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Is Rodi BitTorrent's Replacement?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bouncing-round-and-round dept.

tilleyrw writes "From ZDNet Blogs: 'Rodi is a small-client P2P application, written in Java, that improves on BitTorrent by allowing both content searches and full anonymity. It's released under the General Public License (GNU). Even your IP address can be hidden using Rodi through a process called "bouncing." That is, if A wants a file from B, they get C to agree to stand-in on the exchange. B gets C's IP address, not A's. Through IP Spoofing A can even hide their identity from C. Rodi can also be used from behind corporate firewalls and LANs using Network Address Translation (NATs), something most home gateways have.' "

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  1. Illegal content with my IP? by 3770 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So,

    Someone can download illegal and immoral content and the server will have a record of my IP?

    I don't think so.

    Even if it is well known that my IP wasn't the final destination.

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  2. Replacement? by erasmix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think Bit Torrent is here to stay. The most useful new features from Rodi (like IP anonimity) will eventually be implemented in Bit Torrent.

  3. BitTorrent already fairly strong by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With Bittorrent, I am actively working on one single file.

    This means that the RIAA/MPAA can only ever see that I am sharing one single file.

    Compare and contrast with kazaa etc where my entire drive (shared folders) are available.

    BT doesn't give anonymity, but it gives limited accountability, they can't prove I was uploading any other files unless they themselves connect to each one of them at the same time I am downloading. Once my client is closed, then bye bye.

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  4. I don't think so... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The most useful new features from Rodi (like IP anonimity) will eventually be implemented in Bit Torrent.

    I'm not sure if Bram Cohen would agree - he made BT to share software, not to pirate music or videos. Adding anonimity to BT is just what the lawyers need to say BT was MADE for copyright infringement.