May 9, 2004

Bogus File Flooding

by Nick Morgan

A newly patented countermeasure against P2P file-sharing:

    A computer science professor and graduate student have been awarded a patent for a method of thwarting illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks by flooding the network with bogus files that look like pirated music.

That's about as specific as the article gets regarding the "method," so it's pretty hard to say how effective this will be. One would like to know, for instance, whether these bogus files would be served from a discernible network source or user. It'd also be nice to know whether counter-software could be developed to spot bogus files quickly.

At any rate, frustrating downloaders like this is a far more cost-effective measure for all involved.

May 9, 2004 3:18 PM | TrackBack
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