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Reputation System Fights P2P Junk

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-not-every-country-song-is-johnny-cash dept.

yeejiun writes "Many of the files that are shared on p2p networks tend to be junk. Organizations such as the RIAA and music labels regularly pollute these networks with nonsense files masquerading as real music/video files. These junk files make it difficult for users to find what they want on such p2p networks. Some researchers at Cornell University have developed a reputation system called Credence, that works on the Gnutella network, allowing users to tell the good files from the bad ones."

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  1. I'm a little lost in this whole thing by ReformedExCon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the primary purpose of P2P filesharing was to share legally swappable media files as well as other files like documents and useful freeware applications. Is there some nefarious entity flooding the P2P networks with garbage disguised as those files above? Why would you need to know the quality of the file's reputation?

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  2. Its not all bad... by distantbody · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fact that I didnt get to play HL2 was compensated by the 2 hours of dwarf porn.

  3. Re:better answer by zaxios · · Score: 4, Funny

    brittneyspearsporno.avi.mpeg.exe
     
    Link please.