On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since Bittorrent is peer to peer file sharing, does using it make your > computer less secure? > There are two parts to this question. 1) Does this open up vulnerabilities like using Kazaa or other such proprietary file sharing systems have in the past? No. Bittorrent is an open standard and many have implemented it - you don't have to worry about the "owners" of the network installing spyware or the like, the way Kazaa did. 2) Is every file I download guaranteed to be absolutely safe? What? Are you kidding? Of course not. Any more than any other file you get off the internet with HTTP or FTP or any other protocol, whether peer-to-peer or client-server. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
