The Pirate Bay are working on a new Peer-to-Peer protocol that they claim will improve the weaknesses and limitations of existing technology like BiTorrent.
Although BitTorrent at least has a thin veneer of legitimate usage (and indeed is used for above-board data transfer, software downloads, etc) the new protocol seems aimed squarely at more ethically grey uses of File Sharing.
Planned features include traffic analysis counter measures (masquerading transmissions as other, legitimate traffic) optimal usage of bandwidth, greater anonymity (and 'plausible deniability' for those who are caught) and the ability to more easily detect 'fake' files planted by copyright holders.
In other file sharing news, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has come out as an ex-Oink user. Phew! Rock 'n' Roll!
Although BitTorrent at least has a thin veneer of legitimate usage (and indeed is used for above-board data transfer, software downloads, etc) the new protocol seems aimed squarely at more ethically grey uses of File Sharing.
Planned features include traffic analysis counter measures (masquerading transmissions as other, legitimate traffic) optimal usage of bandwidth, greater anonymity (and 'plausible deniability' for those who are caught) and the ability to more easily detect 'fake' files planted by copyright holders.
In other file sharing news, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has come out as an ex-Oink user. Phew! Rock 'n' Roll!
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