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Posted by Psyko Niko on 10/16/48 11:26
"DB_Story" <DB_Story@att.net> a crit dans le message de news:
hJGdnYC2epR_Kb7eRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> This might be the Macrovision Hawkeye system (see
> http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=897).
>
> If they are protecting a hot group (Green Day certainly qualifies), it
would
> be possible to put out garbage files with the same hash as a genuine hit
by
> hacking the WinMX client. Then you'll multisource the download and add
> garbage into your file. That would cause what you're describing.
>
> WinMX may need a smarter client.
>
Yeah, I read about Hawkeye ( thanks to 1@odds ) and did think about it.
Infact it is close to the famous "type 5" fake file, hundreds of copies
available on the WPN, obvious bots that share multiple copies of the same
song with different filenames, bitrates and samplerates ...
The big difference is that the download DOES start. And unlike the common
glitch about file mismatches ( when you see a positive speed from users, but
you can't get a single bit for real ), you DO download something, but
something unreadable ( or should I say, something I couldn't read ).
--
Psyko Niko
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