ENTER:a new fast track client RAPID ROAD

[multi]

There is a new P2P program in the works! It uses the FastTrack network and is said to be coming along good!

It is still in the coding phase, but the program will be "open source" and the program will be FREE! No Pro editions, no cost! It is FREE!

The project is being made by a consortium of programmers and graphics artists and has been praised rather well! There will of course be a "beta-stage" before it is actually released, but they are assuring that it will be released soon.

Here are some of the things they are implementing and taunting:

- Faster upload/download speeds
- Untraceable IP interfacing
- IT'S FREE!
- Connection to all of the FastTrack Supernodes
- A unique GUI
- and much more1
The Rapid Road Homepage

[SA_Dave]

I think that projects like this are doomed to failure...unless FastTrack, Sharman & Grokster are put out of business entirely! Sharman will continue to release "upgrades" which do nothing more than block open or multi-network clients. They did it with giFT, Fileshare, Refosearch & others, they'll do it with RR! If the lawsuits do force them out of business, the protocol could finally become stable enough to be reverse-engineered. Until then, I'm more interested in the progress of the giFT clients.

[JackSpratts]

looks interesting and i'd like more info about the untraceable IP interfacing. all i could find in fact was the opposite:

"Ability to store user name as possible contact/friend, with "last known" IP and Connection port, maybe with a user having a unique ID code similar to hash signatures

Ability to send a file to a known IP/client address (perhaps just to/from "friends" whom have approved each other), and ability to not accept files or accept files automatically and to overwrite, continue or rename automatically

Ability to pick and choose your own nodes to connect to without manually banning the IP's and hoping for a good one as with Kazaa."

- js.

[multi]

ah well it looked interesting enough for a post i thought...
that untraceable IP interfacing is what drew my attention to it...
if that dont work .....

[JackSpratts]

i don't know, there may be a provision for ip masking like freenets', it's not clear. they seem to want to explore other options besides the ft network. there is talk about opennaps and accepting the new "g2" protocol so hidden ip's may be on the table afterall. the post was well worth it miuf.

- js.

[ssj4_android]

I doubt this will even make it to release before getting blocked.

[AweShucks]

Originally posted by ssj4_android
I doubt this will even make it to release before getting blocked.

I seem to remember a similar situation before

[multi]

KaZaA now prompting upgrade

As always, Sharman Networks finds a way to catch up with the users of its software. The release of KaZaA Media Desktop 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 appeared to have no new changes except for patching up participation level cheating and blocking many features of Diet Kaza. Well now, users running KMD are being prompted to upgrade to 2.0.2, if they haven't done so already.

Right now, supernodes running KMD 2.0.2 are sending out messages telling other nodes/supernodes on the network to upgrade. Although KMD 2.0 and older clients can still connect to v2.0.2 ones, there is a possibiliy that we will see these being blocked out of the network, thus mimicking the past demise of 1.3 fasttrack clients (morpheus ...).

A lot of things go on behind Kazaa users' back. But the users are now responding. An open-source program called Epidemic/RapidRoad is now in development, which could potentially turn control of the network back to the users.

[SA_Dave]

A lot of things go on behind Kazaa users' back. But the users are now responding. An open-source program called Epidemic/RapidRoad is now in development, which could potentially turn control of the network back to the users.

Sound familiar?

This is the only solution => <= Miss Nicki Hemming

[RIAAEnemy#1]

don't they need permission from fasttracl to put this program out? I would love to check it out if it came out.