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Steal This File Sharing Book What They Won't Tell You About File Sharing................................................1
Part 1: Learning About File Sharing.....................................................................................................................3
Chapter List....................................................................................................................................................3
Chapter 1: Finding the Files
....................................................................................................................................5
Overview.......................................................................................................................................................5
THE INTERNET: A GRAB BAG OF FILES...............................................................................................5
BBS.........................................................................................................................................................6
EMAIL....................................................................................................................................................6
NEWSGROUPS......................................................................................................................................7
DOWNLOADING FROM WEBSITES.................................................................................................7
DOWNLOADING FROM FTP SITES..................................................................................................8
INSTANT FILE TRANSFER: IRC........................................................................................................8
INSTANT FILE TRANSFER: INSTANT MESSAGING.....................................................................9
FILE SHARING NETWORKS WHERE THE REAL FILE SWAPPING HAPPENS......................10
TRADING FILES MANUALLY................................................................................................................11
CORPORATE PIRACY.......................................................................................................................11
SMALL−SCALE PIRACY
...................................................................................................................11
PIRACY FOR PROFIT
.........................................................................................................................11
THE THIEVES' MINDSET.........................................................................................................................12
Chapter 2: The Peer−to−Peer File Sharing Networks........................................................................................15
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................15
HOW FILE SHARING WORKS
.................................................................................................................15
SEARCHING FOR A FILE..................................................................................................................15
LINKING TO A FILE
...........................................................................................................................17
THE DIFFERENT FILE SHARING NETWORKS....................................................................................18
THE GNUTELLA AND GNUTELLA2 (G2) NETWORKS...............................................................19
THE FASTTRACK NETWORK..........................................................................................................21
THE EDONKEY2000 AND OVERNET NETWORKS......................................................................24
THE DIRECTCONNECT NETWORK................................................................................................25
THE MP2P NETWORK.......................................................................................................................26
ADDITIONAL FILE SHARING FEATURES
............................................................................................27
ADWARE VS. FREEWARE
................................................................................................................27
MULTINETWORK ACCESS..............................................................................................................28
ANONYMITY AND ENCRYPTION..................................................................................................29
SPECIALIZED FILE SHARING NETWORKS.........................................................................................30
UP−AND−COMING FILE SHARING NETWORKS.........................................................................30
BUILDING YOUR OWN NETWORK
................................................................................................31
Chapter 3: Navigating Newsgroups......................................................................................................................33
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................33
GETTING STARTED WITH NEWSGROUPS..........................................................................................33
CHOOSING A NEWSGROUP SERVER............................................................................................34
SELECTING A NEWSGROUP READER..........................................................................................36
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Chapter 3: Navigating Newsgroups
SUBSCRIBING TO A NEWSGROUP................................................................................................37
FINDING FILES IN NEWSGROUPS.................................................................................................38
NAVIGATING NEWSGROUPS................................................................................................................39
THE ALT.BINARIES NEWSGROUPS...............................................................................................40
SHARING FILES THROUGH A NEWSGROUP......................................................................................40
DOWNLOADING FILES
.....................................................................................................................41
DEALING WITH MISSING FILE PARTS.........................................................................................43
UPLOADING FILES TO A NEWSGROUP........................................................................................43
HIDING YOUR IDENTITY IN NEWSGROUPS...............................................................................44
NEWSGROUP ETIQUETTE......................................................................................................................45
Chapter 4: Instant Messaging and Online Chat Rooms.....................................................................................47
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................47
INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC)..............................................................................................................47
GETTING AN IRC CLIENT................................................................................................................47
CONNECTING TO AN IRC NETWORK...........................................................................................48
CHOOSING AN IRC CHANNEL
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DOWNLOADING FILES FROM IRC
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INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICES
.........................................................................................................52
HOW INSTANT MESSAGING WORKS..................................................................................................53
TALKING TO MULTIPLE SERVICES AT ONCE............................................................................54
PEER−TO−PEER INSTANT MESSAGING PROGRAMS.......................................................................55
STILL PARANOID? ENCRYPT YOUR MESSAGES.......................................................................55
IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING?.......................................................................................................56
Chapter 5: Finding Files on Web and FTP Sites.................................................................................................57
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................57
TYPES OF SITES........................................................................................................................................58
FINDING A FILE SHARING SITE............................................................................................................59
SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINES
...................................................................................................59
MP3 FILE FINDING PROGRAMS.....................................................................................................60
COPYING FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER...............................................................................................61
COPYING FROM WEBSITES............................................................................................................61
COPYING FILES FROM AN FTP SITE.............................................................................................62
PROS AND CONS OF WEB AND FTP SITES.........................................................................................64
Part 2: Stealing Files..............................................................................................................................................65
Chapter List..................................................................................................................................................65
Chapter 6: Protecting Your Identify....................................................................................................................67
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................67
HIDING YOUR IDENTITY
........................................................................................................................67
HIDING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS...................................................................................................67
MASKING YOUR IP ADDRESS........................................................................................................68
Dynamic and static IP addresses...........................................................................................................68
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Chapter 6: Protecting Your Identify
SECRETS OF ANONYMOUS FILE SHARING.......................................................................................69
KEEPING YOUR IP ADDRESS SECRET WITH PEERGUARDIAN..............................................69
HIDING YOUR IP ADDRESS AND YOUR ACTIVITIES ON AN ENCRYPTED FILE
SHARING NETWORK..................................................................................................................70
HIDING YOUR IP ADDRESS WITH AN ANONYMOUS PROXY SERVER................................72
Hiding behind a proxy server................................................................................................................72
Hiding behind a wireless hotspot..........................................................................................................73
OTHER WAYS OF HIDING YOUR IDENTITY...............................................................................73
Chapter 7: Protecting Your Computer................................................................................................................75
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................75
CATCHING MALICIOUS FILES..............................................................................................................75
STOPPING A VIRUS...........................................................................................................................75
STOPPING A WORM..........................................................................................................................76
STOPPING A TROJAN HORSE.........................................................................................................77
STOPPING SPYWARE/ADWARE.....................................................................................................78
STOPPING POP−UP ADS...................................................................................................................80
PROTECTING DATA ON YOUR COMPUTER.......................................................................................82
MAKING BACKUPS...........................................................................................................................82
USING SEPARATE COMPUTERS....................................................................................................82
USING REMOVABLE HARD DISKS................................................................................................83
PARTITIONING YOUR HARD DISK
................................................................................................83
CREATING A VIRTUAL COMPUTER.............................................................................................83
DESTROYING THE EVIDENCE
...............................................................................................................84
ENCRYPTING YOUR FILES
..............................................................................................................85
SECURELY DELETING YOUR FILES.............................................................................................85
Chapter 8: The File Formats.................................................................................................................................87
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................87
MUSIC FILE FORMATS............................................................................................................................89
LOSSY COMPRESSION MUSIC FORMATS
....................................................................................89
MP3.......................................................................................................................................................89
MP3Pro.................................................................................................................................................90
AAC, M4A, and M4P...........................................................................................................................91
Ogg Vorbis............................................................................................................................................92
WMA
.....................................................................................................................................................92
ASF.......................................................................................................................................................93
LOSSLESS COMPRESSION MUSIC FORMATS.............................................................................93
WAV, AIFF, and CDA.........................................................................................................................94
ISO........................................................................................................................................................94
SHN.......................................................................................................................................................94
FLAC
.....................................................................................................................................................95
WV........................................................................................................................................................95
APE.......................................................................................................................................................95
SUPPLEMENTAL MUSIC FORMATS..............................................................................................96
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