capoccia's Journal: Setting up EarthStation 5

I don't usually do too much with Windows at home (I mostly use BeOS and some Debian GNU/Linux), but I told one of my Windows-only delusional friends that there was this great new P2P app that he should be using instead of KaZaA. Of course he wants to know if I've ever used it and how to set it up. So here's what I learned.

This entry is also at my website in pretty much the same form. I cut out my list of proxies (left the google links) so as not to clutter all of your amigos lists.

EarthStation 5 is a new brand of P2P filesharing. Created by a diverse group of Palestinians, this software attempts to beat Napster and KaZaA where they failed in security and anonymity without forcing users into a totally foreign concept like Freenet. The ES5 team is also pretty brash in their statements against the RIAA/MPAA.

Here are a few tips for setting up the program to be secure.

Under Advanced Settings in Stealth Mode HTTP Proxies, copy in the proxies for HTTP and SSL. Check Enable Stealth Mode and Highest Stealth Possible.

If you're using Slashdot and have never heard of anonymous proxies, you need to be slapped. Start your Google search here.

SSL Proxies are the same idea, just more secure. again, start looking here).

Under Network Settings in Internet Address Filters Prevent IP Addresses copy in the blocked IPs (to keep out the RIAA).

I used the IPs from theTechfocus RIAA/MPAA .htaccess project

When you're done, exit ES5 (make sure you exit the program in the system tray too). Then start the program up again. If the status bar has a green block that says Stealth SSL, then you have more than enough security to evade the RIAA. Even if it says Low Stealth, you're fine.

There are lots of settings to fiddle with. Search in the help for the name of the setting you want to use. The help is pretty good.