Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:40:16 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: hampi@rootshell.be Subject: Re: Bittorrent secure? Message-ID: <20050125204016.66a125cb.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20050125192253.GA3088@gicco.homeip.net> References: <20050125192253.GA3088@gicco.homeip.net>
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--Signature=_Tue__25_Jan_2005_20_40_16_+0100_2SmmCGishnaUcuy6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:22:53 +0100 Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote: > how secure is Bittorrent? How can one know how trustworthy the stuff > downloaded from other Bittorrent fellows is? This a bit OT for a FreeBSD list, but I'll answer it anyway. A torrent file contains info about the tracker and hashes for each part of the file(s). So, quick answer, no, you cannot join a tracker and inject bogus data because the hash check will fail. If you can trust the person who created the torrent and initially seeds the file you're good to go. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org PGP Key: 0xDC8514F1 --Signature=_Tue__25_Jan_2005_20_40_16_+0100_2SmmCGishnaUcuy6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB9qCknLctrNyFFPERAm+0AKCdDqufqnqyzk47O7MNFFcstj8s4ACguvtk jKLMoW4DJwKqR3C3QypAA+g= =rB1v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Tue__25_Jan_2005_20_40_16_+0100_2SmmCGishnaUcuy6--
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