FTP server

[Anapan]

Triple:
atom.avi from the clips directory is a short low-quality clip of the last bit of the Japanese b&w intro. I was sure I had a longer one with the whole intro, so I'll take a look through some backup cds a little later and see if I can dig that up for you (I've been meaning to look for a bunch of other things anyway).

Loüßëãr:
That's great that it's almost done, can't wait to see the finished product.

yxuz & dennis:
I'm not dissapointed and I started the thread, so unless someone complains about it being OT, I'm happy to keep the conversation going

I'm not sure exactly what you guys are asking, but I think the answer is that essentially it's no different than any P2P file sharing, it's just a different protocol being used by different software. Just like websites are a different protocol (HTTP). I could just as easily run an HTTP server and serve web pages if I wanted (and so could anyone else - with the right software).

Here's an interesting tidbit of info:
Kazaa is an HTTP server - you can connect to anyone who is running Kazaa with your web browser and you'll get a webpage with links to all their shared files. You can download files from any Kazaa user without even having Kazaa on your machine.
If you're running it now, try this address:
http://127.0.0.1:1214

To connect to other people, just replace "127.0.0.1" with their IP addy (I won't go into how to get those unless someone's interested)

[yxuz]

cant get in

[dennis_ian]

cant get it too. i used to have kazaa on my computer but since we are in a office we are under the mercy of our system administrator.they have barred the site and happy moments are over since then. can i connect still to other computer even if i dont have any kazaa?? ive tried the link you have given anapan but nothing happens..ive tried the ip add of my officemate but the computer tells me that the url could not be retrieved.anyways iam happy to know some info about that...thanks a lot.

[Anapan]

Hmm, it could be because of a firewall either on your computer, or the ISP hub, or even a proxy problem. You may still be able to connect to other kazaa users tho. My friend's downloading a bunch of crap off Kazaa right now, so you may be able to get through to my computer if Kazaa's still running when you try it...
http://142.179.63.219:1214

If it works and you want to try it on other people, the site for the program KaZupernodes has a forum full of Kazaa supernodes, there's thousands of IPs to try it on.

[dennis_ian]

Hmm, it could be because of a firewall either on your computer, or the ISP hub, or even a proxy problem. You may still be able to connect to other kazaa users tho. My friend's downloading a bunch of crap off Kazaa right now, so you may be able to get through to my computer if Kazaa's still running when you try it...

do you have any solutions if the problem is the firewall behind me?? i would really be great if i could bypass my proxy server... :wahah:

[yxuz]

so Anapan do you mean you are sharing on kazaa?

[wicked fierce]

Wow. It's good to come back and see this. I've been, for the past two years, trying to get some of those episodes of kazaa. I wish I had something to upload that was new, but you have everything that I have.

Thanks for letting me watch the 60s version, I've always wondered how it was.

[Anapan]

When I'm on Kazaa (not that often) I share all the episodes of Astro I have, but along with that I have probably 80-100 gigs of other stuff (anime, movies, mp3s, games, etc) too, so you'd have a hard time getting anything off of me from Kazaa.

Glad you guys are enjoying the FTP.

[jeffbert]

Hmm, it could be because of a firewall either on your computer, or the ISP hub, or even a proxy problem. You may still be able to connect to other kazaa users tho. My friend's downloading a bunch of crap off Kazaa right now, so you may be able to get through to my computer if Kazaa's still running when you try it...

When I tried eMule, I could not download files. It directed me to an eDonkey help page regarding the problem. I have a Linksys firewall router, and all it needed was a rule for port forwarding.

I highly reccomend using Bullguard if you are going to use peer to peer file sharing. It not only acts as a firewall and antivirus, but also monitors system activity. Because your pc will be acting as a server, the system activity monitor can save you if something trie to modify a registry key. Because Bullguard will alert you, and ask permission for this type of thing, you should know if anything you are running should be writing to the registry. Thus, you can head off anything that tries to sneak in via your pc's acting as a server. I admit, there is much I have yet to learn about the danger ofpcs acting as servers, and how Bullgaurd will protect against malice, but merely having an antivirus and firewall program might not be enough.