Filesharing without UDP connections.

[isamoor]

So does anyone know of any linux native filesharing programs that do not depend on UDP connections? I'm behind a firewall here that has just killed all UDP connections, it's really a pretty effective trick. I can use FreeNet, which is really quite nice, but not so much for downloading music. Ares works nice in windows, although I wonder how secure the transfers are in Ares. I'm looking for something nice in Linux though. I'm running a new enough distribution, I should be able to get about anything to run.

Thanks,

Isamoor

[Kyle06]

No sorry:fire :fire

[Sephiroth]

Originally posted by isamoor
So does anyone know of any linux native filesharing programs that do not depend on UDP connections? I'm behind a firewall here that has just killed all UDP connections, it's really a pretty effective trick. I can use FreeNet, which is really quite nice, but not so much for downloading music. Ares works nice in windows, although I wonder how secure the transfers are in Ares. I'm looking for something nice in Linux though. I'm running a new enough distribution, I should be able to get about anything to run.

Thanks,

Isamoor

Gnutella doesnt use udp and you can use something like gtk-gnutella or a java servent like limewire.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by Sephiroth
Gnutella doesnt use udp and you can use something like gtk-gnutella or a java servent like limewire.

Yup.. he basically hit the nail on the head with that one

If you want to use a program on Linux.. I would suggest Gtk-gnutella or Cross-platform Limewire

[zaphodiv]

Edonkey or mldonkey will work without UDP if you queue lots of
files and leave it on for long periods. It uses UDP for finding
client on other servers that have files you want. Clients tend to
change server every day or two so if you sit on one of the big
servers it will work reasonably. It works better for full albums, the selection of indivual tracks is smaller than some other p2p's.

To get UDP access, you could pay money for a linux shell or a cohosted box to
use remotly and ftp your downloads home.

You could try running winmx in secondary mode under wine.

>I wonder how secure the transfers are in Ares

What do you mean by secure? secure against data corruption?
Secure against somone monitoring
(as in with a sniffer) your internet connection?
Secure against four letter associations joining the network
and identifying individual users who spread certain types of file?

I don't think Ares is secure against the last two.

[Theinfamousone]

I don't think any P2P program of them is.

BTW, are there any programs that use UDP only?

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by Kyle06
No sorry:fire :fire

I know this is nitpicky, but why respond to something when you have nothing to add? I've seen you do this before

If you don't know the answer, pass the thread by, I honestly don't think many of us here care you don't know of any

[zaphodiv]

>BTW, are there any programs that use UDP only?

IIRC Circle is UDP only. It is primarily a chat program. Lacks lots of vital features that a filesharing client should have. There are usually about five or six users on it. The windows client has been badly ported from X11, the user interface is strange and lagged.

Alpine protocol is UDP based and has lots of potential, the ability to to excahge files between users who are both behind NAT's or stateful firewalls may be very benificial.
Someday the Alpine developers may produce some functional software.