Thousands Caught by Fake eMule Servers
 

saw this was posted
by roadblock at p2pconsortium
Source: Methlabs Forums
By: JFM

An attempt by the media industry to strike back at peer-to-peer users was revealed both to Methlabs and eMule users earlier today, as the tracking group MediaCentry set up several fake eMule servers to try to catch file sharers. MediaCentry is a company affiliated with both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and have been responsible for the tracking of a number of peer-to-peer users over the last year.

The servers, which were all hosted in the United States of America, were listed in a number of commonly used eMule server lists. Although it is not clear how the servers managed to slip past administrators, it is apparent that around 98000 people were using just one server before the problem was spotted.

The servers have been removed from many lists already, http://www.gruk.org/list.php and http://ed2k.2x4u.de/list.html are currently proven safe.

If you wish to update your firewall/PeerGuardian databases, you can add the following IP addresses which are confirmed as the fake servers:

66.192.117.38
66.192.117.37
209.61.190.154
66.192.117.44
199.218.8.201
66.192.117.39
66.192.117.36
209.61.191.41
66.192.117.34
38.119.67.93
66.192.117.43
66.192.117.41
38.119.105.66
66.192.117.40
209.61.191.17
66.192.117.42
66.192.117.35


http://methlabs.org/forums/showthrea...3743#post33743

f*cking riaa narks. people, put a stop to this bs; don't buy riaa-member music! give somebody a burned cd for christmas. believe me, they'll appreciate it.

- js.

Would be interesting to see this one in court.

"Your honor, yes we opened a bar and served drinks to underage people, BUT THEY WERE DRINKING AND UNDERAGE!"

Actually, the only ones who could try to sue MediaSentry because they opened an ed2k server would be the copyright holders and I don't think they will.

The information obtained, can easily be used in court.