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Posted by ChenHA on 09/28/05 10:18
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:52:49 +0100, anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid>
wrote:
>I am happier using replacement hosts-files, as even if leading to evil
>peer caches, those caches wont know what files you have or are sharing -
>AFAIK that isn't in the winmx protocol.
>
It shouldn't be too difficult for the peer cache to redirect you to
another computer whose purpose is to collect IP addresses and shared
files details. There are probably numerous ways someone with
malicious intent can exploit the peer cache.
I'm not saying that this is what will happened, just that this is a
rather anarchic phase WinMX is going through, and you simply won't
know what's coming next. I'm not really worried about it, but a bit
of caution is probably necessary.
>Running .exe- type patches is potentially more dangerous, of course.
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