File Sharing on Uni Network

[Guest]

I've heard there's a way we can all access each others music files etc on the network. Can someone tell me how?!

[Penny Lane]

[s]Unregisted User wrote on 16:19, 4th May 2004:
I've heard there's a way we can all access each others music files etc on the network. Can someone tell me how?!


My computer used to be able to do this on resnet (I've since moved out of hall), and it was through itunes. I have a mac so this program is on my computer anyway, but I think you can download a pc version of it from the internet. I don't know if it's just within each hall or something though because there was only ever about 8 other people on it, so it definately wasn't the whole university!

[Neferet]

There's ways of seeing everyone on RESNet who are set up to let you look (and by the looks of it, many who have no clue they are sharing literally everything)....but isn't it one of those things that we don't talk about *nudge nudge, wink wink* etc?

[andrewdalgleish]

file sharing isn't allowed on the university network, read your contract.

[fairy]

Oh file sharing isnt allowed on the university network, well done andrew, that doesnt mean to say that people dont do it so high and mighy one.

[luap]

Hello, I'm a foreigner, so I don't know about the particulars of resnet, but I can comment on sharing your own files (say, for example 20GB of mp3's) over a computer network (say, the internet) without fear of being done over for copyright violations and stuff (say, gang-probing by the RIAA).

Personally, I run an apache webserver, and I've got my files in a directory which is only accessible via https, with a username and password. Even if someone who believes you're infringing their copyright (or computing services/whatever) gets hold of a username and password, then they can only see what's available on the box. They can't see individual requests for files without breaking a session key.

However, the files have to be downloaded, rather than accessed dynamically as with SMB, and its a bit more difficult to copy batches of files and stuff, so its lacking a bit of user-friendliness.

If you use a decent browser, you get 256-bit AES security, *and* you can use a URI of the form https://user:password@host *and* it'll even obey the content-type field.

/me kicks IE.
Piece of junk.

[Admin]

Sharing music files over the university network isn't allowed.

If you'd like to share your music, invite your friends round for a few drinks, and listen to your CDs whilst having a chat.

[iohannes]

Yeah, that's actually social. You could cook steak. And have some parfaits. Everybody loves parfaits

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[Prophet Tenebrae]

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[andrewdalgleish]

[s]fairy wrote on 19:26, 4th May 2004:
Oh file sharing isnt allowed on the university network, well done andrew, that doesnt mean to say that people dont do it so high and mighy one.


i'm not saying i don't do it... :p

[Fraz]

Edited by Admin - please don't use the Sinner to promote illegal activities.