New Tool Promises To Passively ldentify BitTorrent Files
QuietR10t writes “A new technique has been developed for detecting and tracking illegal content transferred using the BitTorrent file-trading protocol. According to its creators, the approach can monitor networks without interrupting the flow of data and provides investigators with hard evidence of illicit file transfers. ‘Our system differs in that it is completely passive, meaning that it does not change any information entering or leaving a network,’ says Schrader.” I wonder if it can specifically identify legal content, too.
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