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Posted by George Hester on 10/09/05 14:23
"Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:43491fde$0$49010$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
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> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:X372f.33480$K91.13584@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> >
> > "FinnTroll" <yab@roll.uc> wrote in message
> > news:rL42f.147996$dP1.505605@newsc.telia.net...
> >
> > > I mean, we've been discussing different methods that the
> > > RIAA uses to affect the WinMX communion and maybe
> > > that by keeping these videos in my share I can be able to
> > > sort of out those RIAA and put their IP in the "hall of shame"-hosts
> file :-)
> > >
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by the "hall of shame"-hosts file.
> > The hosts is a redirector that is used only when you fire up
> > the client and connect or lose your host. After that it is not used.
> >
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> Yes, George. But it's used when, as you say, you fire up the client and
> connect. What Finntroll is saying is that he could theoretically enter any
> offending IP's into his Hosts file and presumably redirect them to
127.0.0.1
> (the localhost) so that the next time he connects THEY wouldn't be able
to.
> To be honest, he'd be better off using PeerGuardian, or entering them
> directly into his firewall. Of course, there's always anti-leeching tools.
> Hi, George!
>
>
I do not know about that. The hosts file is not connecting us to other
users on the Network. It is sending us to a Peer Cache server which we are
not. So if Finntroll puts a user's IP with fake files in his hosts all that
will do is keep him from going to him looking for a Peer Cache server.
Since he likely is not a Peer Cache server what's the point? If he thinks
the hosts is going to disallow him from connecting to the sharer looking to
d/l a file that is wrong. The hosts only is used at startup and when we
lose our hosts. After that you could remove the hosts file all together if
you want. If you are a Primary, hosts you need at startup after that it is
not needed anymore and you are able to hold onto yourself
--
George Hester
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