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Hello Ken,
I am no expert on Computer Security,
but being a long time user of Bit Torrent, here are my views.
I don't think that anyperson can get
access to your system through the torrents since most of the bigger torrent
programs have been used from pretty long time and any invasion of privacy would
have been caught. Also, I have found that when you have no torrents which you
are downloading / uploading, there is no activity as such.
I believe that the only way your
computer security can be compromised is if you unknowingly donload any program /
script which you then run on your system. This can lead to back-door entry
programs being activated. With use of a updated Anti-virus + Anti-spyware +
Firewall, I believe chances of a trojan / virus attack through the Torrent,
especially one downloaded from a safe zone, is very low.
Do check out this as
well
Cheers
Prashanth
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:00
PM
Subject: [amibroker] OT: Question on
Torrent Security
I
have asked this question various places and have gotten no answers.
Google searches do not reveal anything. Perhaps someone here knows the
answer--if there is an answer.
I
want to know if the use of Torrent (BitTorrent, UTorrent, etc) clients exposes
one to a severe security risk. As I understand the newbie explanations I
have read, torrent clients break up a requested torrent file into
"pieces" and various peers (other computers) send you pieces of the requested
file. Your torrent program collects and "assembles" the
pieces and you have the completed file. In turn, you have to leave your
computer "open" to others so the torrent program can share "pieces" of the
file on your computer with others.
Thus
my question: with your computer being "open" to all those using torrent
clients, are you at risk of a hack attack on the other private data on your
computer? A related question is: can you be more (totally?) secure if
you devote one computer on your home network to torrent collection and do not
have sharing on for any of the other computers on your network--sort of
isolating the torrent-collecting computer?
I am
interested in all of this because more and more legitimate, legal
material is being shared over the net via torrent downloads. I would
like to avail myself of some of this legal content but do not yet understand
the risks.
Any
comments?
Thanks,
Ken
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