Hi all here is some updated information from "stucky" concerning the newer version of kazaa protocol...sadly his site is no longer online (dam sharman) but the google cache still remains for a limited time check it out here:
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache...ml+kazaa&hl=en
re: ethen, sorry her site is gone. thanks for posting. lol about the rant...i know the feeling
re: and update on the current situation
a)we have an unpacked version of the kmd.exe (version 1.61 installer for the kazaa media desktop) -
thanks to Scyth
b)we have sig2dat
by Indy which allows you to make file hashes and store them as dat files
more on this:
Indy do you think you could possibly work with this a little more and have it "hash" all you files the way the kazaa program does?
i was just thinking that between you and AYB and me and a few othes (some whom haven't been named for various reasons) we almost got enough to make our fasttrack client WITHOUT fasttrack only implementing some of its core technologies.
Basically the threatening email you got (yeah it was from sharman) was due to the fact that you were so close on the money with you sig2dat program it basically does the same thing kazaa does....
kazaa makes a hash listing of your files that you want shared and stores them in the form of the dbb files...btw i have more info on how this is done. i will share it with you (i've got it burned on one of a hundred plus cd-r dics
c)AYB has the automatically search for more sources program (morpheusX) encorporating these two into a client would be great
d)I've nearly got the encryption figured out and will be posting more on it soon along with some vbscript code for how to do the formula's to translate the "encrpted" ip addresses that kazaa keeps track of now
I wanted there to be more good news....sorry that there isn't more then what has been said (publicly) not that there is any great "secret" going on in
private (i can't help but wink when i say that ..haha)
what i need now is this
a)Anybody who is willing to function as a supernode for the KaZaA or kazaa/lite grokster client that would be willing to shared the file indexes that are stored on your computer (where the client indexes the files that others are sharing ) i need some of these logs for studying. please can you help me out by emailing me some of these file indexes that are "supposedly" stored on your pc when it functions as a supernode (i've never personally seen it or this phenomena of course i'm on dial-up now so i can't function as a supernode and when i did have cable i lacked the knowledge and desire that i possess now to solve this mystery and remove spyware for real with the help of friends and fellow privacy advocates as well as the programmer's /hackers/crackers and other united cd-burner's out there in our "brain-to-brain" network
update on Project KaZaM
Project KaZaM (similiar to the Metamorphesis project) has been dealt a crushing blow by being locked out of the network by new encryption in kazaa media desktop 1.61
Sadly, this problem will worsen and users should expect the release of a new version of kazaa very soon before the end of the month is up....the new version is 1.7 and this is unconfirmed speculation on my part so don't bother looking for verification from other sources...
on a personal note.....
i really hate the direction that sharman networks is moving KaZaA into...very shortly they will destroy the network by cutting off Grokster and making mandatory the Altnet software much the same way that the cd_clint.dll file is now required. [again this is my personal opinion and gut instinct on where they are heading in this direction]
Soon there may be no alternatives or options in a fasttrack client.
Sure there are other p2p programs but none match the reliability of the fasttrack network or its userfriendliness and huge userbase.
The dawning of new Napster....yes its soon to be the end for KaZaA.
