Morpheus to Use Proxies To Anonymize Users

[Lion7718]

Source: Slyck (http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=194)

Following the recent announcement by the RIAA that they would go after individual users there has been a surge in interest in P2P tools that claim to protect users identities. Now StreamCast Networks and iMesh Israel Ltd have announced that the next versions of their products will help protect user identities

StreamCast has told Mercury News about how they will protect user identities. Starting next week Morpheus will enable users to use a list of public proxy servers. Proxy servers enable the users IP address to be cloaked as the proxy server that sits between P2P users. It seems that StreamCast will not operate proxy servers themselves but will redirect users to existing ones.

Meanwhile iMesh have said that they will be using the music industries tactic of spoofing to make detection of users more difficult. They will "plant decoy computers from fake locations that trade non-existent files".

These latest moves by iMesh and StreamCast follow moves by Blubster. Blubster have removed the ability to view all the files that a user shares and other measures. While P2P tools that protect identities such as FileTopia and EarthStation 5 have been gaining popularity in recent weeks.

[jay-jay]

I have tried the latest Beta and here is the change log:

• New library: ability to use your own default player to run files, added efficiency and control, improved meta data handling.
• Increased stability & performance: More than half the memory use reduction
• Global search: easy search anywhere in the client.
• GUI: new color scheme and minor changes.
• TigerTree hashing: hashing to verify a file while it is downloading, rather than when the file is completed. Improved partial file sharing.
• Privacy and Security: Blacklist & Proxy support
• Blacklist: Update lists with one-click from community blacklists such as PeerGuardian to block malicious ip ranges.
• Proxies: http proxy support for downloads for added anonymity and privacy
• Internode compression: reduced bandwidth usage, improved network efficiency
• Scanning Image and Video files for meta info for more exacting searches
• Bye packet support
• Various bug fixes, improvements, and much more!

[ABOU (old account)]

i think this will bring alot of users to imesh and morpheus and it is good to hear that the fight is taking a turn for the best

[Evil_Dweller_01]

I would love to try out Morpheus but is there any way someone can make a clean version?

I dont want all that crap installed...

[gregorio]

The anonymity thru proxies thingy is just a marketing trick. The way Morpheus implemented (only http) proxy support is only hiding the IP of the downloader. This is not really helpful since the RIAA is after the uploaders, the people sharing content.

Apropos, Morpheus does have an interesting definition of global search... :-D.

[Fister]

dont forget that proxies will seriously affect your download speed....

[Cassavus]

Hopefully both companies will provide decently fast proxies for it's users to use. Evil_Dweller_01, yes there is a way that someone can make a clean version. More than likely dr. damn will do so.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by gregorio
The anonymity thru proxies thingy is just a marketing trick. The way Morpheus implemented (only http) proxy support is only hiding the IP of the downloader. This is not really helpful since the RIAA is after the uploaders, the people sharing content.

Apropos, Morpheus does have an interesting definition of global search... :-D.

They released a beta and did say that they are not fully finished with the proxy support..

So maybe just the part for the downloaded was done?

Maybe in the final version which is supposed to be clean they will have full anonymous transfers

[surfbum]

yes- a cleaned up version by you know who- would be a good thing

[jay-jay]

Originally posted by gregorio
Apropos, Morpheus does have an interesting definition of global search... :-D.

LoL, yeah i thought they had implemented Limewire's Dynamiic Querying but it turns out there definition of Global Searching is been able to use the search feature from anywhere in the client.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by jay-jay
LoL, yeah i thought they had implemented Limewire's Dynamiic Querying but it turns out there definition of Global Searching is been able to use the search feature from anywhere in the client.

I dont understand what that means..

Care to explain? lol

[NitnayLion]

What is this Earthstation 5 this is first I ve ever heard of it.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by NitnayLion
What is this Earthstation 5 this is first I ve ever heard of it.

A p2p program that hides your identity and you are totally secure with it..

BUT to some people it seems a bit fishy

[gregorio]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
I dont understand what that means..

Care to explain? lol

Morpheus calls it global searching if you are able to start a search from anywhere in the user interface.

[Serps]

I have just been checking out the Morpheus website and they state, coming soon identity protection and No Spyware. They may be making a step forward in the right direction.

[Fister]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
A p2p program that hides your identity and you are totally secure with it..

BUT to some people it seems a bit fishy

Ok, I could rant about this for hours. I did an indepth study of ES5 with some other porgrammers who are totally neutral about the program. We aquired some code :D and we went nuts. I started to write about our findings, got a few thousand words, and realised that it was totally useless because nothing was solved and now we had even more questions than answers...

[gregorio]

Originally posted by Serps
I have just been checking out the Morpheus website and they state, coming soon identity protection and No Spyware. They may be making a step forward in the right direction.
Yes, the new Morpheus will not contain anything they consider spyware. The Beta comes with something that reminds me of LimeWire's LimeShop.

I'm nobody to doubt Morpheus good intentions but knowing a little about the Gnutella protocol, I know that what they did does not hide the identity of users from media enforcer et al. It doesn't even make it any harder for them to collect the data.