FYI: https://torrentfreak.com/thousands-of-spies-are-watching-trackerless-torrents-151004/
Most of the study is now here: https://gist.github.com/Ayms/f2da9f860775ead2066e but some parts remain undisclosed and slightly change some conclusions and methods mentioned in the previous post below. For those that would not like the 'paid' aspect of the dynamic blocklist, see one TF comment: "One word about the "paid" blocklist that we forgot to mention since some feel uncomfortable with this, you can use torrent-live and the "findspiesonly" option to create your own blocklist free of charge, but depending on your processing capabilities you would then probably create blocklists for targeted torrents, it's explained in section "Why do we need you to get the dynamic blocklist" of FAQs http://torrent-live.org/?links"; Le 24/02/2015 12:25, Aymeric Vitte a écrit : > This is a study based on the DHT only which shows how to > find/track/block real-time the bittorrent monitoring spies, how to set > methods to protect the bittorrent users and make their use of the > bittorrent network much more private, how to create/maintain a dynamic > blocklist and possibly how to set a more fair relationship between the > users and the copyright holders. > > The abstract and begining of the study is here: > https://gist.github.com/Ayms/077b114a27450f773939 > > At the begining of the study the assumptions were: > > - the spies are millions > - they do legal things > - they can prove that you downloaded a torrent > - no methods inherent to the bittorrent protocol exist to stop them > - no methods can exist to protect the privacy of the users > > At the end it is: > > - what are doing the spies is very questionable from a legal standpoint > - they are hundreds, or a couple of thousands, not more > - they cannot prove anything > - a simple change in the bittorrent protocol would defeat them all > - some efficient means can be used to protect the users and could be > implemented in any bittorrent client without disturbing anything > > The method to create and maintain the dynamic blocklist is explained > here: > https://github.com/Ayms/torrent-live#how-is-the-dynamic-blocklist-createdmaintained > > > But it might not be enough and it is recommended to combine it with: > > The method to protect the users is explained here: > https://github.com/Ayms/torrent-live#findspies > > The technical details, code and installation details for the > anti-spies/private bittorrent client are here: > https://github.com/Ayms/torrent-live > > A less technical general presentation is available here: > http://www.torrent-live.org > > PS1: it's under consideration whether the optional 'total freerider' > feature should be the default or not, because, of course, this one does > disturb the network, but this is not the key feature here. > > PS2: while it's obvious that protecting the bittorrent users might not > please some people, unexpectedly we have to fight with the VPN folks > too, who argue that blocklists cannot work and don't realize that, > despite of some advantages, using a VPN just consists in destroying the > magic of the bittorrent network. The blocklist here is determinist and > its accuracy is just a matter of processing capabilities, combined with > the privacy methods it becomes extremely unlikely to encounter a monitor. > > PS3: indeed, the methods might block by mistake some peers that are not > spies, but this is completely marginal given the size of the bittorrent > network. > > PS4: no, the monitors are not using the Tor network (unless they tunnel > udp through Tor to some proxies, which would seem completely absurd). > > PS5: yes, financing would be appreciated to support this work (and > related projects Peersm, node-Tor) and to disclose the full study. > -- Get the torrent dynamic blocklist: http://peersm.com/getblocklist Check the 10 M passwords list: http://peersm.com/findmyass Anti-spies and private torrents, dynamic blocklist: http://torrent-live.org Peersm : http://www.peersm.com torrent-live: https://github.com/Ayms/torrent-live node-Tor : https://www.github.com/Ayms/node-Tor GitHub : https://www.github.com/Ayms _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
