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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. Nice! by Enigma_Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can anonymously download all of those legal Linux distributions, and non-licensed music I've been holding off on, and nobody will be the wiser, mwahahaha!

    -Jesse

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    Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
    1. Re:Nice! by Enigma_Man · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Really though, this doesn't sound so anonymous anyway. All the **AA has to do is set up a bunch of "C" machines, and keep logs.

      I do appreciate the ability for anonymity though (despite my dripping sarcasm), despite the fact that 99.99% of people will just use it to anonymously pirate things. I think the main use I can think of for actual anonymity is for use in political situations; to report ethics violations of the bad-guys, to point out crapulence in the government, etc.

      -Jesse

      --
      Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
  2. 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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    The Internet is full. Go Away!!!
  3. 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.

  4. See also: by RichardX · · Score: 5, Informative

    Other anonymous filesharing systems currently avaliable/in development

    MUTE
    ANTS p2p
    GNUNet

    and not specifically filesharing, but the I2P anonymity layer allows for anonymous bittorrent amongst other things.

    Of these, I've found I2P is excellent, although requires a little time investment in setup, and MUTE seems quite promising - speeds are reasonable for an anonymous p2p system, but the user base is currently tiny. I've not had too much luck with ANTS, and haven't tried GNUNet

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    Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat.
  5. 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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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  6. 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.