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Re: [opensuse] Move to IPv8 [Was: What is the proper entry for /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1?]
On 2011-01-10 22:29, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 23:03 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:


Yes, like locating who is doing P2P >:-)

Does tor not work for IPv6 ?


I assume it works, but you are located, you get a fixed IP, which is something
not typically wanted
with p2p.

Ah, "tor"... you mean this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29

I have no idea. [... reading ...] No, you can not:

]> Bandwidth hogging
]> It is considered impolite by Tor community members to transfer massive
amounts of data
]> across the Tor network ? the onion routers are run by volunteers using
their own bandwidth
]> at their own cost. Due to the high bandwidth usage caused by the
peer-to-peer file sharing
]> networks, it is considered impolite and inappropriate by Tor community
members to utilize
]> the Tor network for protocols like BitTorrent. By default, the Tor exit
policy blocks the
]> commonly used peer-to-peer ports.[29]

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Minas Tirith))


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