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Researchers Warn of Possible BitTorrent Meltdown 294

Posted by kdawson on Friday February 13, 2009 @10:45AM from the domino-effect dept.

secmartin writes "Researchers at Delft University warn that large parts of the BitTorrent network might collapse if The Pirate Bay is forced to shut down. A large part of the available torrents use The Pirate Bay as tracker, and other available trackers will probably be overloaded if all traffic is shifted there. TPB is currently using eight servers for their trackers. According to the researchers, even trackerless torrents using the DHT protocol will face problems: 'One bug in a DHT sorting routine ensures that it can only "stumble upon success", meaning torrent downloads will not start in seconds or minutes if Pirate Bay goes down in flames.'"

Comment Re:From TFA (Score 1) 344

by tyllwin on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @03:51PM (#26817609) Attached to: Texas Judge Orders Identification of Topix Trolls

But the "right" to not be defamed is not defined in the constitution, so doesn't the right to free speech over-ride the "right" not to be defamed?

Of course. You have the right to say it. I have the right to recover money damages for the harm you've done me.

Submission + - Mixing Music (and selling it) is Racketeering?

Submitted by

yfarren

on Thursday January 18, 2007 @11:16AM

yfarren writes: "DJ Drama and DJ Don Cannon were arrested (and have now been released on $100,000 bail) on racketeering charges. For what? Apparently, mixing other musicians music.

I thought that you could make derivative works. That part of the rights of the public was to make derivative, aka, new, creative works. Apparently, that will get you slammed, for racketeering.

Of specific concern is a quote in the article (I couldn't verify it) that the RIAA plans to "step up law enforcement training and commit additional investigative resources in all of the cities." Wow. since when does a private organization get to step up law enforcement?"

Submission + - Spammer Convicted of Phishing Scam

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Thursday January 18, 2007 @10:09AM

eldavojohn writes: "Jeffrey Brett Goodin has been convicted under the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. He is facing a sentence of up to 101 years in a federal prison after being found guilty. From the article, "The law forbids e-mail marketers from sending false or misleading messages and requires them to provide recipients with a way to opt out of receiving future mailings." And somehow he's the first person to violate this law since 2003? I'd gladly turn over my inbox to the DoJ if it results in even one of the people responsible spending 101 years in federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison!"

Submission + - The Surprising Security Threat: Your Printers

Submitted by jcatcw on Thursday January 18, 2007 @09:53AM

jcatcw writes: Networked printers are more vulnerable to attack than many organizations realize. Symantec has logged vulnerabilities in five brands of network printers. Printers outside firewalls, for ease of remote printing, may also be open to easy remote code execution. They can be possible launching pads for attacks on the rest of the network. Disabling services that aren't needed and keeping up with patches are first steps to securing them.

Submission + - Corporate Networks at Risk from Employee Behaviour

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:54AM

An anonymous reader writes: From EWeek: Research by FaceTime Communications has found risky Internet activity by employees poses an increasing threat to network security for corporate enterprises. While the number of unique malware instances was down last year when compared with the 2000 identified in 2005, FaceTime researchers warn today's malware is stealthier, more complex and harder to identify and defend against. According to an analysis of threats tracked or identified by FaceTime Security Labs, 1,224 unique threats on "greynet" applications — programs that network users download and install on their computers, usually without the knowledge of their IT department — were reported in the past year, with attacks over peer-to-peer networks increasing by 140 percent over 2005 levels and multichannel attacks jumping to 29 percent of all attacks in 2006 from 18 percent the prior year.

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