy on their customers' internet connections to check for illegal file sharing. I assume that they would do this by sniffing packets, but doesn't this ...
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Securing Peer to Peer communication
Is there a standard way to secure peer to peer communication?
I'm currently using HTTP to transfer data from peer to peer, however, securing with TLS/SSL normally requires a certificate authority to ...
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What are the TCP/UDP ports used by torrent applications?
I want to block torrent traffic on my network because it is utilizing too much bandwidth and disrupted my network traffic. What port range should I use and what protocol TCP or UDP?
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Torrent "bad seed" attack by Sony, how does it work?
Sony recently saw a large amount of data stolen. In order to prevent the stolen data from being spread using torrents, they are doing what was called a bad seed attack. What is this attack? Is this a ...
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How does the Copyright Alert System work? Who has implemented it?
Some ISPs are participating in a Copyright Alert System that notifies content authors of violations of their copyright.
I'm concerned how this oversight relates to my private traffic, and what laws ...
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Bittorrent Sync encryption
Sync, a new product from BitTorrent, Inc., has been cited as a viable alternative to other cloud-storage platforms. The Sync FAQ indicates that an encryption scheme is being used, but does not comment ...
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How far can we go in preventing videos from spreading out using P2P networks like BitTorrent?
Everyday, I see many of my friends downloading movies off P2P networks like BitTorrent. Isn't there any way for those hardworking movie producers to save their work from being distributed like this?
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WebRTC P2P SSL - Where are the keys generated?
My understanding is that with the WebRTC peer-to-peer data API, communications between peers are encrypted via a modified form of SSL. Where are the keys for the peer-to-peer SSL connection generated, ...
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Is a 512 bit RSA key secure when used temporary?
Is a 512 bit RSA key secure when a new key gets generated and used approximately once a week? The key is only used for signing messages, not for encrypting sensitive data.
This is for a system where ...
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What is known about the sirefef/zeroaccess malware/botnet?
There appears to be an increase in p2p communication among botnets that has been attributed to the sirefef/zeroaccess malware botnet. What is known on this particular threat?
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Privacy issues in Peer to Peer networks
In any typical P2P file sharing app, say DC++, the typical operations are search content, push content and pull content. A peer node broadcasts/multicasts its query to fellow peers and receives ...
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How do bots communicate in the zeus botnet?
I read on http://www.abuse.ch/?p=3499 that: ZeuS is now using an “IP list” which contains the IP addresses of other drones participating in the P2P botnet. An initial list of IP addresses is hardcoded ...
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Repudiation in Copyright Infringement (BitTorrent)
Seeing this question : How can alleged illegal downloading be detected? sparked a question I have had for a long time.
How does repudiation/non-repudiation work in such cases ?
Argument: It is known ...
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