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Thus spake Ceowulf <noneed@toknow.askifyoudo>, Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:59:52
+0800, Anno Domini:

>Hey guys, I just wanted to pose this to you all as I know a lot of you 
>are far more knowledgeable about this sort of stuff than I (as I decided 
>about 6 years ago to give up the tech/programmer "ghost" :p)
>
>Is forcing your P2P program to encrypt its data sessions actually 
>worthwhile? For instance in UTorrent I have encryption set to forced, 
>but it seems to me that in todays day and age this would mean very little.
>
>I've got nothing to hide other than a few downloaded episodes, but I've 
>always been a security nut about information and data so it's something 
>I've been wondering about.

Short answer: not really. Until they perfect entirely anonymous P2P networks
your best bet is using a cheap VPN service to almost completely disguise
your IP & origin, ala swissvpn.net which I've only just started using with
good results (Relakks was very flakey). Be prepared to have a decent pptp
router/modem or you'll find the huge number of connection P2P makes over a
std adsl modem or domestic router inside the tunnel overflowing your NAT
tables & locking it up on a daily basis. Odd because going raw seems to be
less of a burden on most modems.

>On a slightly different but related note, and the reason I decided to 
>post this, has anyone here watched the series Reaper? Sounds like a lot 
>of fun and I'm looking for something to watch after my Chuck marathon 
>(great series :D).

Only watched a couple Chuck eps & being an IT geek of course liked it,
though it was clearly aimed at teenage boys ;). My Mrs couldn't warm to it,
so eh, we watched Desperate Housewhores or Greys Lobotomy instead :-/.
Reaper I saw 1st ep way back at the start & it just didn't grab me - very
formulaic.

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Nostromo