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A New Generation of File Sharing Tools

A New Generation of File Sharing Tools (PDF, 1.72MB)Published: 15 Dec, 2002
Created by:
Dan Klinedinst

Excessive file sharing can have serious effects on a variety of organizations. These can range from lost revenue to lost productivity and wasted resources. Napster demonstrated that there is a huge demand for this material and it will only increase as more feature films appear online. IT security professionals need to know what the risks are and what techniques the authors of files sharing tools are using. Downloading a few ripped DVDs can bring your network down just as quickly as a targeted denial of service attack and downloading copyrighted materials is theft of proprietary information, whether or not someone actually hacked into your servers to get it.