Posted by Jyeshta on 12/25/07 21:07

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:22:42 -0800, "Brian Smith"
<b4d5y@comcast.net> wrote:

>Christmas Eve 2007
>
>I've been warned three times by my trusty snooping ISP, Comcrap, for
>downloading software once, movies twice. I was using Shareaza(.....I know I
>know...). I've stayed off the OpenNap, my home.... I have a collection of
>97% albw's built since 1999, 25% 320 bitrate about the same 256's. I want to
>connect up again. It's the holidays..the best time to share. Will Peer
>Guardian Help Protect me at all now?

No, and the logfile will get so huge after a few days your
computer will start crashing.

>ISP are watching bandwidth usage. I use
>port switching frequently Someone like me stands out immediately. How can I
>share my files safely? I hate to let the Bastards win. My .Mp3 collection is
>primarily Bootlegs and concerts, and collectors CD's and complete collection
>of commercials of classic rock.
>I use MX 3.53, using only the OpenNap. How safe?

Do Whois on everyone in your queue. If they have active uploads
and downloads and a decent queue size, allow, but you are still
not guaranteed safety.

>Please no wise crack answers. I'm a serious collector that wants to share.
>
>Thanks
>
>FellSwoop

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