In article <pkx0i.5390$H_.844@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
theotts@sbcglobal.net says...
> On 09 May 2007 13:28:02 GMT, Hop-Frog wrote:
>
> > What PeerGuardian really does is prevent the anti-P2P people from
> > *confirming* that you are transferring copyrighted data.
>
> Hop Frog,
> You seem to be the lone voice of experience here.
>
> Rather than just "assume" peerguardian blocks our IP address and the
> torrent we're downloading like "Constipated", you explained how they
> actually know everything that we're trying to hide but they just can't
> prove it!

That is what blocking does. They only CAN know what you are activly
leeching or seeding and only realy prove what you are seeding by
downloading some or all of the seeded file(s). When it comes to
leeching, the bad guys either need to packet sniff wich presents a realy
big problem when outside of local LAN or setup a activly seed to get the
leechers IP address. WinMX on the otherhand advertizes what you have
(are sharing).

> I've heard of onion routers for example.
> Would an onion router mask the real IP address and torrent downloaded for
> BT P2P downloads & uploads?

This works for leeching but be aware that the last hop to you is in
plain view (not encripted as all the other hops are). If you plan on
seeding then you cannot use onion because your IP address must be
advertized in order for the leechers to leech, onion hides your real IP
addressso leechers could not find us. When you are seeding the leechers
could be using onion.

How onion works is that you send a request for data. This request goes
to an onion server that then picks a route through other onion servers
(encrypting at each hop and adding a new packet wrapper to identify the
return route) to the next in line onion server. At the last onion hop
the data is fully unencripted and sent to the IP address you want to get
data from. The data when sent follows the reverse route through the
onion servers. The route is only good for about 1 minute a different
route is established, confusing the hell out of the bad guys. )

When uploading we would see leachers comming for a short time and
dropping off as the onion rout changes. This could make for some
interesting problems. Onion is made for client applications not server
applications. Your bit torrent program is acting as a server when
uploading to a leecher.

For maximum anonimity you need to run your own onion server (Tor
server).