Kazaar

caveman · 26-03-2004, 22:16

Are NTL blocking port 1214. I have reinstalled Kazaar Lite after some months without it and cannot connect even with the Firewall disabled, any ideas?

swoop101 · 26-03-2004, 22:21

There is a new version that is being done by new people.
It is called KaZaaLite Resurection and can be got from
www.p2p.info.pl/uploads/download/klr007.exe

have not tried it myself yet, but have a look.

HTH

caveman · 26-03-2004, 22:37

Thanks for that, it was just the job. What was the reason for "resurrection" was the original blocked?

swoop101 · 26-03-2004, 22:41

The original was killed off by sharman networks (kazaa) redesigning their networks to prevent lite from connecting and sharing.
The lite project was then terminated under threat of legal action.

These new? guys are apparently working underground to keep the flag flying.

danielf · 26-03-2004, 22:41

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Originally Posted by caveman

Thanks for that, it was just the job. What was the reason for "resurrection" was the original blocked?

I think there was a legal feud between Kazaa and Kazaalite, which basically meant kazaalite was disconnected from the network. I Don't know the ins and outs though.

Also, check out Shareaza. I thinks it's very good.

MovedGoalPosts · 26-03-2004, 22:43

The original Kazaa lite has been pulled after legal action from the creators of the full version of Kazaa. Apparently Kazaa Lite was a hacked version of Kazaa, removing a lot of the spyware and advert stuff. The Kazaa createor didn't like that as they were loosing money.

Pot calls kettle black springs to mind

MadGamer · 26-03-2004, 22:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by swoop101

There is a new version that is being done by new people.
It is called KaZaaLite Resurection and can be got from
www.p2p.info.pl/uploads/download/klr007.exe

have not tried it myself yet, but have a look.

HTH

its still illegal though isn't it?

danielf · 26-03-2004, 22:47

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Originally Posted by WNA

its still illegal though isn't it?

It depends on what you download/upload. There is nothing illegal about p2p itself.

swoop101 · 26-03-2004, 22:48

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Originally Posted by WNA

its still illegal though isn't it?

There are plenty of legal reasons for using p2p software, if you know a few friends and use creative file names then you can share all sorts of legal, personal files without anybody you don't know getting them.

Not everybody uses them for nefarious activities.

MovedGoalPosts · 26-03-2004, 22:50

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Originally Posted by WNA

its still illegal though isn't it?

To date, as far as I'm aware despite efforts of the RIAA amongst others, nobody has said that the production of P2P software and thus ownership itself is illegal. This is on the basis taht it can be used to share or distribute stuff not subject to copyright or with the owners permission.

It's the users of the software who might fall foul of the law if they are distriubuting copyright files.

The new version of Kazza Lite may be illegal as that might breach copyrights of the original Kazaa authors.

BTW my old version of Kaza Lite K++ stil works fine, just reset the firewall settings port it uses to listen on, to match the Kazaa network range, and allow it to use port 80 too.

caveman · 26-03-2004, 22:54

Mind you I said thanks for the new application. One thing still hasn't changed - the number of viruses - the first thing I try and DL has a virus. Fortunately AV repaired it, but I am shying away again. I wondered why I uninstalled it in the first place, now I remember. It has been a good servant in the past, but more viruses have appeared over the last year I feel. I wonder who puts them on there, manufacturers of software and music or b******s who do it for kicks.

MovedGoalPosts · 26-03-2004, 23:01

Viruses (or is it Virii?) propogate due to inadequate protection of computers. In this day and age thats the fault of the owner of the computer not to keep their system up to date, as they effects of virus infection are all too well known.

Of course in an ideal world we would hang out to dry the virsus authors who creat this stuff.

If you use shareware programs, much like if you have email, or even use the web, you must protect yourself, but if you do, you shouldnt have difficulty. The biggest problem with shareware is not the risk of virus, but whether or not the file you think you want actually proves to be any good.

Tezcatlipoca · 26-03-2004, 23:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by swoop101

There is a new version that is being done by new people.
It is called KaZaaLite Resurection and can be got from
www.p2p.info.pl/uploads/download/klr007.exe

have not tried it myself yet, but have a look.

HTH

Cool. I've been wondering where to get Kazaa Lite

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts

Viruses (or is it Virii?)

The modern English plural of "virus" is "viruses".

"virus" comes from Latin, but there is no plural for it in Latin.

The Latin word "viri" is the plural of "vir" (man) - i.e. "viri" = men

"virii" would be the plural of "virius", which doesn't actually exist.

All explained here: http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html

EDIT: update - that link is now dead, try here instead - http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoyn...-of-virus.html

MovedGoalPosts · 26-03-2004, 23:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

The modern English plural of "virus" is "viruses".

"virus" comes from Latin, but there is no plural for it in Latin.

The Latin word "viri" is the plural of "vir" (man) - i.e. "viri" = men

"virii" would be the plural of "virius", which doesn't actually exist.

All explained here: http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html

You learn something every day - Thanks

Tezcatlipoca · 27-03-2004, 00:18

No prob