Question: 2 questions about bitorrent dna

[Phil Surtees]

1. Why was the latest patch not released thru the dna method? The auto-updater doesn't work for some people. I thought MA was going to adopt the dna method as a standard alternative.

2. When I boot my pc this morning, I get a message from windows firewall that the dna client is trying to access the internet. Why? I have misgivings about software that purports to do one thing, but is apparently hanging around doing god-knows-what now. I didn't knowingly give it permission to live forever on my pc and perform unauthorized tasks that are hidden from me.

[Mega]

I have some bad news for you Phil.



(This patch does give you the option of via client or dna download)







and neither work.

[zhardon]

Originally Posted by Mega

I have some bad news for you Phil.



(This patch does give you the option of via client or dna download)







and neither work.

Worked just fine for me.

[Mega]

Originally Posted by zhardon

Worked just fine for me.

Looks like I'm going to have to stop seeding Dante's torrent and trying to download it from somewhere then.

[JackyHorror]

don't let dna (what a futile name) to activate on ur comp - it's a spying tool undercover, it will install itself on runonce and auto startup and connect to net for god-knows-what purpose; my guess is, the big brother just needs statistical data how many "suckers" use comps and for what;

the only real technology is an independent torrent client like azureus and using random trackers to receive ip lists from where to download file parts! i try to raise ppl awareness for computer and internet technologies - read yourself more, educate urselfes or the control freaks will try to use you!!!

[Alcante Residus]

I found this thread ~ that BitTorrent DNA program,
seems there's something hidden not well enough

Shoot me, but I'm not going to use this crap, ever..
Wtf BitTorrent clients with closed code is for..?

[JackyHorror]

"Wtf BitTorrent clients with closed code is for..?"

EXACTLY for spying and data mining !!!

[Alcante Residus]

BitTorrent DNA Vulnerable to Remote Hijack
Need I say more ~ new ways of distribution?

"DNA automatically starts with Windows, and has
2 be uninstalled separately 4m the mainline client."

[Mega]

Thanks for the warning about it, I uninstalled it and lo and behold, I can update Entropia again!

I've put a thread up for anyone else getting similarly frustrated:

http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/...h-failure.html

[Phil Surtees]

So if I understand the information in those articles about btdna, once you use it, you become a seed for the torrent and give it some of your bandwidth, whether you want to or not?
No thanks. MA, where do I send the bill for my bandwidth usage? I charge a lot for it.