On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:22:53 +0100 Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org PGP Key: 0xDC8514F1
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